Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue
TradingOstium
Leads83
- p99
- 83
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 2,880
Paradex
Trails63
- p99
- 63
- rank
- #18
- samples
- 2,880
Active markets
Ostiumn/aParadexn/a
Ostium vs Paradex
Ostium leads on all 3 live benchmarks. Ostium wins on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue (83 vs 63), Perp DEX asset breadth (74 vs 21), Perp DEX capital efficiency (7 vs 3).
Ostium
Arbitrum-based perp DEX specialized in RWA exposure including FX, commodities and indices.
Paradex
Paradex is a perps-focused L2 exchange built on Starknet tech, with USD-settled perpetuals and funding accrued continuously over an 8 hour period.
Side by side measurements
Perp DEX asset breadth: non-crypto markets live, forex + stocks + indices + commodities
TradingOstium
Leads74
- p99
- 74
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 196
Paradex
Trails21
- p99
- 21
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 196
Non-crypto markets
Ostiumn/aParadexn/a
Market count reflects the Mobula perp pairs catalog at query time. Only mainnet markets are counted (testnets excluded). Asset class tags (forex, stocks, indices, commodities) are assigned by Mobula's editorial taxonomy and updated when new pairs are listed. Venues not in the Mobula catalog (Hyperliquid, GMX, dYdX, Ostium, Vertex, Paradex, Aster) are monitored separately: their catalogs are crypto-only or verified crypto-only by native API.
Perp DEX capital efficiency: active markets per $M TVL, live
TradingOstium
Leads7
- p99
- 7
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 2,880
Paradex
Trails3
- p99
- 3
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 2,880
Markets per $M TVL
Ostiumn/aParadexn/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.
Perp DEX price to fees ratio 2026: Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, GMX, GNS live
Trading| Provider | Fees 30d | Open interest | Fees / OI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ostium | $319.1K | $6.45M | 0.602x |
| Paradex | $31.0K | $12.30M | 0.031x |
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Ostiumn/aParadexn/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.
Frequently asked questions
Ostium vs Paradex: which one is better?
Ostium and Paradex are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Ostium leads on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which has the higher active markets, Ostium or Paradex?
On the Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count per venue benchmark, Ostium leads at 83 versus Paradex at 63. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Ostium vs Paradex 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.
How this pair was selected
Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.