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

12 of 15

Cohort volume 30d

$236.36B

Cohort open interest

$9.11B

Avg funding ETH 24h

+1.2 bps

15 of 15 venues

#VenueChainVol 30dvOI::Fees 30d::All-in fee (10x ETH)::Funding ETH 24h::Vol/OI::Markets::Health::
1Hyperliquid logoHyperliquidHyperliquid L1$94.07B$6.73B$46.77M4.8 bps+1.8 bps14x17785.7%
2Aster logoAsterBNB Chain$39.30B$949.65M$4.36M5.0 bps+1.2 bps41x53385.7%
3Lighter logoLighterLighter L2$33.13B$430.10M$2.45M0.4 bps+2.2 bps77x20585.7%
4GRVT logoGRVTzkSync$27.15B$354.41M.........77x17371.4%
5Pacifica logoPacificaSolana$19.29B$99.65M.........194x7571.4%
6Extended logoExtendedStarknet$12.87B$186.86M$1.51M2.8 bps...69x28185.7%
7EdgeX logoEdgeXzkSync$3.26B$124.17M$468.3K4.2 bps...26x29242.9%
8Polymarket logoPolymarketPolygon$3.23B$29.17M...4.3 bps+1.8 bps111x3980.0%
9Vertex logoVertexArbitrum$2.80B$69.55M$621.9K......40x6185.7%
10dYdX v4 logodYdX v4Cosmos$1.00B$36.22M$230.8K7.8 bps-1.5 bps28x9985.7%
11Paradex logoParadexStarknet$192.43M$7.71M$17.1K5.3 bps+2.0 bps25x6285.7%
12Aevo logoAevoOP Stack$71.45M$9.31M.........7.7x21771.4%
13GMX v2 logoGMX v2Arbitrum...$51.46M$1.43M6.0 bps.........50.0%
14Gains Network logoGains NetworkArbitrum...$4.71M$410.8K4.0 bps......36866.7%
15Ostium logoOstiumArbitrum...$22.53M$1.09M.........7566.7%

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.