USD1 is officially live on @Aster_DEX with perpetual and spot trading pairs! If you just look at the surface, it’s basically “a few more trading pairs + incentives.” But from the perspective of on-chain capital flow and stablecoin competition, it’s essentially integrating USD1 into a complete trading ecosystem, rather than simply functioning as a settlement currency. Most stablecoins in the market are stuck in the phase of “having issuance but lacking use cases.” @worldlibertyfi is actually moving toward asset integration at the trading layer. Looking at funding rates, USD1’s taker fee is only 0.5bp, while USDT’s is 4bp. Anyone who trades frequently knows this difference is huge. For high-frequency traders or large capital, it’s almost instinctive to switch to USD1 for trading pairs. The choice of trading pairs is essentially the gateway to liquidity. Whoever is cheaper will attract liquidity. Add to that the dual incentives: low fees to grab trading volume on one side, and WLFI token rewards to amplify user behavior on the other. Up to 2.5 million WLFI tokens are distributed monthly based on trading volume. At the same time, holding USD1 on Aster also generates yield, distributed proportionally on a daily basis. The dual incentives of trading + holding create a more complete capital loop within the system. Aster’s native support for perp + incentives + low fees is essentially USD1 competing for settlement dominance at the trading layer. Once users get used to opening positions, settling, and rolling over with USD1, its role evolves beyond being just a stablecoin—it starts to resemble the base currency of the trading system.