Aster DEX, the BNB chain-based decentralized alternate, introduced an adjustment to its ARUSDT perpetual contract tick measurement that went reside at 09:00 UTC Monday.
In accordance with the perpetual and spot crypto buying and selling platform’ assertion on X, the minimal worth increment that was beforehand set at 0.01 will now change to 0.001. The DEX additionally confirmed the adjustment “won’t have an effect on current open orders.”
Expensive Aster customers,
Aster will modify the tick measurement (i.e., the minimal change within the unit worth) of the ARUSDT Perpetual contract from 0.01 to 0.001, efficient at 09:00 UTC, 10 Nov 2025.
Present orders won’t be affected by the tick measurement replace. pic.twitter.com/OtyAnaADPp
— Aster (@Aster_DEX) November 10, 2025
The brand new 0.001 tick might assist merchants set orders at finer ranges, enhancing entry and exit accuracy and through market situations that restrict them to tighter spreads. For instance, a dealer beforehand restricted to putting an order at $1.10 can now place it at $1.101 or $1.102, crucial for executing short-term buying and selling methods.
Aster adjustments tick measurement as stage 4 harvest begins
The tick measurement replace comes on the heels of Aster DEX coming into Stage 4 of its Daybreak program, generally known as Aster Harvest, after Stage 3 formally ended at 23:59 UTC on Sunday.
The upcoming harvest stage introduces 1.5% of the entire ASTER provide, distributed evenly in six weekly epochs, with 0.25% allotted per week. Airdrops from Stage 3 will grow to be claimable later this month, with the checker opening December 1 and claims beginning December 15. Stage 4 concludes on December 21, at 23:59 UTC.
New options in Stage 4 embrace ASTER being eligible as a margin asset, alongside an Aster Asset Factors system that accounts for ASTER, asBNB, and USDF holdings. Utilizing $ASTER as perpetual collateral grants additional factors.
Chosen perpetuals additionally profit from a better leverage ceiling, reaching as much as 300x. Charge buybacks and token burns will proceed, and customers paying charges in ASTER obtain a 5% low cost, and factors will also be earned throughout perpetual and spot buying and selling on the platform.
Aster CEO Leonard Aster is scheduled to affix Ember Aster for a reside Ask-Me-Something session at 1 PM UTC on November 10. The dialogue will cowl AsterChain’s roadmap and the alternate’s future plans.
“We’re excited to cost ahead, & assist lead the subsequent era of BUILDers to construct the way forward for blockchain and finance on AsterChain; offering thrilling alternatives for the neighborhood, ASTER holders & builders alike,” the Aster Construct staff wrote on Monday.
Aster reclaims $1.10 worth stage after Coinbase roadmap itemizing
The DEX token has posted a powerful efficiency within the final 24 hours, rising 2.35% in 24 hours, which is simply slightly below the broader crypto markets’ 3.7% uptick throughout the identical interval. Over the previous week, ASTER climbed 11.2%, realized after Coinbase’s November 9 announcement that the token was added to its asset roadmap, inflicting a 3.5% worth spike within the day.
Cryptopolitan reported that Coinbase is contemplating including the Changpeng Zhao-touted token’s buying and selling pairs after a radical vetting course of, though the itemizing is just not assured, and neither was the itemizing date confirmed.
In accordance with DefiLlama stats, Aster DEX’s perpetual futures volumes reached roughly $11.94 billion, whereas spot buying and selling accounted for $38.17 million within the final 24 hours. The platform’s cumulative perpetual quantity exceeds $509 billion, with cumulative spot buying and selling surpassing $12.7 billion.
