The Perp DEX
Landscape

Tracking volumes, TVL, token prices, and market data across the major perpetual decentralized exchanges. Live data from DeFiLlama and CoinGecko.

Data sources:DeFiLlama·CoinGecko·@ZoomerOracle·@epochbiz
Total TVL$1.57B
Fees 24h$1.3M
Protocols12
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12/12 protocols
#ProtocolTVL
01
Hyperliquid$HYPE

Hyperliquid L1

$396.25M
02
Lighter$LIT

Ethereum L2

$482.97M
03
Aster$ASTER

BNB Chain, Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum

$274.26M
04
GRVT

zkSync

$62.36M
05
edgeX$EDGE

Ethereum L2

$153.63M
06
Variational

Arbitrum

07
StandX$DUSD

Solana, BNB Chain

$52.00M
08
GMTrade

Solana

$33.02M
09
Evedex

Evedex L3

$972.7K
10
Pacifica

Solana

$30.82M
11
ApeX Protocol$APEX

Arbitrum, Ethereum, Mantle, BNB Chain, Base

$38.25M
12
Avantis$AVNT

Base

$49.19M
Key Insights
from Epoch Research
01

Lighter is the cheapest venue at retail size

Across BTC, ETH, and SOL at trade sizes from $10K to $1M, Lighter prints the lowest all-in execution cost (slippage plus fees). Zero retail fees more than offset thinner books up to seven-figure tickets.

02

Buyback velocity 2.45x HYPE on a percentage basis

100 percent of post-TGE revenue routes to open-market LIT buys. YTD 2026 repurchase is 4.65 percent of circulating mcap against HYPE's 1.90 percent.

03

P/E of 6.59x against HYPE at 16.97x

LIT trades at 2.6x cheaper revenue multiple than HYPE. No team or investor unlocks until December 2026 leaves an eight-month clean float window.

04

ZK-verifiable matching is structurally unique

Custom ZK circuits prove every fill and liquidation. Trust collapses to "the math is correct." No competitor on this list can match that property without rebuilding from the rollup.

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Tracking 12 protocols across 10 chains