Ask Side
The section of an order book listing all open sell orders, sorted from lowest to highest price.
What is Ask Side?
The ask side shows the prices and quantities sellers are willing to accept, with the lowest ask at the top as the best sell price. For instance, in an ETH order book, asks might include 50 ETH at $4,500.
It represents supply, and together with bids, forms the spread; shallow asks increase costs for buyers. On Coinbase, ask sides update in real-time for assets like SOL.
In DeFi CLOBs, market makers maintain asks to tighten spreads, supporting volumes like $7.5 trillion daily in global markets.
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