Perpetuals

Best perp DEX 2026, measured neutrally.

DefiLlama style ranking columns paired with the live execution quality benches OCB already runs. Live volume, open interest, fees, all-in cost and funding rate across 16 perpetual DEXes. Reproducible methodology, refreshed every minute, sources public.

Tracked venues

18 of 19

Cohort volume 30d

$208.13B

Cohort open interest

$9.76B

Avg funding ETH 24h

+1.7 bps

19 of 19 venues

#VenueChainVol 30dvOI::Fees 30d::All-in fee (10x ETH)::Funding ETH 24h::Vol/OI::Markets::Health::
1Hyperliquid logoHyperliquidHyperliquid L1$80.84B$7.47B$41.80M...+1.0 bps11x17785.7%
2Aster logoAsterBNB Chain$35.06B$965.45M$4.11M...+0.7 bps36x54385.7%
3Lighter logoLighterLighter L2$31.17B$433.49M$2.12M...+2.4 bps72x21085.7%
4Extended logoExtendedStarknet$16.11B$181.16M$1.37M......89x28185.7%
5Pacifica logoPacificaSolana$15.35B$104.58M$169.2K......147x7585.7%
6GRVT logoGRVTzkSync$14.95B$350.32M.........43x18571.4%
7Backpack logoBackpackSolana$2.74B..................50.0%
8GMX v2 logoGMX v2Arbitrum$2.12B$55.09M$1.48M......39x...66.7%
9SynFutures logoSynFuturesBase, Arbitrum$2.09B..................50.0%
10Polymarket logoPolymarketPolygon$1.87B$29.55M......+0.4 bps63x4580.0%
11Vertex logoVertexArbitrum$1.78B$78.07M$585.7K......23x6885.7%
12Gains Network logoGains NetworkArbitrum$1.26B$7.06M$370.9K......178x36483.3%
13Orderly logoOrderlyMulti-chain$1.08B..................50.0%
14KiloEx logoKiloExBSC, Base, opBNB$683.02M..................50.0%
15dYdX v4 logodYdX v4Cosmos$640.90M$50.84M$169.2K...+3.9 bps13x9985.7%
16Aevo logoAevoOP Stack$176.33M$8.93M.........20x22971.4%
17Ostium logoOstiumArbitrum$146.56M$21.96M$910.6K......6.7x7583.3%
18Paradex logoParadexStarknet$92.64M$7.87M$15.3K...+1.9 bps12x6285.7%
19EdgeX logoEdgeXzkSync...$2.55M$359.2K.........29257.1%

Sources: live cohort harness perp-cohort-stats (volume, OI, fees, active markets, top market). perp-fees bench (007) for the all-in cost column. perp-funding bench (036) for the funding column. All gauges scraped from the public OCB Prom, refresh interval 60s. Click a venue row to open its dedicated product page.

Methodology

Venue rows aggregate the public APIs of each platform, normalized to USD and UTC days. All-in fee is the perp-fees bench (taker fee plus half-spread plus impact on a $1000 ETH 10x long, 24h average). Funding is the perp-funding bench (normalized to a 24h hold across venues that settle on 1h, 4h or 8h intervals). Volume / OI bands are colored to surface ratios that diverge from a healthy order-book venue (below 50x normal, 50 to 200x elevated, above 200x worth a closer look).

Data and methodology released under CC BY 4.0. Reuse with attribution to OpenChainBench.