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Hyperliquid Rival Lighter Valued at $1.5B after Raising $68M
12.11.2025
The Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform went live in October after initially raising $21 million in a previous round led by Haun Ventures. Lighter Becomes Crypto’s Latest Unicorn After $68M Round Lighter, the new kid on the block competing against perpetual futures giant...
Perp DEX Space Heats up — Lighter Ignites $68M Fundraise as Investors Flock to Defi’s Next Big Thing
11.11.2025
Vladimir Novakovski’s blockchain startup Lighter has secured $68 million in fresh funding from top-tier backers, marking one of the most notable reverse pivots in Silicon Valley—from artificial intelligence (AI) back to crypto. According to a Forbes report, Lighter’s $68 million round was led...
21shares Aims to Launch Hyperliquid ETF Tracking HYPE’s Spot Price
29.10.2025
21shares US LLC, a subsidiary of 21.co recently acquired by Falconx, filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, to launch the 21shares Hyperliquid ETF — a fund that tracks the spot price of HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid...
Astros Launches and Joins the $1 Trillion Perp DEX Horse Race
27.10.2025
The new decentralized exchange (DEX) is built on top of the Sui blockchain which recently topped $2.6 billion in total value locked (TVL). A New Contender Emerges in the $1 Trillion Perpetual DEX Race Perpetual DEXs topped $1 trillion in trading volume last month, spurred by the emergence of...
IPO Buzz: Hyperliquid Strategies’ $1B Filing Sparks 15% HYPE Rally
23.10.2025
Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. (HSI), formed from an $888 million reverse merger between Sonnet Biotherapeutics Holdings Inc. and Rorschach I LLC, has filed a Form S-1 registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise up to $1 billion through an offering of 160 million...
Synthetix Soars 120% as Derivatives Hype Reignites DeFi’s 'Dino Coin'
13.10.2025
The DeFi veteran’s 120% surge comes ahead of a new perpetuals DEX launch and a high-profile trading competition that could reignite interest in legacy protocols
Aster Dominates Record $1.4 Trillion Perpetuals DEX Trading Volume in September
5.10.2025
Perpetual DEX trading volumes topped $1.43 trillion in September, a nearly 50% month-over-month increase. Aster led with more than $670 billion, while Hyperliquid and Lighter crossed $100 billion each. Perp DEX Volumes Break $1.4 Trillion in September, Led by Aster and Hyperliquid Perpetual...
Aster, Hyperliquid, and More: Nearly $1 Trillion in Perp DEX Trades Recorded in Just 30 Days
28.9.2025
With the perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX) wars blazing hotter than a meme coin rally, defillama.com shows the battlefield tally: nearly a trillion dollars in trades over the last week, with a cool $869.189 billion stamped on the books. Aster and Hyperliquid Command 52.80% of $869B Perp...
2025’s Perp DEX Wars: New Money, New Tech, No off-Switch
26.9.2025
Perpetual futures have become crypto’s main event, and the perp DEX wars—led by Hyperliquid, Aster, GMX, DYdX, ApeX, Drift, Jupiter, EdgeX, and Sunperp—are where the action won’t quit. From Order Books to Onchain: Inside 2025’s Perp DEX Dogfight Perpetuals are derivatives without an expiry; funding...
Tron’s Sunperp Debuts as Perp DEX Competition Intensifies
21.9.2025
Tron’s latest entrant in decentralized derivatives, Sunperp, has opened for traders, adding a new venue to a field crowded by perp players like Hyperliquid, Avantis, Aster, Dydx, GMX, and Jupiter. Sunperp Opens on Tron; Traders Eye Fees, Slippage, and Funding Positioned as a perpetuals-focused...