The perpetuals exchange will use World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin as the sole settlement asset for its commodity markets, starting with gold, silver, and crude oil.<\/p>\n
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<\/a> projects<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n 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 \u2014 meaning the exchange will pay a rebate to liquidity providers.<\/p>\n The two sides also said they are “exploring integration across their respective tokens,” though neither project elaborated.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n The announcement extends a partnership that has escalated quickly<\/a>. USD1, which launched in April 2025<\/a>, is now the sixth-largest stablecoin with approximately $4.4 billion in circulation, according to Coingecko. <\/p>\n WLFI has been pushing distribution aggressively \u2014 most recently through a toolkit that lets AI agents transact autonomously<\/a> using USD1, alongside a Binance campaign offering a 135 million WLFI reward pool to USD1 holders and listings on Coinbase<\/a> and MEXC.<\/p>\n