Hyperliquid May perps volume hits record 6.63% of global CEX total

Developer-deployed markets under the HIP-3 framework generated more than $62 billion in monthly volume as Binance, OKX, Bybit and Bitget continued to dominate global perpetual trading.

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Summary

Hyperliquid’s share of perpetual futures trading climbed to a record in May, reaching 6.63% of total global centralized exchange perpetual volume, while its perps volume rose to 14.4% of Binance’s, also a new high. Karthik Subramanian said developer-deployed markets supported by the HIP-3 framework generated more than $62 billion in monthly volume. Binance, OKX, Bybit and Bitget still dominated global perpetual activity, with Binance leading, highlighting both Hyperliquid’s growth and the market’s continued concentration among the largest venues.

Terms & Concepts
  • perpetual futures: Derivatives contracts that track an asset’s price without a fixed expiry date.
  • HIP-3 framework: A Hyperliquid framework that supports developer-deployed markets on the platform.
  • developer-deployed markets: Trading markets launched by external developers rather than only by the core platform team.