Aster vs Lighter head to head
| Metric | Aster | Lighter |
|---|---|---|
| Open interest | $1.23B | $501.88M |
| Share of all exchanges tracked | 1.6% | 0.7% |
| Perp volume, 24h | $1.22B | $1.39B |
| Perpetual markets | 453 | 112 |
| OI on the 102 shared coins | $1.14B | $499.63M |
| Avg funding on shared coins / 8h | 0.0101% | 0.0098% |
| Higher funding on | 88 coins | 14 coins |
| OI-weighted funding, all perps / 8h | 0.0080% | 0.0037% |
| Liquidations, last 24 hours | $2.88M | $4,366 |
| Long share of liquidations | 68.0% | 0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BTC | 0.0095% | -0.0048% | 0.0143% | $499.07M | $182.24M |
| 2 | ETH | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $278.86M | $114.36M |
| 3 | SOL | 0.0032% | 0.0024% | 0.0008% | $183.80M | $13.88M |
| 4 | LIT | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $11.89M | $49.20M |
| 5 | ASTER | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $50.96M | $897K |
| 6 | XRP | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $37.96M | $2.06M |
| 7 | ZEC | 0.0172% | 0.0096% | 0.0076% | $17.24M | $19.20M |
| 8 | NEAR | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $3.50M | $22.05M |
| 9 | HYPE | 0.0006% | -0.0008% | 0.0014% | $6.35M | $13.22M |
| 10 | BNB | 0.0000% | 0.0096% | -0.0096% | $6.21M | $3.09M |
| 11 | DOGE | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $6.58M | $617K |
| 12 | WLD | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $707K | $6.18M |
| 13 | XPL | 0.0100% | -0.0304% | 0.0404% | $279K | $6.33M |
| 14 | AAVE | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $1.07M | $5.04M |
| 15 | ENA | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $1.12M | $4.54M |
| 16 | ZRO | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $265K | $5.22M |
| 17 | UNI | 0.0119% | 0.0096% | 0.0023% | $1.22M | $3.68M |
| 18 | GRAM | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $1.32M | $2.88M |
| 19 | LINK | 0.0100% | 0.0048% | 0.0052% | $1.60M | $2.32M |
| 20 | AVAX | 0.0100% | 0.0096% | 0.0004% | $2.47M | $1.33M |
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.