Head to head
the arrow points to the better figure| Aster | QFEX | |
|---|---|---|
| Trading | ||
| $8.15 | BTC trade, $10k | — |
| $1,188 | BTC trade, $1M | — |
| $40.1M | BTC book depth | — |
| 0.040%/0.000% | ◀Taker / maker | 0.050%/0.020% |
| 300x | ◀Max leverage | 30x |
| Size | ||
| $2.25B | ◀Volume 24h | $540.2M |
| $1.68B | ◀Volume, 7-day average | $400.0M |
| $1.36Bone side | Open interest | $356.2Mlongs + shorts |
| $505.4M | TVL | — |
| Markets | ||
| 599 | ◀Markets | 236 |
| 146 | Stocks & RWA▶ | 225 |
| 1h or 4h or 8h | Funding paid every | 1h |
| +0.0100% | BTC funding /8h | — |
| +0.567% | BTC longs paid, 30d | — |
| Access | ||
| No ID | KYC | No ID |
| $ASTER | Token | none yet |
| Stage 5 | Airdrop | — |
Volume by asset class
last 90 daysOn both: 78
funding /8h · Net 7d at $10kOnly on Aster: 491
BTC · ETH · SOL · ASTER · XRP · WLFI · SKHYNIX · ZEC · LIT · KITE · HYPE · BNB · BULLA · DOGE · KORU · PREDICT · NEAR · SYN · IDOL · AVAX · AGT · CAKE · ACN · TAO · MOONSHOT · AIN · QQQ · EVAA · LTC · BIANRENSHENG · SQQQ · LYN · SUI · PAXG · LINK · JCT · ATOM · XMR · LUMIA · BAT · WLD · DOT · FF · PLAY · GRAM · ADA · ETC · AAVE · SPY · TRX · DNA · PEPE · ZEREBRO · XLM · UNI · B · PUMP · UNITREE · ESPORTS · LONGXIA · and 431 more
Only on QFEX: 147
NAS100 · SP500 · TLT · SMH · NIKKEI · IBIT · RSP · VLO · XLF · ICE · LMT · TMO · ABVX · NEM · GS · IGV · UNH · DLR · ZS · TAIEX · BUG · EQIX · RTX · ZBRA · DUOL · RVMD · CYPH · ILMN · AKAM · NU · BA · MXL · FXF · HUBS · NOC · SNOW · SOXS · LULU · VST · JBL · BITU · TTWO · MCD · CAT · XMTR · COPX · NCLD · LSCC · CVNA · TJX · ZROZ · HUT · HSAI · IMTX · NKE · TEM · MDT · PANW · ASST · QNT · and 87 more
Questions
Which has more markets, Aster or QFEX?
Aster lists 599 active markets and QFEX 236; 78 assets trade on both, 78 of them stocks, commodities or other real-world assets.
Does Aster or QFEX require KYC?
Aster: No ID to trade (the terms keep a right to limited checks); not for the US, Canada, the UK, China, Russia, Ukraine or sanctioned countries. QFEX: No KYC to trade; access is by invite code.
Can you arbitrage funding between Aster and QFEX?
Not profitably right now: none of the 78 assets on both paid more in funding over the last 7 days than a round trip on both costs.
Which is bigger, Aster or QFEX?
24-hour volume: Aster $2.25B, QFEX $540.2M. Open interest as each reports it: $1.36B and $356.2M. QFEX reports open interest as longs plus shorts, both sides of every position; Aster reports one side. For the same positions QFEX's figure reads about twice as large. TVL: $505.4M and none published.