Aster vs Backpack Exchange
Same lines, side by side: fees, leverage, markets, KYC, custody and referral perks, from official pages and DefiLlama.
| Line | Aster | Backpack Exchange |
|---|---|---|
| 30-day volume | #P02 · $64,919.0MEdge | #P13 · Not tracked |
| Trading fees | 0.04% taker · 0% makerBase tier on the standard VIP schedule. Selected"Group B" crypto pairs are charged 0.1% taker, RWA pairs a flat 1.25 bps, and USD1-quoted pairs have their own schedule. Every maker fee is 0 bps. | Tier table published as an imageBackpack documents one tier table covering spot and perpetual futures, sorted by 30-day volume, with tiers recalculated every hour and the effective tier driven by whichever is highest between BP staking, volume and pre-TGE Mad Lad NFT holdings. The table itself is published as a screenshot on guide.backpack.exchange, so the numbers cannot be read in text; the USDT/USDC pair is charged 0% and does not count toward tiers. |
| New-user perk | You choose how the 10% default commission is split, so part of it can be returned to the referee as a fee discount | Fee rebates on referred accounts |
| Max leverage | up to 1001×Edge | up to 75× |
| Perp markets | 610Edge | 103 |
| Identity check | Not documented | KYC required |
| Custody | Non-custodial, wallet or email login | Custodial: your balances sit on the exchange, wallet is a separate product |
| Settles on | Aster Chain (own L1) | Backpack Exchange (centralised matching) |
| Collateral | USDC, USDT | USDC, USDT |
| Where it runs | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
| Chains | EVMBNB Chain | Solana · EVM · Bitcoin · SuiSolana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, Avalanche, Bitcoin, SuiEdge |
| Documented features | 9 of 10Edge | 7 of 10 |
| Order book | Yes | Yes |
| Cross margin | Yes | Yes |
| Spot trading | Yes | Yes |
| Vaults / copy vaults | Yes | Not documented |
| Copy trading | Yes | Not documented |
| Stocks, gold or forex | Yes | Yes |
| Points program | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes |
| Telegram bot | Not documented | Not documented |
Which one should you pick?
Pick Aster if
You trade from a phone and want a large book of crypto, stock and commodity perps.
Second-largest perp venue in the set and one of the cheapest for takers: 0.04% on the main book, 0% for makers. The trade-off is volume quality: DefiLlama's normalized figure is far below the reported one, and the points campaigns pay for activity.
asterdex.com
Pick Backpack Exchange if
You want a CEX-style experience with unified portfolio margin, stocks next to perps, and a referral that pays in cash.
The only centralised venue of the series, and the only one where you give up custody: accounts are KYC-verified, balances sit on the exchange and the 10% referral rebate is paid on trading fees rather than points. Backpack also lists US stocks and ETFs next to 103 perpetual markets.
backpack.exchange
