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dYdX

Decentralized perpetuals exchange running on its own Cosmos SDK app-chain with a fully on-chain order book, plus Solana spot trading.

Volume (24h)$2.80MUSDT markets tracked live
Coins73with USDT pairs
Spot / Perp markets0 / 73tracked by ArbiLayer
Base fees0.01% / 0.05%maker / taker, perp

About dYdX

Decentralized perpetuals exchange running on its own Cosmos SDK app-chain with a fully on-chain order book, plus Solana spot trading.

Perpetuals
Maker0.01%
Taker0.05%
Base tier
  • Staked DYDX gives fee discounts (up to 50% at Tier 1 with 20,000+ DYDX staked)
  • Trading rewards: about 50% of fees rebated to traders after each trade via governance-set parameters
  • Maker rebates at Tier 6+ ($100M+ 30d volume)

Withdrawals: network / bridge dependent

New users

Trading rebates and staking-based fee discounts

  • About 50% of trading fees rebated after each trade
  • Fee discounts for staked DYDX
Claim on dYdX ↗Terms and regional eligibility vary. Check the offer page before signing up.

Tier is based on 30-day trailing trading volume.

TierRequirementPerp makerPerp taker
Tier 1< $1M 30d volume0.01%0.05%
Tier 2≥ $1M 30d volume0.01%0.045%
Tier 3≥ $5M 30d volume0.005%0.04%
Tier 4≥ $25M 30d volume0%0.035%
Tier 5≥ $50M 30d volume0%0.03%
Tier 6≥ $100M 30d volume-0.007%0.025%
Tier 7≥ $200M 30d volume-0.011%0.025%

Transparency & assets

✓ Reserves verifiedReport ↗
Proof of reserves
On-chain, verifiable
Assets on-chain
$109.20M
Snapshot
Oct 1, 2026
Frequency
Real-time
  • TVL about $109M per DefiLlama (2026-10-01)
  • Collateral (USDC) held on the dYdX Chain; order book and matching run by validators

Company

Founded
2017
Headquarters
No single HQ; dYdX Labs (US) develops software, front ends operated by dYdX Operations Services Ltd.
Runs on
dYdX Chain (own Cosmos SDK / CometBFT app-chain, since 2023); earlier versions on Ethereum and StarkEx
Token
DYDXStaking to secure dYdX Chain (validators earn USDC protocol fees), governance, staking-based trading fee discounts

Founders

AJAntonio JulianoFounder

Leadership

AJAntonio JulianoCEO, dYdX Labs (returned Oct 2024)
EZEddie ZhangPresident, dYdX Labs

Products

Perpetual futures (200+ markets, up to 25x)Isolated markets / instant market listingsSolana spot trading (since Dec 2025, incl. US users)MegaVault liquidity vaultDYDX staking

Not available in

United States (perpetuals; spot available)CanadaUnited KingdomIranNorth KoreaOther sanctioned jurisdictions

Incidents & regulatory history

  1. 202510-11 Oct 2025: dYdX Chain halted for about 8 hours during the market crash after an order-of-operations bug in an isolated-market liquidation; claims reviewed for insurance-fund compensation.
  2. 2024July 2024: dYdX v3 website hit by a DNS hijacking attack; users warned not to interact with the compromised site.
  3. 2023November 2023: suspected manipulation of the YFI perpetual market caused about $9M loss to the v3 insurance fund.

Volume, last 7 days

7 days agonow

Top markets

ArbiLayer does not track live markets on this exchange yet.
Sources · checked Oct 1, 2026
  1. docs.dydx.xyz
  2. coinbureau.com
  3. theblock.co
  4. dydx.xyz
  5. dydx.xyz
  6. blockworks.co
  7. cointelegraph.com
  8. help.dydx.trade
  9. dydx.xyz
  10. api.llama.fi
  11. defillama.com