Want a Perpetual Listing on Aster? It Will Cost You 1 Million Tokens and Four Years
TLDR
- Aster has launched AOS-2, extending its open listing framework from spot markets to perpetual futures
- Projects must stake 1 million ASTER tokens for four years with no early withdrawal option
- An on-chain validator vote determines whether a proposed perpetual market gets approved
- Approved markets target a T+1 listing after Aster’s risk team sets leverage and trading parameters
- Rejected applications get their full 1 million ASTER stake returned
Aster has launched its second open listing standard, AOS-2, allowing projects to apply for perpetual futures listings on the decentralized exchange through a public, on-chain process.
AOS-2 enters into force.
The Aster Open Standards began with AOS-1, which opened spot listings to projects meeting a published set of criteria.
AOS-2 now extends the same principle to perpetual markets, where listing has traditionally depended on private negotiation.
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The new framework requires any eligible project to stake 1 million ASTER tokens before submitting a perpetual market proposal. Those tokens are locked for four years with no early exit once the process begins.
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