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Solana Perp DEX Q2 Record

Solana Perp DEX Q2 Record

Verified · 28 Jul 2026AltsJul 28, 2026

Solana perpetual DEX trading volume is surging, breaking daily and quarterly records as the ecosystem keeps expanding.

Solana perpetual DEXs recorded $183.2 billion in trading volume during Q2 2026, hitting an all-time high for quarterly volume on the network.

Solana Perps: $183 billion in volume, but read the footnote

The record quarterly volume on Solana's perp DEXs looks impressive until you notice that the largest non-crypto slice comes from GMTrade's 500x-leverage FX pairs.

That isn't organic demand for decentralised trading. That's a lever-cranking machine that inflates notional volume without telling us much about real adoption.

Hyperliquid this is not — yet. The gap remains wide, and the composition of Solana's volume matters as much as the headline number.

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