Aster to Settle RWA Perps Exclusively in USD1

Every perpetual contract tracking real-world assets (RWA) on Aster will settle exclusively in USD1, World Liberty Financial’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, according to posts from both projects on X.

The first markets rolling out include gold, silver, crude oil, and Brent crude, with additional markets to follow, Aster said. The fee structure for USD1 commodity pairs is set at 1 basis point for takers and a negative 0.5 basis points for makers — meaning the exchange will pay a rebate to liquidity providers.

The two sides also said they are “exploring integration across their respective tokens,” though neither project elaborated.

The arrangement positions USD1 as the base asset for Aster’s RWA vertical, giving WLFI’s stablecoin exclusive infrastructure-level access to a fast-growing segment of on-chain trading.

The announcement extends a partnership that has escalated quickly. USD1, which launched in April 2025, is now the sixth-largest stablecoin with approximately $4.4 billion in circulation, according to Coingecko.

WLFI has been pushing distribution aggressively — most recently through a toolkit that lets AI agents transact autonomously using USD1, alongside a Binance campaign offering a 135 million WLFI reward pool to USD1 holders and listings on Coinbase and MEXC.

For Aster, the commodity expansion tracks with its own transformation from a crypto-only perp DEX into a multi-asset trading platform. The exchange already offers perpetuals on U.S. equities alongside its core crypto derivatives and recently launched the genesis phase of Aster Chain, a privacy-focused Layer 1 using zero-knowledge proofs.

Both projects’ native tokens are relatively muted today, with ASTER flat while WLFI is up 2%.

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