Robinhood crypto exchange has listed three notable coins including Aster (ASTER), Plasma (XPL) and Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) for spot trading. Crypto market watchers have hailed the listing by Robinhood as it reflects a strategic push to merge retail accessibility with blockchain innovation. 

The three coins have gained Robinhood listing as they serve as niche specific cryptocurrencies with huge upside potential. This move has also sparked hopes for a price rally for ASTER, XPL and VIRTUAL even though their prices are slumping at the moment. 

ASTER, XPL and VIRTUAL Gain Robinhood Listing

Crypto exchange Robinhood has confirmed the listing of Aster, Plasma and Virtuals Protocol. As per the official announcement, the three tokens are now trading on the exchange and available for spot trading for the exchange’s U.S customers. 

$ASTER, $XPL, and $VIRTUAL are now available to trade on Robinhood. pic.twitter.com/ZgP0TN2PqH

— Robinhood (@RobinhoodApp) October 16, 2025

According to data by the exchange, these tokens rallied slightly upon listing as investors showed heightened optimism. ASTER for instance climbed to an intra-day high of $1.3596 before slumping to $1.2635 as of this writing. 

Plasma (XPL) and Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) also rallied to an intra-day high of $0.5018 and $0.858, respectively. At the moment, XPL is trading at $0.4472 and VIRTUAL at $0.796. 

The three coins join Robinhood’s list of 40 cryptocurrencies available for spot trading. Particularly, the cryptocurrencies gained listing on Robinhood as niche-specific cryptocurrencies. 

ASTER’s 7,000% surge and XPL’s gasless transfers highlight speculative retail demand, while institutional whale activity amplifies market volatility. On the other hand, VIRTUAL’s AI agent monetization and regulatory risks underscore the tension between niche utility and compliance challenges in emerging crypto markets. 

Market Watchers React to Robinhood’s Listing 

Crypto market watcher and K9Strategy board member Easy has hailed Robinhood for the listing of Aster, Plasma and Virtuals Protocol. In a recent post on X, Easy wrote; 

Robinhood listing
– $ASTER
– $XPL
– $VIRTUALS

Actually wild that Robinhood is doing better listing crypto coins than Coinbase lol pic.twitter.com/xbAjqBbBxp

— Easy (@EasyEatsBodega) October 16, 2025

Meanwhile, following the listing, Aster has continued to gain strong on-chain activity per an observation by crypto analyst Alex. As the only second decentralized exchange to be listed on Robinhood after Uniswap, Aster has continued to command more market share of DEX perpetual volume. 

The DEX controls 44% of the market share with $13.33 billion in trading volume over the last 24 hours. It Outperforms Hyperliquid which recorded $10.66 billion trading volume over the same period. 

On the other hand, Crypto analyst Globe of Crypto is bullish for VIRTUAL. The crypto analyst eyes a price breakout to $2 following the Robinhood listing and a bullish technical formation on the daily chart. 

“Growing within the range of Descending Channel. Bounce can follow our projected line to send #VIRTUAL towards $2 during Midterm,” Globe of Crypto wrote. 

Market analyst Broke Doomer eyes a bullish play out for Plasma (XPL) with a potential rally if the price remains within the rising channel. The analyst points out $0.44 – 0.45 as key support zone and $0.52 – 0.56 as key resistance zone.