Market Maker Program

Aster offers preferential fees and a monthly reward pool to qualifying market makers. Each month, 300,000 USDT worth of $ASTER is distributed based on effective maker volume.

Program Objectives

  • Incentivise liquidity — Reward active market makers to strengthen depth across supported pairs on Aster.

  • Align long-term value — Distribute $ASTER rewards through a sustainable, performance-based program tied to on-chain activity and trading contributions.

  • Support fair market structure — Encourage tight spreads, deep order books, and consistent quoting through transparent, rule-based incentives.

Preferential Fee Tiers

Tier
Criteria (rolling 14 days)
Taker Fee
Maker Rebate

MM 1

≥ $500M volume or maker volume ≥ 1.5%

2.0 bps

−0.25 bps

MM 2

≥ $1B volume or maker volume ≥ 3%

1.6 bps

−0.50 bps

Note: The trading interface displays your applicable taker fee and shows maker fee as "0". Maker rebates are calculated and disbursed hourly — track them in your transaction history under Aster Perps.

MM Reward Pool

300,000 USDT worth of $ASTER is distributed each calendar month, proportional to each market maker's weighted effective maker volume on altcoin pairs.

Aster reserves the right to adjust or suspend the reward pool on a monthly basis.

Calculation Methodology

MM's Weighted Effective Volume:

MM's Weighted Effective Volume = (MM's qualified Hot Pair maker volume × Hot Pair Weighted Index) + (MM's qualified Normal Pair maker volume × Normal Pair Weighted Index)

Each MM's Reward Share:

MM's Reward Share = MM's Weighted Effective Volume / Total Weighted Effective Volume × Reward Pool

Pair Type

Weighted Index

Hot Pair (H)

10

Normal Pair (N)

1

A maker's volume for a given trading pair is counted as effective only if both of the following conditions are met:

A. Quoting standards — all must be met simultaneously:

  • Bid and offer sizes meet or exceed the minimum size requirement for the pair.

  • Bid-offer spread is within the allowed limit (≤0.1% for BTC/ETH/SOL; ≤0.25% for other pairs).

  • Orders remain live in the order book for at least 0.5 seconds at a time.

B. Qualifying percentage — the above standards must be maintained for ≥70% of the trading day. If a pair falls below 70%, that pair's volume is excluded from rewards and it does not qualify for preferential fees the following day.

Quoting Qualification Details

To qualify for a pair on a given day, all four conditions below must be met simultaneously for at least 70% of the trading day (00:00–23:59 UTC):

  • Total bids shown > cumulative minimum size for the pair.

  • Total offers shown > cumulative minimum size for the pair.

  • Orders must remain live in the order book for at least 0.5 seconds.

  • Bid/offer spread < required spread threshold

Note: If a pair's qualifying percentage falls below 70% on a given day, that pair does not qualify for preferential fees the following day.

Pair
Bid/Offer Spread
Min Size
Type

BTCUSDT

0.10%

2

Not Applicable

ETHUSDT

0.10%

60

Not Applicable

SOLUSDT

0.10%

1,000

Not Applicable

XRPUSDT

0.25%

20,000

N

TRXUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

BNBUSDT

0.25%

50

H

LINKUSDT

0.25%

2,500

N

DOGEUSDT

0.25%

150,000

N

SUIUSDT

0.25%

5,000

N

1000SHIBUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

LISTAUSDT

0.25%

60,000

H

ADAUSDT

0.25%

40,000

N

AVAXUSDT

0.25%

1,200

N

LTCUSDT

0.25%

300

N

NEARUSDT

0.25%

8,000

H

ATOMUSDT

0.25%

6,000

N

CAKEUSDT

0.25%

13,000

H

APEUSDT

0.25%

35,000

N

ETCUSDT

0.25%

1,200

N

AAVEUSDT

0.25%

80

N

DYDXUSDT

0.25%

30,000

N

CRVUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

BCHUSDT

0.25%

100

N

UNIUSDT

0.25%

6,000

H

OPUSDT

0.25%

40,000

N

APTUSDT

0.25%

4,000

N

ARBUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

INJUSDT

0.25%

2,500

N

1000PEPEUSDT

0.25%

300,000

N

WLDUSDT

0.25%

25,000

N

SEIUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

1000FLOKIUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

TONUSDT

0.25%

8,000

N

1000BONKUSDT

0.25%

1,500,000

N

TRUMPUSDT

0.25%

2,000

N

FARTCOINUSDT

0.25%

15,000

N

BUSDT

0.25%

25,000

H

ENAUSDT

0.25%

75,000

N

MOODENGUSDT

0.25%

120,000

N

DOTUSDT

0.25%

5,500

N

XLMUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

PYTHUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

NEIROUSDT

0.25%

55,000,000

N

USD1USDT

0.25%

30,000

N

SAHARAUSDT

0.25%

150,000

N

AAPLUSDT

1.00%

55

N

TSLAUSDT

1.00%

50

N

NVADUSDT

1.00%

80

N

AMZNUSDT

1.00%

55

N

METAUSDT

1.00%

25

N

GOOGUSDT

1.00%

80

N

MSFTUSDT

1.00%

30

N

PENGUUSDT

0.25%

350,000

N

PUMPUSDT

0.25%

2,000,000

H

SPKUSDT

0.25%

150,000

N

ZORAUSDT

0.25%

250,000

N

CUSDT

0.25%

60,000

N

TAGUSDT

0.25%

300,000

N

INUSDT

0.25%

150,000

H

TOWNSUSDT

0.25%

420,000

N

PROVEUSDT

0.25%

13,000

N

AIOUSDT

0.25%

18,000

N

XNYUSDT

0.25%

750,000

N

DAMUSDT

0.25%

160,000

N

SAPIENUSDT

0.25%

75,000

H

XPLUSDT

0.25%

30,000

H

BASUSDT

0.25%

750,000

N

BTRUSDT

0.25%

180,000

N

MITOUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

HEMIUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

QUSDT

0.25%

150,000

N

PTBUSDT

0.25%

350,000

N

ARIAUSDT

0.25%

150,000

N

TAKEUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

FLOCKUSDT

0.25%

40,000

N

SKYUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

ONDOUSDT

0.25%

12,000

N

HOLOUSDT

0.25%

30000

N

UBUSDT

0.25%

400,000

N

XPINUSDT

0.25%

6,000,000

N

TOSHIUSDT

0.25%

25,000,000

N

STBLUSDT

0.25%

60,000

H

0GUSDT

0.25%

16,000

N

BARDUSDT

0.25%

20,000

N

TRADOORUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

BLESSUSDT

0.25%

450,000

N

ASTERUSDT

0.25%

30,000

H

AVNTUSDT

0.25%

25,000

H

HYPEUSDT

0.25%

800

H

SQDUSDT

0.25%

180,000

N

FFUSDT

0.25%

100,000

H

EDENUSDT

0.25%

60,000

N

ZECUSDT

0.25%

200

N

2ZUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

EVAAUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

LYNUSDT

0.25%

85,000

N

ZKCUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

COAIUSDT

0.25%

12,000

N

KGENUSDT

0.25%

80,000

N

4USDT

0.25%

200,000

H

GIGGLEUSDT

0.25%

200

N

BANKUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

FORMUSDT

0.25%

23,000

H

MONUSDT

0.25%

350,000

N

YBUSDT

0.25%

20,000

N

METUSDT

0.25%

15,000

N

1000CHEEMSUSDT

0.25%

2,000,000

N

EULUSDT

0.25%

3,000

N

ENSOUSDT

0.25%

8,000

N

CLOUSDT

0.25%

135,000

N

RECALLUSDT

0.25%

55,000

N

ZBTUSDT

0.25%

85,000

N

LABUSDT

0.25%

125,000

N

RIVERUSDT

0.25%

6,500

N

BLUAIUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

TURTLEUSDT

0.25%

130,000

N

APRUSDT

0.25%

65,000

N

ONUSDT

0.25%

120,000

N

ATUSDT

0.25%

65,000

H

KITEUSDT

0.25%

350,000

N

CCUSDT

0.25%

180,000

N

ZENUSDT

0.25%

1,300

H

DASHUSDT

0.25%

250

H

JELLYJELLYUSDT

0.25%

125,000

H

B2USDT

0.25%

25,000

N

MMTUSDT

0.25%

25,000

N

TRUSTUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

UAIUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

FOLKSUSDT

0.25%

5,000

N

STABLEUSDT

0.25%

650,000

N

ICPUSDT

0.25%

3,600

H

ARUSDT

0.25%

7,000

N

XAUUSDT

0.25%

8

N

FLUXUSDT

0.25%

138,000

N

TRUTHUSDT

0.25%

560,000

N

JCTUSDT

0.25%

420,000

N

ALLOUSDT

0.25%

55,000

N

CLANKERUSDT

0.25%

400

N

BEATUSDT

0.25%

62,500

N

DEXEUSDT

0.25%

4,200

N

PIEVERSEUSDT

0.25%

85,000

N

SENTUSDT

0.25%

420,000

N

TNSRUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

GRASSUSDT

0.25%

40,000

N

DYMUSDT

0.25%

150,000

N

BOBUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

BANANAS31USDT

0.25%

6,800,000

N

PARTIUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

IRYSUSDT

0.25%

680,000

N

BIOUSDT

0.25%

400,000

N

AVLUSDT

0.25%

140,000

N

PIPPINUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

RLSUSDT

0.25%

700,000

N

GUAUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

SKYAIUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

POWERUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

1000LUNCUSDT

0.25%

400,000

N

WETUSDT

0.25%

65,000

N

LUNA2USDT

0.25%

80,000

N

NIGHTUSDT

0.25%

300,000

N

USUSDT

0.25%

2,000,000

N

CYSUSDT

0.25%

680,000

N

RAVEUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

LIGHTUSDT

0.25%

20,000

N

ZKPUSDT

0.25%

130,000

N

IRUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

HUSDT

0.25%

90,000

N

ANIMEUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

LITUSDT

0.25%

5,000

N

XAGUSDT

0.25%

300

N

COLLECTUSDT

0.25%

250,000

N

MAGMAUSDT

0.25%

130,000

N

MYXUSDT

0.25%

3,000

N

BREVUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

VIRTUALUSDT

0.25%

2,000

N

RENDERUSDT

0.25%

1,000

N

BROCCOLI714USDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

SOONUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

VVVUSDT

0.25%

1,000

N

GUNUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

币安人生USDT

0.25%

100,000

H

ZAMAUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

TAOUSDT

0.25%

80

N

HBARUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

PNUTUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

IPUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

BOMEUSDT

0.25%

20,000,000

N

POLUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

SPXUSDT

0.25%

40,000

N

ETHFIUSDT

0.25%

20,000

N

TURBOUSDT

0.25%

10,000,000

N

POLYXUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

JUPUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

我踏马来了USDT

0.25%

700,000

N

FOGOUSDT

0.25%

400,000

N

XMRUSDT

0.25%

30

N

WHITEWHALEUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

BERAUSDT

0.25%

15,000

N

FHEUSDT

0.25%

12,000

N

DOLOUSDT

0.25%

13,000

N

FRAXUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

雪球USDT

0.25%

200,000

N

FUNUSDT

0.25%

180,000

N

DUSKUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

MEUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

ELSAUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

ROSEUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

HANAUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

VELOUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

GWEIUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

ACUUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

SKRUSDT

0.25%

80,000

N

FIGHTUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

STGUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

ZROUSDT

0.25%

5,000

N

SPACEUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

MEMESUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

PENGUINUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

SOMIUSDT

0.25%

8,000

N

SHELLUSDT

0.25%

300,000

N

NOMUSDT

0.25%

1000,000

N

RESOLVUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

AXLUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

ARTXUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

BIRBUSDT

0.25%

80,000

N

XCUUSDT

0.25%

1,000

N

XPTUSDT

0.25%

10

N

XPDUSDT

0.25%

20

N

BMTUSDT

0.25%

300,000

N

MEGAUSDT

0.25%

80,000

N

BULLAUSDT

0.25%

300,000

N

MUUSDT

0.25%

50

N

SNDKUSDT

0.25%

35

N

INXUSDT

0.25%

800,000

N

AUCTIONUSDT

0.25%

3,000

N

KASUSDT

0.25%

300,000

N

INTCUSDT

0.25%

200

N

HOODUSDT

0.25%

100

N

QQQUSDT

0.25%

25

N

NVDAUSDT

0.25%

50

N

WLFIUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

ZKUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

AXSUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

STXUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

EIGENUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

FILUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

JASMYUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

TREEUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

ESPORTSUSDT

0.25%

300,000

N

FETUSDT

0.25%

80,000

N

TIAUSDT

0.25%

60,000

N

OPENUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

ARPAUSDT

0.25%

150,000

N

LINEAUSDT

0.25%

250,000

N

GMTUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

LDOUSDT

0.25%

30,000

N

STRKUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

GALAUSDT

0.25%

2,500,000

N

SNXUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

PENDLEUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

SENTISUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

ARCUSDT

0.25%

100,000

H

WARDUSDT

0.25%

80,000

N

LAUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

SIRENUSDT

0.25%

80,000

N

TRIAUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

GPSUSDT

0.25%

500,000

N

VANAUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

ALCHUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

ESPUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

AZTECUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

N

MOVEUSDT

0.25%

250,000

N

SUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

COWUSDT

0.25%

25,000

N

USELESSUSDT

0.25%

200,000

N

INITUSDT

0.25%

50,000

N

JTOUSDT

0.25%

25,000

N

ORCAUSDT

0.25%

5,000

N

RPLUSDT

0.25%

2,500

N

NAORISUSDT

0.25%

150,000

N

UMAUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

OPNUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

AWEUSDT

0.25%

100,000

N

UMAUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

YGGUSDT

0.25%

125,000

N

CYBERUSDT

0.25%

10,000

N

OGNUSDT

0.25%

250,000

N

PROMPTUSDT

0.25%

100,000

H

BELUSDT

0.25%

50,000

H

GRIFFAINUSDT

0.25%

500,000

H

CRCLUSDT

0.25%

50

H

ROBOUSDT

0.25%

125,000

H

CLUSDT

0.25%

70

H

KATUSDT

0.25%

150,000

H

PAXGUSDT

0.25%

4

H

NATGASUSDT

0.25%

2,000

H

EWYUSDT

0.25%

50

H

PHAUSDT

0.25%

125,000

H

MANTRAUSDT

0.25%

250,000

H

SIGNUSDT

0.25%

100,000

H

OKBUSDT

0.25%

50

H

FLOWUSDT

0.25%

100,000

H

龙虾USDT

0.25%

250,000

H

PIXELUSDT

0.25%

500,000

H

XAIUSDT

0.25%

500,000

H

PLAYUSDT

0.25%

100,000

H

ACXUSDT

0.25%

100,000

H

DEGOUSDT

0.25%

50,000

H

ZEREBROUSDT

0.25%

500,000

H

SOLVUSDT

0.25%

1,000,000

H

MELANIAUSDT

0.25%

50,000

H

DOODUSDT

0.25%

1,500,000

H

COSUSDT

0.25%

5,000,000

H

XANUSDT

0.25%

500,000

H

STOUSDT

0.25%

50,000

H

CFGUSDT

0.25%

35,000

H

GUSDT

0.25%

1,250,000

H

HYPERUSDT

0.25%

50,000

H

MSTRUSDT

0.25%

35

H

ENJUSDT

0.25%

150,000

H

PUMPBTCUSDT

0.25%

500,000

H

EDGEUSDT

0.25%

7,000

H

GOOGLUSDT

0.25%

20

H

BRUSDT

0.25%

25,000

H

ONTUSDT

0.25%

100,000

H

BSBUSDT

0.25%

35,000

H

PRLUSDT

0.25%

25,000

H

MUSDT

0.25%

2,000

H

Last update: March 26, 2026

Application Process

Apply via this formarrow-up-right – the Aster team will contact you within three working days.

Requirements:

  • Minimum 100M USD monthly futures cumulative trading volume (on Aster or other trading platforms).

  • If eligible, Aster will whitelist your IPs and configure fees for your MM account, starting from Tier 1.

Disclaimer

Aster reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Market Maker Reward Program at any time, including but not limited to changes in eligibility criteria, reward allocation methodology, token distribution schedules, and qualifying requirements. All participants are responsible for reviewing the most up-to-date program terms published by Aster. Participation in the program does not constitute a binding agreement, and Aster retains full discretion in the interpretation and enforcement of program rules.

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