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ASTER/USDT (ASTERUSDT) Historical Market Data — Every Tick, €1 a Day

Every message of each venue's ASTER/USDT feed — tick-by-tick trades, Level-2 order-book updates at full depth and quotes, not candles — across 16 exchanges and 21 instruments (spot and perpetual), September 2025 – present, captured co-located at each venue with nanosecond timestamps in one schema, 7.52 TB raw, with 1-minute OHLCV derived from it. Any instrument-day is €1 — buy as a guest, download instantly.

Exchanges
16
Instruments
21
First day
2025-09-17
Recorded days
7,684
Raw size
7.52 TB
Turnover · 30d (ASTERUSDT)
$1.9B
Trades · 30d
13.5M
Exchanges

ASTER/USDT across 16 exchanges

Every venue that lists ASTER/USDT in the archive, ranked by recorded size, with the instrument class each one carries — spot and perpetual. Open a venue's page for its full catalog, or jump straight to an instrument's day files.

VenueSpotPerpetualRecorded
Binance USDT-M—ASTERUSDT
since September 2025 · 383 days · 1.09 TB
1.09 TB
BybitASTERUSDT.spot
since September 2025 · 381 days · 350 GB
ASTERUSDT
since September 2025 · 383 days · 688 GB
1.01 TB
KuCoin Futures—ASTERUSDTM
since September 2025 · 383 days · 1006 GB
1006 GB
OkxASTER-USDT
since October 2025 · 355 days · 208 GB
ASTER-USDT-SWAP
since September 2025 · 380 days · 590 GB
798 GB
BitgetASTERUSDT.spot
since October 2025 · 365 days · 215 GB
ASTERUSDT
since September 2025 · 380 days · 556 GB
771 GB
MexcASTERUSDT
since September 2025 · 382 days · 572 GB
—572 GB
HTXasterusdt
since September 2025 · 383 days · 447 GB
—447 GB
WhitebitASTER_USDT
since October 2025 · 350 days · 115 GB
ASTER_PERP
since September 2025 · 372 days · 258 GB
373 GB
BingXASTER-USDT.spot
since September 2025 · 385 days · 60.2 GB
ASTER-USDT
since September 2025 · 383 days · 248 GB
308 GB
KuCoinASTER-USDT
since September 2025 · 378 days · 298 GB
—298 GB
Gate.io Future—ASTER_USDT
since September 2025 · 383 days · 283 GB
283 GB
Gate.io SpotASTER_USDT
since September 2025 · 383 days · 245 GB
—245 GB
Binance SpotASTERUSDT
since October 2025 · 366 days · 199 GB
—199 GB
Bitmart—ASTERUSDT
since September 2025 · 373 days · 186 GB
186 GB
Woo X—PERP_ASTER_USDT
since September 2025 · 368 days · 33.0 GB
33.0 GB
HTX USDT-M—ASTER-USDT
since April 2026 · 168 days · 25.8 GB
25.8 GB

One row per venue; each cell names the heaviest instrument of that class with its first recorded day, recorded UTC days and raw (uncompressed) size. Dated futures fold every contract of the venue into one cell.

Market structure

ASTER/USDT spread, depth and turnover per exchange

Where ASTER/USDT is tightest, deepest and busiest — average quoted spread, order-book depth and daily turnover per venue, computed from our own recordings. The tick files behind these numbers are the same ones in the shop.

VenueInstrumentAvg spread (bps)Top-of-book depthTop-20 depthTurnover / dayTrades / day
Binance USDT-MASTERUSDT · Perpetual1.39$2.2K$191.0K$64.5M450,782
BybitASTERUSDT · Perpetual1.52$801.09$36.8K$15.0M103,778
WhitebitASTER_PERP · Perpetual27$8.3K$99.2K$14.8M12,404
OkxASTER-USDT-SWAP · Perpetual1.41$661.37$98.6K$14.1M46,205
Binance SpotASTERUSDT · Spot8.11$15.6K$278.3K$13.8M71,031
BybitASTERUSDT.spot · Spot2.62$627.39$44.6K$11.3M33,579
BingXASTER-USDT · Perpetual2.11$5.9K$554.0K$9.7M865,724
KuCoinASTER-USDT · Spot1.65$330.63$20.8K$6.3M17,981
WhitebitASTER_USDT · Spot26$198.87$155.1K$5.2M10,500
BitgetASTERUSDT · Perpetual2.75$880.26$209.9K$4.6M15,400
Gate.io SpotASTER_USDT · Spot5.98$518.98$20.6K$4.5M22,162
KuCoin FuturesASTERUSDTM · Perpetual5.46$191.57$8.7K$4.0M19,450
BitmartASTERUSDT · Perpetual2.70$4.1K$565.1K$3.9M52,283
Gate.io FutureASTER_USDT · Perpetual4.23$450.07$72.6K$2.6M10,246
MexcASTERUSDT · Spot5.72$1.9K$129.1K$2.3M23,939
OkxASTER-USDT · Spot3.34$438.67$20.2K$2.1M12,317
BitgetASTERUSDT.spot · Spot3.34$626.19$54.0K$1.1M7,856
BingXASTER-USDT.spot · Spot18$16.1K$283.6K$881.5K67,719
HTXasterusdt · Spot14$524.03$139.6K$173.6K2,972
HTX USDT-MASTER-USDT · Perpetual15$371.73$10.1K$56.5K2,202
Woo XPERP_ASTER_USDT · Perpetual3624$234.05$46.9K$1.9K7

Averages over the recorded days of the 30 days to 2026-10-06, computed from our own order-book and trade recordings. Spread = average quoted spread in basis points; top-of-book depth = mean of best bid and best ask size in USD; top-20 depth = mid-side total notional over the top 20 levels (((bid + ask) / 2) × 20). Ranked by turnover.

Instrument specifications

ASTER/USDT tick size, lot size and contract rules per exchange

The trading rules each venue publishes for its ASTER/USDT instrument — tick size, lot size, minimum order, contract size and the funding interval of the perpetuals. Backtests need them to round prices and sizes the way the venue does.

VenueInstrumentTick sizeLot sizeMin order · notionalContract sizeFundingListed
Binance USDT-MASTERUSDT
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · 5 USDT—4 h2025-09-19
BybitASTERUSDT.spot
Spot · stats
0.00010.010.01 · 5 USDT———
BybitASTERUSDT
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · 5 USDT—4 h—
KuCoin FuturesASTERUSDTM
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.0000111 · ——4 h2025-09-19
OkxASTER-USDT
Spot · stats
0.00010.0011 · ———2025-10-17
OkxASTER-USDT-SWAP
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · ——4 h2025-09-22
BitgetASTERUSDT.spot
Spot · stats
0.00010.01— · 1 USDT———
BitgetASTERUSDT
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · 5 USDT—4 h—
MexcASTERUSDT
Spot · stats
0.00010.01————
HTXasterusdt
Spot · stats
0.00010.00010.1 · 1 USDT——2025-09-19
WhitebitASTER_USDT
Spot · stats
0.00010.011 · 1 USDT———
WhitebitASTER_PERP
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · 5 USDT—4 h—
BingXASTER-USDT.spot
Spot · stats
0.00010.001— · 1 USDT——2025-09-17
BingXASTER-USDT
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.00010.012.8 · 2 USDT—4 h—
KuCoinASTER-USDT
Spot · stats
0.00010.010.1 · 0.1 USDT———
Gate.io FutureASTER_USDT
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · —10 ASTER4 h—
Gate.io SpotASTER_USDT
Spot · stats
0.00010.10.1 · ———2025-09-19
Binance SpotASTERUSDT
Spot · stats
0.00010.010.01 · 5 USDT———
BitmartASTERUSDT
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · ——4 h—
Woo XPERP_ASTER_USDT
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · ——4 h—
HTX USDT-MASTER-USDT
Perpetual · linear · stats
0.000111 · ——8 h2025-09-20

Exchange-published instrument rules as synced on 2026-10-07: tick size = smallest price step, lot size = smallest quantity step, minimums as order quantity in base units · notional in quote currency, contract size per contract, funding = settlement interval of the perpetual. Every day file carries the same fields in its first line. Venues change these rules — check the venue before trading.

Daily price history

ASTERUSDT daily prices — ASTERUSDT on Binance USDT-M

Open, high, low, close, trade count and USD turnover per UTC day since 2025-09-19, computed from the recorded tick data of the most-recorded ASTER/USDT instrument. Latest close 0.7359 on 2026-10-06; highest daily close 2.31 (2025-09-24), lowest 0.4672 (2026-02-05).

ASTERUSDT · Binance USDT-M · calendar months (UTC) · open/close and highest/lowest daily close, trades and USD turnover from the tick archive
MonthOpenCloseChangeHigh (close)Low (close)TradesTurnoverAvg / day
Oct 2026 (month to date)0.75730.7359−2.8 %0.74060.71142,039,714$305.6M$50.9M
Sep 20260.70080.7573+8.1 %0.78660.679616,097,517$2.3B$78.3M
Aug 20260.59960.7008+16.9 %0.72650.59899,939,119$1.2B$39.8M
Jul 20260.62290.5996−3.7 %0.65110.59884,708,794$629.1M$20.3M
Jun 20260.72590.6229−14.2 %0.71690.615515,222,750$2.4B$78.5M
May 20260.65230.7259+11.3 %0.74550.647411,895,436$2.3B$75.1M
Apr 20260.66970.6523−2.6 %0.68800.64616,624,978$1.3B$44.0M
Mar 20260.72170.6697−7.2 %0.75500.655412,525,396$2.5B$81.8M
Feb 20260.54910.7217+31.4 %0.73350.467222,957,423$4.3B$154.4M
Jan 20260.69230.5491−20.7 %0.79170.549119,667,904$5.0B$160.6M
Dec 20251.050.6923−34.3 %1.060.668428,176,961$7.5B$241.9M
Nov 20250.99291.05+6.1 %1.380.911471,481,063$21.3B$711.2M

Over the 30 days to 2026-10-06, ASTERUSDT on Binance USDT-M recorded 13,523,473 trades and $1.9B of USD turnover — about $64.5M per UTC day; the busiest day since 2025-09-19 was 2025-09-21 with $3.4B over 14,016,369 trades, the busiest full month Nov 2025 at $21.3B.

Day by day — last 90 days
ASTERUSDT · Binance USDT-M · UTC days · 383 days with trades since 2025-09-19 · source: CryptoStruct tick archive
UTC dayOpenHighLowCloseTradesTurnover
2026-10-060.73640.75550.72650.7359335,992$56.0M
2026-10-050.71140.74630.70160.7364337,001$55.5M
2026-10-040.71540.71890.70590.7114221,389$28.5M
2026-10-030.72200.72450.70490.7154263,207$33.6M
2026-10-020.74060.75850.70130.7220466,161$70.9M
2026-10-010.75730.77090.73020.7406415,964$61.1M
2026-09-300.72510.78160.72380.7573883,043$142.8M
2026-09-290.70750.73260.69070.7251378,517$51.8M
2026-09-280.72380.72890.69010.7075456,533$65.4M
2026-09-270.73670.74070.71520.7238293,439$40.2M
2026-09-260.73710.74880.72370.7367301,631$42.1M
2026-09-250.70800.74400.70310.7371471,593$67.3M
2026-09-240.69360.71800.68700.7080489,794$72.2M
2026-09-230.72920.74120.65100.6936779,101$118.9M
2026-09-220.74510.74780.71010.7292653,092$98.8M
2026-09-210.73890.76810.72800.7451631,674$100.8M
2026-09-200.76390.76430.72590.7389371,617$51.3M
2026-09-190.76710.79150.75200.7639477,531$76.3M
2026-09-180.74330.78350.74130.7671404,911$73.9M
2026-09-170.70210.74900.70210.7433363,550$54.5M
2026-09-160.67960.70280.66750.7021303,998$40.6M
2026-09-150.70160.70510.65960.6796333,013$47.2M
2026-09-140.68550.71030.68100.7016247,727$32.0M
2026-09-130.68710.70200.68260.6855276,214$30.4M
2026-09-120.68200.69850.67920.6871287,682$26.7M
2026-09-110.69830.71800.67080.6820587,110$80.7M
2026-09-100.73350.73600.69070.6983488,927$59.4M
2026-09-090.75050.76570.71550.7335540,496$64.6M
2026-09-080.77190.78000.73500.7505623,237$80.0M
2026-09-070.78660.81110.76090.7719839,329$112.1M
2026-09-060.77620.81000.74820.7866825,658$134.1M
2026-09-050.74080.86720.72000.77621,859,207$311.1M
2026-09-040.72150.75940.70750.7408611,684$85.3M
2026-09-030.72460.73810.70930.7215448,912$66.9M
2026-09-020.69370.74700.68720.7246570,260$83.9M
2026-09-010.70080.71390.68710.6937298,037$37.9M
2026-08-310.68160.70570.67920.7008238,829$26.5M
2026-08-300.69890.71160.67230.6816310,674$35.5M
2026-08-290.69620.70420.68670.6989309,719$22.5M
2026-08-280.70270.71310.66510.6962407,493$45.6M
2026-08-270.72650.73000.70100.7027338,283$35.2M
2026-08-260.69850.72890.67890.7265453,445$45.0M
2026-08-250.69900.71490.67800.6985661,581$69.5M
2026-08-240.67430.71810.66710.6990912,699$87.7M
2026-08-230.64890.71040.62110.6743761,220$88.5M
2026-08-220.70930.78000.59710.64891,248,795$191.6M
2026-08-210.66390.74820.65910.70931,578,414$240.3M
2026-08-200.62550.68100.62370.6639716,776$102.9M
2026-08-190.60170.63500.59860.6255246,820$49.2M
2026-08-180.60100.60770.59660.601785,917$13.4M
2026-08-170.59890.60270.59710.601071,341$8.5M
2026-08-160.60030.60220.59630.598959,540$7.6M
2026-08-150.60360.60450.59950.600358,404$6.8M
2026-08-140.60320.60420.59680.603689,187$10.9M
2026-08-130.60190.60710.59920.603284,794$8.8M
2026-08-120.60550.60980.60010.601998,446$9.8M
2026-08-110.60020.60730.59940.6055113,125$12.0M
2026-08-100.61240.62050.60000.6002162,469$17.8M
2026-08-090.60410.61840.59910.6124133,261$16.1M
2026-08-080.60050.61180.59970.604199,707$12.0M
2026-08-070.60020.60350.59640.600595,792$8.2M
2026-08-060.60420.60830.59840.600298,845$11.7M
2026-08-050.60470.60910.60320.604294,311$11.3M
2026-08-040.60080.61040.59990.6047114,192$13.2M
2026-08-030.60430.60470.59600.600899,418$8.9M
2026-08-020.59950.60690.59940.604397,322$8.6M
2026-08-010.59960.60220.59570.599598,300$8.7M
2026-07-310.60790.61090.59580.5996139,173$15.1M
2026-07-300.59880.61100.58690.6079180,340$22.1M
2026-07-290.62120.62350.59270.5988237,419$35.6M
2026-07-280.61970.62580.60800.6212120,043$17.4M
2026-07-270.62850.63180.61680.6197109,369$15.2M
2026-07-260.63020.63080.62350.628575,784$9.4M
2026-07-250.62970.63180.62010.630298,382$13.7M
2026-07-240.62020.64050.61640.6297165,873$24.3M
2026-07-230.62200.63060.61690.6202137,464$18.3M
2026-07-220.62790.62950.62000.6220111,680$15.0M
2026-07-210.62590.63340.62360.6279136,329$20.8M
2026-07-200.62040.62600.61720.6259108,238$15.5M
2026-07-190.62050.62570.61470.620491,630$10.7M
2026-07-180.62320.62440.61870.620597,485$8.9M
2026-07-170.61750.62340.60680.6229176,660$23.3M
2026-07-160.62840.63480.61540.6175157,655$22.8M
2026-07-150.63060.64000.62510.6284161,640$20.6M
2026-07-140.62760.64190.62340.6306192,235$25.7M
2026-07-130.62130.63420.61330.6276206,703$31.9M
2026-07-120.62220.62640.61420.6213154,074$22.6M
2026-07-110.62970.63540.62190.6222112,505$12.5M
2026-07-100.62260.63500.62150.6297150,010$20.9M
2026-07-090.62200.62610.61690.6226133,999$15.2M

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How to

How to download ASTERUSDT historical data

  1. Open the Data Shop — the link lands on the most-recorded ASTERUSDT instrument; every other venue and class of the pair is one row of the exchange matrix above, and each row links straight to its own instrument.
  2. Pick a UTC day in the calendar. Each day is one file with every trade, order-book update and quote the venue published — the shop shows the day's candle and file size before you buy.
  3. Try a free sample day first — one complete day of a major pair, same schema, no sign-up.
  4. Check out as a guest — pay by card, no account, no sales call — and the file downloads immediately at €1 per instrument-day. Buying many days? Select them across the calendar or use the scanner bulk-add.
  5. Need CSV or Parquet instead of the native tick file? Append ?format= to any download — see the formats overview for the trades, BBO and liquidation exports.
Coverage

Market structure & coverage

ASTER quoted in Tether (USDT): tick data has been recorded since September 2025, with new days added daily across spot and perpetual on 16 venues: 21 instruments, 7,684 recorded instrument-days, 7.52 TB raw. Each day is one complete tick file — not a snapshot or candle feed — at €1 per instrument-day, self-service, with no subscription.

10Spot
11Perpetuals
Why CryptoStruct

Why buy ASTER/USDT data here

Four things every page on this site is built on — and the reason the numbers above exist at all.

We record everything

The complete public feed of each venue as it was published: every Level-2 snapshot and update at the venue's full book depth, every trade with its aggressor side, every quote, funding, mark-price and liquidation event — for every instrument the venue lists, every UTC day since we added the venue. Nothing sampled, no top-N cut, no on-demand capture.

Institutional grade

Captured co-located at the venue with the exchange timestamp and our receive timestamp in integer nanoseconds, an event-id chain that makes any gap visible, and one normalized schema across 35+ venues — the same capture our own high-frequency trading engine and enterprise feeds run on.

€1 per instrument-day

Any instrument-day is €1, series-day bundles start at €1 — no subscription, no minimum order, no tiers to unlock. Credit packs lower the effective price and never expire, and every venue has free full-day samples to test against first.

Self-service for everyone

Pick the days in the Data Shop, pay by card as a guest and download immediately — no sales call, no enterprise contract, no KYC. Coding agents buy the same files through the MCP server, and the free Agent Skill teaches them the format.

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FAQ

ASTER/USDT historical data — FAQ

Which exchanges have ASTER/USDT tick data?

Every venue that lists the pair, every instrument, every day since it was added: 16 venues in the archive, led by Binance USDT-M, Bybit, KuCoin Futures, Okx and Bitget — 21 instruments in total across spot and perpetual. The exchange matrix on this page lists every venue with its first recorded day, recorded days and size; the cross-venue analyzer compares them live.

How much does ASTER/USDT historical data cost?

€1 per ASTERUSDT instrument-day — no subscription, no minimum order, no account needed: buy as a guest, download instantly, or use credit packs that never expire. Free full-day samples first on the downloads page; details on pricing.

How far back does ASTERUSDT historical data go?

The earliest ASTER/USDT day in the archive is 2025-09-17 (BingX); the pair is still being recorded and a new day is added every day. Across all venues the pair holds 7,684 recorded instrument-days. Coverage differs per venue — the matrix shows each venue's own span.

How big is one day of ASTERUSDT data?

On average 1.00 GB of raw data per instrument-day across the 21 ASTER/USDT instruments; the most-recorded instrument, ASTERUSDT on Binance USDT-M, averages 2.91 GB per day. Files are zstd-compressed on disk (roughly 20:1); the shop shows the exact compressed size of every day before checkout.

Is ASTER/USDT available as spot, perpetual and futures data?

Spot on 10 venues (Bybit, Okx, Bitget and Mexc and more); Perpetual on 11 venues (Binance USDT-M, Bybit, KuCoin Futures and Okx and more). Each class is a separate instrument with its own day files.

Can I download ASTERUSDT data as CSV or Parquet?

Yes — every free sample and every purchased tick day also exports as gzipped CSV or Parquet at no extra cost: trades and liquidations (derivatives, 2026 onward) in both formats, plus top-of-book (BBO) quotes as CSV. Timestamps are integer microseconds UTC and the columns load straight into pandas, polars or DuckDB — see the formats overview.

What was the ASTERUSDT closing price on a given day?

The daily price-history table on this page lists open, high, low, close, trade count and USD turnover per UTC day for ASTERUSDT on Binance USDT-M, computed from our recorded trades since 2025-09-19. The latest close is 0.7359 on 2026-10-06; the highest daily close was 2.31 on 2025-09-24 and the lowest 0.4672 on 2026-02-05. In the 30 days to 2026-10-06 the pair recorded $1.9B of USD turnover over 13,523,473 trades on that venue.

Which exchange has the tightest ASTER/USDT spread?

In the 30 days to 2026-10-06 the lowest average quoted spread among the actively traded ASTER/USDT instruments in our recordings was on Binance USDT-M (ASTERUSDT, perpetual) at 1.39 basis points; for comparison: Okx ASTER-USDT-SWAP 1.41 bps, Bybit ASTERUSDT 1.52 bps, KuCoin ASTER-USDT 1.65 bps. Measured from the recorded order books, averaged per day — the market-structure table on this page lists every venue.

Which exchange has the deepest ASTER/USDT order book?

In the 30 days to 2026-10-06 Bitmart (ASTERUSDT, perpetual) carried the most resting liquidity: on average $565.1K per side within the top 20 price levels and $4.1K at the best bid/ask. Depth is the mid-side total notional over the top 20 levels, computed from our full-depth order-book recordings.

Where is ASTER/USDT traded the most?

In the 30 days to 2026-10-06 Binance USDT-M (ASTERUSDT, perpetual) led with about $64.5M of turnover and 450,782 trades per day, out of 21 ASTER/USDT instruments with recorded activity.

What is the tick size of ASTER/USDT?

The smallest price step per instrument — Binance USDT-M ASTERUSDT (perpetual): 0.0001; Bybit ASTERUSDT.spot (spot): 0.0001; Bybit ASTERUSDT (perpetual): 0.0001; KuCoin Futures ASTERUSDTM (perpetual): 0.00001; Okx ASTER-USDT (spot): 0.0001; Okx ASTER-USDT-SWAP (perpetual): 0.0001. The smallest quantity step (lot size) — Binance USDT-M ASTERUSDT (perpetual): 1; Bybit ASTERUSDT.spot (spot): 0.01; Bybit ASTERUSDT (perpetual): 1; KuCoin Futures ASTERUSDTM (perpetual): 1; Okx ASTER-USDT (spot): 0.001; Okx ASTER-USDT-SWAP (perpetual): 1. The instrument-specifications table on this page lists every row. Values as synced from the venues on 2026-10-07; exchanges change these rules, so check the venue before trading.

What is the minimum order size for ASTER/USDT?

Minimum order quantity and, where the venue publishes one, minimum notional — Binance USDT-M ASTERUSDT (perpetual): 1 ASTER / 5 USDT notional; Bybit ASTERUSDT.spot (spot): 0.01 ASTER / 5 USDT notional; Bybit ASTERUSDT (perpetual): 1 ASTER / 5 USDT notional; KuCoin Futures ASTERUSDTM (perpetual): 1 ASTER; Okx ASTER-USDT (spot): 1 ASTER; Okx ASTER-USDT-SWAP (perpetual): 1 ASTER. Values as synced from the venues on 2026-10-07; exchanges change these rules, so check the venue before trading.

What is the funding interval of ASTER/USDT perpetuals?

Funding settles Binance USDT-M ASTERUSDT (perpetual): every 4 h; Bybit ASTERUSDT (perpetual): every 4 h; KuCoin Futures ASTERUSDTM (perpetual): every 4 h; Okx ASTER-USDT-SWAP (perpetual): every 4 h; Bitget ASTERUSDT (perpetual): every 4 h; Whitebit ASTER_PERP (perpetual): every 4 h. Every funding-rate update is part of the recorded perpetual day files (message type 9), so the full funding history replays from the archive. Values as synced from the venues on 2026-10-07; exchanges change these rules, so check the venue before trading.