Perpetuals exchange

Aster

Q: What trading modes does Aster offer?

Simple Mode gives one-click trading. Pro Mode adds a full order book, grid trading that runs automatically and orders that stay hidden until they are filled.

Q: How did Aster start?

Aster was formed when Astherus and APX Finance merged in late 2024, and people holding APX tokens could move their holdings over to ASTER.

Q: Who is behind Aster?

YZi Labs, the firm once known as Binance Labs, backs Aster and owns a minority stake through a private fund. Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, advises Aster and has personally invested in ASTER tokens.

Live data · updated every hour

Aster is a perpetual futures exchange centred on BNB Chain, formed from the merger of Astherus and APX Finance.

TVL rank#23CategoryPerpetualsChains8SinceMar 2025

All DeFi protocols

Total value locked$793M+0.1% in 24h · +2.3% in 7d

Fees · 24h$110K$5.36M over 30 days

Revenue · 24h—Not tracked for this protocol

Revenue share—Share of fees kept over 30 days

ASTER price$0.7433+1.5% in 24h

Market cap$2.01BFully diluted $5.95B

Mcap / TVL2.53Token value per $1 locked

Chains870.3% on BNB Chain

Aster TVL

Assets deposited in Aster across 8 chains, in US dollars.

Value locked$793M0.82% of all DeFi

Change · 1Y−$1.62B−67.1% over the period

Period high$2.46BOct 8, 2025

Period low$725MAug 19, 2026

Total value locked Touch the chart for valuesHover the chart for values

Supported chains

Deployed on 8 chains. BNB Chain holds 70.3% of deposits.

BNB Chain70.3%$557M Ethereum21.5%$171M Arbitrum5.9%$46.9M Solana2.2%$17.6M Manta0.1%$0.6M opBNB<0.1%$49K 2 other chains<0.1%$13K

Fees & revenue

Monthly fees paid by users. Revenue is not tracked for Aster. The current month is to date.

Fees · 30d$5.36M$956K in the past 7 days

Revenue · 30d—Not tracked

Annualized revenue—Past 30 days, annualized

Price to sales—Market cap ÷ annualized revenue

Fees Last 12 months

About Aster

What it does, how it earns and what the ASTER token is for.

Traders on Aster can post assets that earn a yield, such as USDF, as collateral while their perpetual futures positions stay open. Aster is a decentralized exchange for perpetual futures, contracts that track an asset's price with no expiry date, and users keep control of their own assets while they trade.

Aster runs on BNB Chain, Ethereum, Solana and Arbitrum with no need for bridging, and its markets share liquidity, so large trades cause only small slippage. Trades are matched on an order book, and perpetual contracts over cryptocurrencies and U.S. stocks can be traded with high leverage, settled on-chain in crypto. Holders of ASTER can vote on governance, earn staking rewards by providing liquidity and collect incentives through a points program.

CategoryPerpetuals

LaunchedMar 2025

Chains8

TVL rank#23 of 32

ASTER token$0.7433+1.5%

Market cap$2.01B

Fully diluted value$5.95B

Circulating supply2.71B ASTER

Max supply8.00B ASTER

Mcap / TVL2.53

33.9% of max supply in circulation

Aster FAQ

Short answers to what people ask most.

Simple Mode gives one-click trading. Pro Mode adds a full order book, grid trading that runs automatically and orders that stay hidden until they are filled.

Aster was formed when Astherus and APX Finance merged in late 2024, and people holding APX tokens could move their holdings over to ASTER.

YZi Labs, the firm once known as Binance Labs, backs Aster and owns a minority stake through a private fund. Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, advises Aster and has personally invested in ASTER tokens.

Aster news

Coverage of the protocol, its category and its chain.

All news

Similar protocols

Other perpetual exchanges, ranked by value locked.

All protocols

HyperliquidPerpetuals$7.36B−1.4% 7d Jupiter PerpsPerpetuals$817M+1.2% 7d GMXPerpetuals$246M+2.1% 7d dYdXPerpetuals$109M−2.7% 7d