Perps, Paper Gold & Patriotism: Aster Drops 125M $WLFI + 6.25M USD1 Onchain 🎯

Aster, the privacy-first onchain trading platform backed by YZi Labs, has launched USD1 RWA Boost: Phase 1 alongside World Liberty Financial (WLFI), putting 125,000,000 $WLFI and 6,250,000 USD1 into a four-month reward pool. The campaign, running from August 31 through December 31, 2026, marks the first real-world asset perpetuals to list under Aster's AOS-2 framework, which extends the platform's Aster Open Standards from spot markets to derivatives.

AOS-2 standardizes how new perpetual markets come online at Aster. Applicants stake 1,000,000 $ASTER, locked for four years with no early exit, before a proposal advances to an onchain validator vote. If approved, Aster's risk team configures the market and the perpetual can go live as early as T+1; if rejected, the stake is returned in full. Leverage and other trading parameters remain under Aster's risk controls. "AOS-2 is turning Aster from a decentralized perp exchange into an open infrastructure layer where anyone can launch and operate their own perpetual markets on top of Aster Chain. The first USD1 RWA perpetuals show that model is already working," said Leonard, CEO at Aster.

The Phase 1 reward program covers six USD1-denominated pairs: SPCX/USD1, CL/USD1, XAU/USD1, SNDK/USD1, SKHYNIX/USD1, and MU/USD1. Participants accrue Trading Points from taker volume on eligible pairs, which set their share of the USD1 pool, and Open Interest Points from holding eligible positions, which set their share of the $WLFI pool. Traders using Single Asset Mode with USD1 as collateral receive a 2x boost on OI Points. Rewards are calculated weekly and distributed the following week.

"When real-world assets trade onchain, the settlement asset matters as much as the market itself. Perpetuals on gold, energy, and equities, all denominated in USD1, give traders one dollar instrument across every one of these markets, and that is what stablecoins were built to do. We are supporting these markets because this is where onchain market structure is heading, and Phase 1 is only the start," said Zach Witkoff, Co-Founder and CEO at World Liberty Financial. The announcement was issued from George Town, British Virgin Islands, on September 1, 2026, with Aster positioning the launch as a working test of its open listing framework rather than a one-off promotion.