PANews reported on December 22 that Aster has launched a $12 million Crystal Weekly Drops perpetual contract trading event. The first phase runs from 00:00 on December 22 to 23:59 UTC on December 28, with a prize pool of up to $2 million USDF. Users must hold at least 444 ASTER tokens during the first phase and maintain a daily perpetual contract trading volume of at least $100,000 for at least six days.

In addition, the notional value of the ASTER, BNB, and HYPE trading pairs must reach $30,000, while other trading pairs (excluding BTC and ETH) must reach $10,000. All eligible traders will share the weekly prize pool equally, and the prize money will be distributed to their perpetual contract accounts in USDF within 7 business days. This event will last for 6 weeks and will run concurrently with the fifth phase of the Crystal event.