Derivatives exchange Aevo offers pre-market trading for its upcoming token, set to be airdropped on March 13.

Aevo, an exchange focusing on options and perpetual futures trading, operates on its Layer 2 network on Ethereum. The exchange has seen decent traction in recent months for pre-market trading of tokens and has used this as a way to increase awareness of the platform.

What is different in this case is that Aevo will offer its token for pre-market trading, which may be a first in the crypto space.

“Presenting $AEVO Pre-Launch. Take a position on where AEVO will be when the airdrop happens by the 13th of March,” the exchange posted on X.

The offering was met with some skepticism. Parsec Finance founder Will Sheehan questioned whether it was suitable for an exchange to list …