CrossEx Cross-Exchange Trading Upgrade: Expanded Support of Decentralized Perpetual Venues

Gate CrossEx has completed a new round of product upgrades, adding Aster perpetual contracts through the unified CrossEx API. Existing users can trade Aster perpetuals with the current order placement, amendment, cancellation and query endpoints by using the corresponding symbol . Users do not need to open a separate account or configure an API Key on Aster. Details are as follows.

1. Aster Perpetual Contracts Now Available

1.1 Scope

• USDT-margined perpetual contracts on Aster

• Settlement asset: USDT

1.2 Symbol Format

symbol follows the unified CrossEx naming convention {Exchange}_{BusinessType}_{Base}_{Quote} . Example:

1.3 Trading Rules

• Order placement, amendment, cancellation and queries use the existing CrossEX endpoints

• Funding rates follow the corresponding Aster contract

  • Can be queried via the GET /crossex/market/funding_info endpoint.

• Fees are charged according to the CrossEx fee schedule

  • For details, please refer to the CrossEx fee schedule. Applicable rates for each account are as returned by GET /api/v4/crossex/fee

• Tradable symbols, precision, leverage, and risk limits are subject to the responses from the rule endpoints:

  • Query symbol info: GET /api/v4/crossex/rule/symbols

  • Query risk limit info: GET /api/v4/crossex/rule/risk_limits

2. Compatibility

This upgrade is backward compatible with the existing CrossEx API. Endpoint paths and fields for spot, futures and margin trading remain unchanged, and existing integrations will continue to work without modification.

For more API details, please refer to the CrossEx API Documentation.

Gate Team
October 20, 2026

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