Gains vs Pacifica

Gains leads on 2 of 5 shared benchmarks, Pacifica on 3. Gains wins on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue (355 vs 78), Perp DEX capital efficiency (42 vs 3). Pacifica wins on Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($798.32M vs $18.35M), Perp AMM volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($798.32M vs $18.35M), Perp DEX volume to open interest (6.21x vs 7.71x). Data as of 2026-10-08 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h6 shared benchmarks, 5 measured on both sides
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Gains

Perp DEX on Polygon, Arbitrum, Base and Solana. Pool-based execution against the gToken vaults, oracle-priced trades with synthetic leverage.

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Pacifica

Solana perp DEX optimized for high-frequency trading, oracle-anchored funding.

Side by side measurements

Perp DEX capital efficiency: active markets per $M TVL, live

Trading

Gains

Leads

42

p99
42
rank
#1
samples
2,880

Pacifica

Trails

3

p99
3
rank
#6
samples
2,880
Markets per $M TVL
Gainsn/aPacifican/a

TVL from DefiLlama /protocol/{slug} currentChainTvls, excluding staking and pool2 categories. Market count from each venue's native API (same source as the perp-active-markets bench). The ratio reflects architectural choices, not absolute liquidity: a high ratio means the venue can list many markets cheaply, not that each market has deep liquidity. Compare with perp-volume-share for the liquidity angle.

Rolling 24h · Markets per $M TVLRaw JSON

Perp DEX price to fees: what the market pays per dollar of trading fees

Trading
ProviderFees 30dRevenue 30dOpen interestFees / OI
Gains$800.3K$601.8K$2.56M3.80x
Pacifica$3.72M$3.69M$64.49M0.702x
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Gainsn/aPacifican/a

P/F = circulating market cap (CoinGecko) / annualized fees (DeFiLlama dailyFees, trailing 30d x 365/30), on the DeFiLlama parent the token accrues from. Fees include the share paid to liquidity providers; P/S uses protocol revenue only. Low-float tokens show a much higher FDV/F than P/F. Pre-TGE venues are listed unranked with fees and OI, no ratio. A low multiple is not a recommendation.

Perp DEX volume to open interest: 24h turnover per dollar of OI, live

Trading

Gains

Trails

7.71x

p99
10.2x
rank
#21
samples
2,880

Pacifica

Leads

6.21x

p99
6.81x
rank
#19
samples
2,880
Volume / OI (24h)
Gainsn/aPacifican/a

The ratio is a screen, not a verdict. Both terms are the venue's own figures (24h volume and open interest as each API reports them, in USD), so a venue that counts both legs of a fill moves its ratio without changing anything real. A very low ratio (Ostium, 0.2x) means positions held for days on thin daily volume; a very high one (Kalshi, above 40x) means a day of trading dwarfs what stays open. The bands in the methodology say what each range usually means.

Rolling 24h · Volume / OI (24h)Raw JSON

Frequently asked questions

Gains vs Pacifica: which one is better?

Gains and Pacifica are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Gains leads on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue. Pacifica leads on Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which has the higher active markets, Gains or Pacifica?

On the Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue benchmark, Gains leads at 355 versus Pacifica at 78. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which has the higher 24h perp volume, Gains or Pacifica?

On the Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked benchmark, Pacifica leads at $798.32M versus Gains at $18.35M. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Gains vs Pacifica comparison measured?

Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.

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How this pair was selected

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