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Aster vs Lighter

Aster and Lighter side by side from their public APIs: open interest, 24h perp volume, 24h liquidations, number of markets, the coins both list and funding on those coins, with the spread between the two. Each exchange also has its own page with its largest markets.

Aster has more perpetual open interest: $1.22B, 2.4× Lighter's $502.51M. The two list 102 coins in common, out of 448 on Aster and 112 on Lighter. Funding on the shared coins averages 0.0152% per 8h on Aster and 0.0144% on Lighter; of 102 coins, Aster's rate is higher on 82, Lighter's on 20. The widest funding gap is on CASHCAT: 0.2093% per 8h higher on Aster (≈229% APR).

102 shared coins565 perpsAs of 10:10 UTC

Aster open interest#9 of 10
$1.22B
70.9% of the pair
Lighter open interest#10 of 10
$502.51M
29.1% of the pair
Shared coins
102
346 only on Aster · 10 only on Lighter

Aster vs Lighter head to head

MetricAsterLighter
Open interest$1.22B$502.51M
Share of all exchanges tracked1.6%0.7%
Perp volume, 24h$1.22B$1.40B
Perpetual markets453112
OI on the 102 shared coins$1.14B$500.24M
Avg funding on shared coins / 8h0.0152%0.0144%
Higher funding on82 coins20 coins
OI-weighted funding, all perps / 8h0.0076%0.0093%
Liquidations, last 24 hours$3.07M$19K
Long share of liquidations66.2%18.5%

Funding and open interest on shared coins

top 20 of 102 by combined OI
# Coin Aster funding Lighter funding Spread / 8h Aster OI Lighter OI
1BTC0.0075%0.0080%-0.0005%$498.12M$181.19M
2ETH0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$278.55M$115.52M
3SOL0.0040%0.0096%-0.0056%$184.78M$13.82M
4LIT0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$11.97M$49.33M
5ASTER0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$51.10M$852K
6XRP0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$38.11M$2.02M
7ZEC0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$14.37M$19.28M
8NEAR0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$3.59M$22.38M
9HYPE0.0095%0.0096%-0.0001%$6.32M$12.90M
10BNB0.0000%0.0096%-0.0096%$6.22M$3.02M
11DOGE0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$6.54M$634K
12WLD0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$716K$6.14M
13XPL0.0100%-0.0288%0.0388%$278K$6.28M
14AAVE0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$1.06M$4.97M
15ENA0.0100%0.0104%-0.0004%$1.18M$4.73M
16ZRO0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$265K$5.30M
17UNI0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$1.17M$3.72M
18GRAM0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$1.34M$2.86M
19LINK0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$1.63M$2.30M
20AVAX0.0100%0.0096%0.0004%$2.52M$1.34M

Coverage. Aster: Crypto perps (stocks excluded): OI every 60s (top 60) or 5 min, funding every 60s; liquidations sampled, at most one per symbol per second. Added 2026-09-28. Lighter: Every liquidation on crypto perps (liquidation fills on the public trade stream); OI, volume and funding polled every 60s; added 2026-09-28.

How it's counted. Open interest is the USD value of open perpetual positions (one side) at the mark price, summed over the markets this site tracks; stablecoin pairs are left out. Shared coins are coins with a perpetual on both exchanges (Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets excluded); where an exchange lists several perps for a coin, the one with the most open interest is used. Funding is the 8-hour equivalent; the spread is Aster minus Lighter.

Aster vs Lighter FAQ

Which has more open interest, Aster or Lighter?

The open interest cards at the top compare the USD value of open perpetual futures positions on each exchange, summed over every market this site tracks there and valued at the mark price. They update with every page load.

Is funding higher on Aster or Lighter?

The average funding figures cover only the coins both exchanges list, as 8-hour equivalents, so venues with 1-hour and 8-hour funding compare directly. The table shows each coin's rate on both and the spread; a wide spread is what a funding arbitrage trade collects.

How many coins do Aster and Lighter both list?

The shared coins count is the number of coins with a perpetual future on both exchanges right now. Stablecoin pairs and Hyperliquid HIP-3 markets are left out.

Where does the data come from?

Each exchange's public market-data API, read live by this site. Nothing here comes from paid data vendors.