Which DEXs list gold on-chain?

As of August 23, 2026, gold trades as a perpetual on 17 DEXs: Hyperliquid (HIP-3), Variational (Omni), edgeX, Lighter, Extended, QFEX, Aster, Ostium, Pacifica, GRVT, gTrade (Gains Network), ApeX Omni, GMX v2, Orderly Network, Bluefin Pro, Carbon, Vest Markets. Aggregate open interest is 506.7 $M and the largest market is Hyperliquid (HIP-3) with 74% of the total.

Which DEX has the most liquidity for gold?

Hyperliquid (HIP-3), with 375.4 $M in open interest (74% of the 506.7 $M aggregate). Open interest measures live margined positions, a harder signal than volume.

Which DEX has the lowest fees for gold?

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 gold 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 gold 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 gold on-chain? The 17 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, gold trades as a perpetual on 17 decentralized exchanges, across 21 markets and 506.7 $M in aggregate open interest. The largest is Hyperliquid (HIP-3), holding 74% of the total. This page summarizes where, with what liquidity, fees and restrictions; live data lives in the finder.

Which DEXs list gold and with how much liquidity?

DEX	Chain	Symbol	Open interest	24h vol.	Max lev.	Taker fee
Hyperliquid (HIP-3) xyz	Hyperliquid L1	`xyz:GOLD`	375.4 $M	10.7 $M	25×	0.09 %
Variational (Omni)	Arbitrum	`XAU`	61.7 $M	39 $M	—	0 %
edgeX	edgeX rollup 'Edge' (chainId 3343, stack Arbitrum, anclado a Ethereum; la V1 StarkEx esta congelada)	`XAUUSDC`	28.7 $M	6.1 $M	50×	0.045 %
Lighter	zkSync Era (ZK-rollup)	`XAU`	13.2 $M	5.9 $M	25×	0 %
Extended	Starknet	`XAU-USD`	11.8 $M	15.4 $M	25×	—
QFEX	CLOB off-chain (colateral USDC)	`GOLD-USD`	6.2 $M	870 $k	20×	0.001 %
Aster	BNB Chain	`XAUUSDT`	3.2 $M	1.7 $M	—	0.009 %
Ostium	Arbitrum	`XAU/USD`	2.1 $M	—	5000×	—
Pacifica	Solana	`XAU`	1.7 $M	1 $M	10×	0.04 %
GRVT	GRVT Chain (validium del stack ZKsync; matching centralizado, liquidacion ZK)	`XAU_USDT_Perp`	1.5 $M	1.8 $M	—	0.045 %
gTrade (Gains Network)	Arbitrum / Base / Polygon	`XAU/USD`	695 $k	—	10×	0.035 %
ApeX Omni	ApeX Omni (L2 zk, omnichain)	`XAUUSDT`	226 $k	187 $k	50×	0.05 %

Where is gold liquidity concentrated?

Open interest in gold is unevenly spread: Hyperliquid (HIP-3) concentrates 74% (375.4 $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)
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)
Lighter: EE. UU., Canada, Reino Unido, China, Rusia, Ucrania, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, Siria + sancionados (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)
Pacifica: EE. UU., Cuba, Crimea (incl. Sebastopol), Iran, Afganistan, Siria, Corea del Norte (lista no exhaustiva; bloqueo por IP) (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))
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)
ApeX Omni: EE. UU., Iran, Cuba, Corea del Norte, Siria, Myanmar, Crimea/Donetsk/Luhansk + sancionados OFAC; VPN prohibida; ley de Panama (2026-08-23)
GMX v2: terminos (20-ago-2026) no nombran paises: solo territorios embargados por EE. UU., Reino Unido o UE y personas en listas de sanciones (OFAC SDN, ONU); prohiben VPN para eludir restricciones. El geobloqueo por IP de la app (EE. UU. en la practica) no esta documentado: pendiente de verificar (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)
Bluefin Pro: pendiente: la lista no esta en docs; /v1/exchange/country devuelve isBlockedCountry por IP (ES: false) (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 gold, not a perpetual?

A perpetual grants no ownership of the underlying. The backed routes are traditional ETFs or, on-chain, backed tokens (for gold, PAXG and XAUT, which also trade as their own perpetuals in the index).

Where to see this data live?

This page is a snapshot as of August 23, 2026. The TradFi-on-DEX finder covers the 17 DEXs with open interest, volume and funding refreshed hourly, plus the full JSON index.

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