Robinhood US Adds Spot Trading for ASTER
According to Robinhood, the new listings expand its supported digital assets, adding ASTER’s advanced decentralized trading platform alongside XPL and VIRTUAL for broader user access.
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Summary
Robinhood announced the listing of three new tokens—ASTER, XPL, and VIRTUAL—on October 16. ASTER is described as a next-generation decentralized exchange platform offering up to 1001x leverage for crypto and stock perpetual and spot trading. It operates on AsterChain, a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain providing sub-second finality, zero-knowledge proof privacy, and interoperability with major networks including BNB Chain, Ethereum, Solana, and Arbitrum. The listings mark Robinhood’s continued expansion of its cryptocurrency offerings.
Terms & Concepts
- ASTER: A decentralized exchange platform offering up to 1001x leverage on crypto and stock trading, powered by AsterChain Layer-1 blockchain.
- AsterChain: A high-performance Layer-1 blockchain supporting sub-second finality, zero-knowledge proof privacy, and multi-chain interoperability.
- Zero-Knowledge Proof: A cryptographic method that allows one party to prove the validity of information without revealing the information itself.