SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON

Hyperliquid vs Lighter

Compare published fees and activity. Figures can cover different product scopes and timestamps; higher activity does not guarantee better execution.

Normalized volume is a separate source-defined metric, not a wash-trading verdict. Amber observations are dated references or stale.

Hyperliquid

A perpetuals venue on a dedicated Layer 1. Review the market-specific book, fee tier, and position limits before sizing an order.

Open interest
$7.82B
Reported volume · 24h
$3.63B
Normalized volume · 24h
$12.64B·
Reported volume · 30d
$222.99B·
Maker / taker
1.5 bp / 4.5 bp
Taker fee / $100k
$45.00
Fee schedule checked
22 Sept 2026

Base tier · native perps. No staking or referral discount. HIP-3 deployer fees and growth-mode markets can differ.

Official fee source ↗

Hyperliquid Perps as tracked by DefiLlama. Builder markets can overlap with separate listings; totals are not summed.

Open Hyperliquid ↗

Lighter

An order-book venue with different account modes. Standard, Premium and Plus accounts trade off fees, latency and rate limits.

Open interest
$544.48M
Reported volume · 24h
$1.57B
Normalized volume · 24h
$2.18B·
Reported volume · 30d
$53.78B·
Maker / taker
0 bp / 0 bp
Taker fee / $100k
$0.00
Fee schedule checked
22 Sept 2026

Standard account. Ordinary Standard-account orders. Premium and Plus accounts and specialized order types may charge fees; confirm the order ticket.

Official fee source ↗

Lighter main perpetuals only for API observations. Robinhood perpetuals are excluded. A public-page parent observation may have broader coverage; its scope is labelled.

Open Lighter ↗