Overview

• Robinhood confirmed on October 16 that Aster (ASTER), Plasma (XPL) and Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) are now available for U.S. trading.
• TradingView data show ASTER jumped to about $1.36 and XPL briefly topped $0.50 after listing before retracing on heavy activity.
• Aster is tied to a perpetuals-focused DEX and becomes only the second DEX token on Robinhood after Uniswap’s UNI.
• Plasma’s XPL is described as a Bitcoin‑secured Layer‑1 geared toward stablecoin use cases and has been gaining exchange support.
• Broader crypto sentiment stayed cautious, and Robinhood shares fell about 1.9% Thursday even as the new tokens drew interest.