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Solana Perp DEX Q2 Record
AltsJul 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.
2 sources
- Phoenix Fronts $420K in Rewards as Solana Records All-Time High in Quarterly Perps Volume · solanafloor.com · T2
- Solana perpetual DEXs hit $183.2 billion trading volume in Q2 2026 · en.coin-turk.com · T2