Aster to launch Season 2 of Human vs. AI trading competition with $150K prize pool

The decentralized perpetual futures exchange Aster announced via its official X account that Season 2 of its Human vs. AI trading competition will run from Jan. 22 to Jan. 29. The event, which will be held on the Aster Chain testnet, features a total prize pool of $150,000. Participants will include 40 professional traders, 30 traders selected through an application process, and 30 AI traders. Applications are open until 11:59 p.m. UTC on Jan. 18, and the results will be announced on the Aster platform on Jan. 20. In the previous competition, a human trader nicknamed ProMint won first place in the net profit category. However, the AI team outperformed the human team in the overall team results, posting a total return on investment (ROI) of -4.48% versus the human team's -32.22%.