Just saw Aster's trading competition for BMT and honestly the prize pool is pretty wild – 50K ASTER plus 2.27M BMT tokens up for grabs. That's a lot of incentive to actually trade the pair during late January into early February. The interesting part is they're running it on both spot and perpetual futures, so you can pick whichever market you prefer or go all in on both if you're feeling it.

The 1.2x multiplier on trading activity sounds decent for accumulating points faster, though there's that 15-minute minimum hold requirement on futures to stop people from gaming the system. And they capped individual rewards at 3% per pool, which honestly feels fair – stops whales from hogging everything. You need at least $5 in fees to even qualify though, so it's not zero barrier to entry.

BMT getting this kind of liquidity push makes sense if they're trying to build depth in the token. Whether it actually moves the needle long-term depends on what happens after the competition ends. You planning to jump in, or just watching how this plays out?