Which DEXs list Circle on-chain?

As of August 23, 2026, Circle trades as a perpetual on 15 DEXs: Hyperliquid (HIP-3), Variational (Omni), Aster, Lighter, QFEX, Pacifica, ApeX Omni, GRVT, Ostium, edgeX, gTrade (Gains Network), Orderly Network, Paradex, Carbon, Vest Markets. Aggregate open interest is 55.4 $M and the largest market is Hyperliquid (HIP-3) with 92% of the total.

Which DEX has the most liquidity for Circle?

Hyperliquid (HIP-3), with 50.8 $M in open interest (92% of the 55.4 $M aggregate). Open interest measures live margined positions, a harder signal than volume.

Which DEX has the lowest fees for Circle?

Lighter (0.0 % taker). The trading fee is only part of a perpetual's cost: periodic funding can far exceed it in thin markets.

Is buying the Circle perpetual the same as owning the asset?

No. A perpetual is a leveraged derivative: price exposure without ownership, periodic funding charges or payments, and liquidation risk. The ownership route depends on the asset: see the section above.

Can I trade Circle on these DEXs from the US or Europe?

It depends on the DEX: most exclude the US and several exclude Canada or the UK; the EU is usually not excluded, but each platform sets it in its terms. Per-platform detail is in this page's restrictions list.

Where to buy Circle on-chain? The 15 DEXs that list it

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Notice: a perpetual gives price exposure, not ownership: there are no shares, ounces or coupons behind it, and periodic funding can charge or pay you. Data as of August 23, 2026 from each DEX's public APIs; not investment advice. CleanSky receives no fees or referrals from any listed platform.

As of August 23, 2026, Circle trades as a perpetual on 15 decentralized exchanges, across 18 markets and 55.4 $M in aggregate open interest. The largest is Hyperliquid (HIP-3), holding 92% of the total. This page summarizes where, with what liquidity, fees and restrictions; live data lives in the finder.

Which DEXs list Circle and with how much liquidity?

DEX	Chain	Symbol	Open interest	24h vol.	Max lev.	Taker fee
Hyperliquid (HIP-3) xyz	Hyperliquid L1	`xyz:CRCL`	50.8 $M	11.4 $M	10×	0.09 %
Variational (Omni)	Arbitrum	`CRCL`	1.4 $M	488 $k	—	0 %
Aster	BNB Chain	`CRCLUSDT`	1.3 $M	569 $k	—	0.009 %
Lighter	zkSync Era (ZK-rollup)	`CRCL`	888 $k	735 $k	10×	0 %
QFEX	CLOB off-chain (colateral USDC)	`CRCL-USD`	629 $k	53 $k	10×	0.001 %
Pacifica	Solana	`CRCL`	147 $k	42 $k	10×	0.04 %
ApeX Omni	ApeX Omni (L2 zk, omnichain)	`CRCLUSDT`	79 $k	30 $k	50×	0.05 %
GRVT	GRVT Chain (validium del stack ZKsync; matching centralizado, liquidacion ZK)	`CRCL_USDT_Perp`	54 $k	566 $k	—	0.045 %
Ostium	Arbitrum	`CRCL/USD`	48 $k	—	3000×	—
edgeX	edgeX rollup 'Edge' (chainId 3343, stack Arbitrum, anclado a Ethereum; la V1 StarkEx esta congelada)	`CRCLUSDC`	26 $k	503 $k	10×	0.045 %
gTrade (Gains Network)	Arbitrum / Base / Polygon	`CRCL/USD`	11 $k	—	2×	0.035 %
Orderly Network	omnichain (Orderly L2)	`PERP_CRCL_USDC_mythos`	2 $k	399 $	10×	0.03 %

Where is Circle liquidity concentrated?

Open interest in Circle is unevenly spread: Hyperliquid (HIP-3) concentrates 92% (50.8 $M). A dominant market means the reference price and your real exit depend on a single book; the smaller markets in the table exist, but moving through them costs more spread.

Which countries are excluded?

Each DEX declares its exclusions in its terms of use (verified on the date shown per venue):

Hyperliquid (HIP-3): trade[XYZ]: EE. UU., Canada, Reino Unido + sancionados; Paragon: EE. UU. + sancionados (2026-08-23)
Variational (Omni): EE. UU. y territorios asociados, Canada, Cuba, Iran, Corea del Norte, Sudan, Siria, Crimea/Donetsk/Luhansk/Sebastopol + sancionados (EE. UU., UE, Reino Unido, Singapur, ONU); excluye a 'U.S. person' y 'Canadian person' (2026-08-23)
Aster: EE. UU., Canada, Reino Unido, China, Corea del Norte, Rusia, Ucrania, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, Siria + sancionados; ley de Hong Kong (2026-08-23)
Lighter: EE. UU., Canada, Reino Unido, China, Rusia, Ucrania, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, Siria + sancionados (2026-08-23)
Pacifica: EE. UU., Cuba, Crimea (incl. Sebastopol), Iran, Afganistan, Siria, Corea del Norte (lista no exhaustiva; bloqueo por IP) (2026-08-23)
ApeX Omni: EE. UU., Iran, Cuba, Corea del Norte, Siria, Myanmar, Crimea/Donetsk/Luhansk + sancionados OFAC; VPN prohibida; ley de Panama (2026-08-23)
GRVT: EE. UU. y territorios, Canada, Singapur, Hong Kong, Corea del Norte, Iran, Myanmar, Bielorrusia, Cuba, Afganistan, Libia, Rusia, Somalia, Sudan del Sur, Sudan, Siria, Crimea/Donetsk/Luhansk/Jerson/Zaporiyia y Sebastopol (2026-08-24 fees: help.grvt.io/en/articles/9614699; jurisdicciones: help.grvt.io/en/articles/9711621-restricted-jurisdictions; funding en %/8h calibrado contra Hyperliquid (BTC 0.0052 vs 0.0246 %/8h))
edgeX: EE. UU. y Canada (bloqueados de la interfaz) + Iran, Cuba, Corea del Norte, Siria, Myanmar, Crimea/Donetsk/Luhansk y cualquier territorio bajo sanciones integrales de EE. UU.; VPN prohibida; arbitraje JAMS en San Francisco, ley de California (2026-08-23)
gTrade (Gains Network): EE. UU. y territorios (explicito, ToS 5.4) + cualquier pais donde sea ilegal o exija licencia + sancionados (OFAC/UE); el ToS no enumera mas paises (2026-08-23)
Orderly Network: las aplica cada broker, no Orderly; la API publica no geobloquea (pendiente de verificar la lista de WOOFi Pro) (2026-08-23)
Paradex: EE. UU. (incl. Puerto Rico, Guam, Islas Virgenes, Marianas del Norte, Islas Menores, Micronesia, Marshall, Palaos), Canada, Cuba, Iran, Corea del Norte, Siria, Crimea/Donetsk/Lugansk/Sebastopol + sancionados EE. UU./UE/Reino Unido/Singapur/ONU (2026-08-23)
Vest Markets: pendiente (vestmarkets.com/terms es una SPA no legible sin navegador; las docs no publican lista) (2026-08-24 https://docs.vestmarkets.com/trading/fees-and-rates/fees.md (tabla de sesiones) y vest-api.md (base server-prod.hz.vestmarkets.com/v2, header xrestservermm, fee API 1 pb; sin endpoint de OI))

What about buying actual Circle, not a perpetual?

A perpetual grants no ownership. To own the share you need a broker with access to its listing market, or a 1:1 backed token if an issuer lists it — the issuer map is in our xStocks vs Ondo vs Robinhood comparison.

Where to see this data live?

This page is a snapshot as of August 23, 2026. The TradFi-on-DEX finder covers the 15 DEXs with open interest, volume and funding refreshed hourly, plus the full JSON index.

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