OpenChainBench

Aster vs edgeX

Aster leads on 1 of 6 shared benchmarks, edgeX on 5. Aster wins on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue (586 vs 282). edgeX wins on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL (0.038% vs 0.051%), Best DEX for a $BOT market order, live slippage ranked (0.00064% vs 0.0045%), Perp DEX cost invariance (1.060x vs 1.190x), Perp DEX capital efficiency (4 vs 0.723).

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h6 shared benchmarks
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Aster

Aster is a decentralized perps exchange (ex-ApolloX, backed by YZi Labs) on BNB Chain and other EVM networks, with a Binance-compatible API and 8 hour funding periods.

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edgeX

zkSync-based perp DEX with low taker fees and a documented public REST API.

Side by side measurements

Perp DEX capital efficiency: active markets per $M TVL, live

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Aster

Trails

0.723

p99
0.723
rank
#9
samples
2,880

edgeX

Leads

4

p99
4
rank
#5
samples
2,880
Markets per $M TVL
Astern/aedgeXn/a

TVL from DefiLlama /protocol/{slug} currentChainTvls, excluding staking and pool2 categories. Market count from each venue's native API (same source as the perp-active-markets bench). The ratio reflects architectural choices, not absolute liquidity: a high ratio means the venue can list many markets cheaply, not that each market has deep liquidity. Compare with perp-volume-share for the liquidity angle.

Rolling 24h · Markets per $M TVLRaw JSON

Perp DEX price to fees ratio 2026: Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, GMX, GNS live

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ProviderP/F ratioFDV / feesFees 30dFloatOpen interestFees / OI
Aster25.1x72.2x$6.45M34.8%$1.44B0.054x
edgeX3.50x10.0x$5.02M35.0%$639.17M0.096x
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Astern/aedgeXn/a

P/F = circulating market cap (CoinGecko) / annualized fees (DeFiLlama dailyFees, trailing 30d x 365/30), on the DeFiLlama parent the token accrues from. Fees include the share paid to liquidity providers; P/S uses protocol revenue only. Low-float tokens show a much higher FDV/F than P/F. Pre-TGE venues are listed unranked with fees and OI, no ratio. A low multiple is not a recommendation.

Frequently asked questions

Aster vs edgeX: which one is better?

Aster and edgeX are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Aster leads on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue. edgeX leads on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which has the higher active markets, Aster or edgeX?

On the Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue benchmark, Aster leads at 586 versus edgeX at 282. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is cheaper, Aster or edgeX?

On the Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL benchmark, edgeX leads at 0.038% versus Aster at 0.051%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Aster vs edgeX comparison measured?

Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.

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How this pair was selected

Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.

Live data refreshes via ISR within 60 seconds of a new run. Sources are the same Prometheus queries surfaced on the parent benchmark pages.