Aster DEX lists Lisk and Power Ledger perpetual futures with 5x leverage

Aster DEX has added perpetual futures contracts for Lisk (LSK) and Power Ledger (POWR) to its trading roster, offering traders up to 5x leverage on both pairs. The platform announced the listings on September 13, 2026, continuing its pattern of rapid altcoin expansion across its derivatives marketplace.

For context on scale: Aster reportedly runs between 558 and 590 perpetual markets and adds over 40 new markets every month. LSK and POWR are the latest additions to a catalogue that already spans major crypto assets, tokenized equities, and commodities, all settled in USDT-margined contracts.

What traders are actually getting

The 5x leverage cap on these listings is deliberate. Aster applies that ceiling to lower-cap altcoins as a risk management measure, reserving higher leverage for more liquid, established assets.

Both LSK and POWR already have spot market presence across various exchanges, so the perpetual listings give traders a way to express directional views, or hedge existing positions, without touching spot markets. The POWERUSDT market on Aster had already been trading with 5x leverage prior to this announcement, which suggests demand for POWR derivatives existed before the formal listing.

No open interest or volume figures for the newly launched LSK and POWR contracts were publicly available at launch.

Lisk’s complicated moment

The timing of the LSK listing is worth noting. Lisk’s mainnet is scheduled to shut down on October 31, 2026, roughly six weeks after this perpetual contract went live. Post-shutdown, LSK transitions into a loyalty and rewards token operating primarily on the Ethereum and Base blockchains.

Power Ledger operates in a different corner of the crypto landscape. The project focuses on peer-to-peer energy trading and real-world energy marketplace solutions, giving POWR a use-case narrative tied to physical infrastructure rather than pure speculation.

The bigger picture at Aster DEX

Aster’s growth strategy is essentially the opposite of selective. Rather than curating a small number of high-liquidity pairs, the platform lists aggressively and lets trading activity sort out which markets gain traction. The community-driven listing framework it uses, called AOS-2, gives the model a governance layer, though the practical result is a catalogue that expands at a pace most centralized exchanges would consider impractical.

LSK and POWR, as established tokens with existing spot markets, are better positioned than typical meme coin listings to attract genuine two-sided interest.

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