Which DEXs list the Nasdaq 100 on-chain?

As of August 23, 2026, the Nasdaq 100 trades as a perpetual on 8 DEXs: Hyperliquid (HIP-3), Lighter, Ostium, QFEX, Orderly Network, Paradex, Carbon, Vest Markets. Aggregate open interest is 226.9 $M and the largest market is Hyperliquid (HIP-3) with 98% of the total.

Which DEX has the most liquidity for the Nasdaq 100?

Hyperliquid (HIP-3), with 222.9 $M in open interest (98% of the 226.9 $M aggregate). Open interest measures live margined positions, a harder signal than volume.

Which DEX has the lowest fees for the Nasdaq 100?

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 the Nasdaq 100 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 the Nasdaq 100 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 the Nasdaq 100 on-chain? The 8 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, the Nasdaq 100 trades as a perpetual on 8 decentralized exchanges, across 8 markets and 226.9 $M in aggregate open interest. The largest is Hyperliquid (HIP-3), holding 98% of the total. This page summarizes where, with what liquidity, fees and restrictions; live data lives in the finder.

Which DEXs list the Nasdaq 100 and with how much liquidity?

DEX	Chain	Symbol	Open interest	24h vol.	Max lev.	Taker fee
Hyperliquid (HIP-3) xyz	Hyperliquid L1	`xyz:XYZ100`	222.9 $M	76.9 $M	30×	0.09 %
Lighter	zkSync Era (ZK-rollup)	`US100`	1.9 $M	284 $k	30×	0 %
Ostium	Arbitrum	`NDX/USD`	1.2 $M	—	7500×	—
QFEX	CLOB off-chain (colateral USDC)	`US100-USD`	904 $k	101 $k	30×	0.001 %
Orderly Network	omnichain (Orderly L2)	`PERP_NAS100_USDC`	49 $k	0 $	20×	0.03 %
Paradex	Starknet (Paradex chain)	`US100-USD-PERP`	0 $	0 $	5×	0 %
Carbon	Arbitrum	`NDXUSD_CARBONRWA`	—	—	20×	—
Vest Markets	Motor zkRisk off-chain (colateral USDC, depositos via Base y otras)	`NDX-USD-PERP`	—	40 $k	50×	—

Where is the Nasdaq 100 liquidity concentrated?

Open interest in the Nasdaq 100 is unevenly spread: Hyperliquid (HIP-3) concentrates 98% (222.9 $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)
Lighter: EE. UU., Canada, Reino Unido, China, Rusia, Ucrania, Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, Siria + sancionados (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 the Nasdaq 100, not a perpetual?

You cannot buy an index: you buy an ETF that tracks it (via a broker, or a backed token if an issuer lists it) or synthetic exposure like this.

Where to see this data live?

This page is a snapshot as of August 23, 2026. The TradFi-on-DEX finder covers the 8 DEXs with open interest, volume and funding refreshed hourly, plus the full JSON index.

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