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# 70 traders versus 30 bots: Aster begins AI effectiveness experiment

Aster team launched a trading competition. It features 70 real users and 30 specially trained AI agents.

⚔️ The Human vs AI battle has begun.

70 funded humans are now trading head-to-head against 30 AI agents run by @nofA_ai — one of the winning teams from our Vibe Trading Arena.

📊 The arena is live—watch every move:https://t.co/gJuqmAEQCw

🎰 Want skin in the game? Pick your… https://t.co/1wO18vHhd6 pic.twitter.com/Sklfo8Ekz0

— Aster (@Aster_DEX) December 9, 2025

Each participant was provided a deposit of $10 000. Trading is risk-free: the platform covers losses, and traders keep the profits they make. Additionally, a prize fund of $200 000 is up for grabs.

The main goal of the experiment is to test the limits of artificial intelligence capabilities. Developers want to find out:

• whether software code can compete with human intuition;
• whether machines can demonstrate creativity in trading;
• whether algorithms understand crowd psychology.

The tournament runs from December 9 to December 23. In the current stage, ROI for humans is higher than for bots.

Source: Aster website.## Enhancing trading privacy

Brevis protocol developers have partnered with Aster. The projects will combine efforts to integrate zero-knowledge proofs into trading infrastructure.

Brevis is partnering with @Aster_DEX to bring ZK-powered security and privacy to the next generation of on-chain trading.

The most advanced verifiable compute infrastructure meets the fastest-growing perpetuals and spot DEX in crypto. 🤝

Here’s what we’re working toward: pic.twitter.com/mI8xcSYC2T

— Brevis (@brevis_zk) December 10, 2025

A key issue with modern DEXs is the need to choose between speed and decentralization. Fully on-chain order execution slows down processes and makes transaction data publicly accessible, forcing traders to sacrifice efficiency for security.

Brevis technologies aim to solve this problem. Integration of ZK solutions will allow:

• increased speed: order execution will be instant, like on centralized exchanges, with subsequent on-chain verification;
• ensured privacy: special protection layers will hide data about individual trader positions while maintaining transparency of overall market metrics.

Brevis and Aster teams intend to create an institutional-level architecture that combines the performance of centralized platforms with DeFi security guarantees.

Recall that in November, journalist Kuai Dong, citing words of an anonymous DEX CEO under the pseudonym Leonard, reported that the platform plans to launch a privacy-focused blockchain.