Aster now supports bStocks as collateral for perpetual contracts, with initial collateral assets including TSLAB, NVDAB, CRCLB, and SNDKB.

CoinFeed reported on June 15th that decentralized trading protocol Aster announced support for Binance's bStocks as collateral assets for perpetual contracts on BNB Chain. Users can deposit their bStocks into their Aster perpetual accounts after enabling multi-asset mode, with up to 90% of their market value counted as margin, enabling "holding shares while opening positions." The initial batch of bStocks available for collateral includes TSLAB, NWDAB, CRCLB, and SNDKB. These tokenized securities are held 1:1 by regulated custodians of their corresponding US stocks, but do not represent direct ownership of the stocks.