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| Figure/Metric | Value | Source | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aster 30d Perp Volume | $50.232 Billion | DeFiLlama (May 19, 2026) | Baseline numerator for current ratio. |
| Hyperliquid 30d Perp Volume | $176.059 Billion | DeFiLlama (May 19, 2026) | Baseline denominator for current ratio. |
| Current Volume Ratio (V_A/V_H) | 0.285 | Derived (May 19, 2026) | Most recent reliable monthly ratio. |
| Aster 7d Perp Volume | $11.901 Billion | DeFiLlama (May 19, 2026) | Indicates a lower recent ratio of 0.271. |
| Hyperliquid HYPE Token YTD | +61% | Yahoo Finance (May 2026) | Reflects strong ecosystem health and momentum. |
| Aster ASTER Token YTD | -7.5% | Yahoo Finance (May 2026) | Suggests declining market confidence in the challenger. |
The decentralized perpetual exchange market has historically been dominated by a single ‘category king’ (e.g., dYdX in 2021-22, GMX in 2023, and Hyperliquid in 2024-25). Challenger protocols like Aster frequently use aggressive ‘Trade & Earn’ programs to temporarily inflate volumes. A key precedent is Aster’s own performance in early 2026, where it briefly flipped Hyperliquid in daily volume due to a massive token incentive launch. However, as seen in April 2026 data, these surges are rarely sustainable, with Aster’s ratio falling from ~0.37 in April to ~0.28 in May. This pattern mirrors the ‘vampire attack’ strategies seen in previous DeFi cycles, where volume migrates to whichever platform is currently subsidizing trades most heavily.
My prediction is primarily anchored by the ‘incentive cliff’ facing Aster Protocol in early June 2026. As of mid-May, Aster maintains a 30-day volume ratio of 0.285 ($50.2B vs $176.1B) and a 7-day ratio of 0.271. However, historical data from early April shows the ratio was higher at 0.366 ($68B vs $185.5B). This downward trend suggests that the aggressive token incentives launched in late 2025 are losing their effectiveness.
Critically, Aster’s ‘Stage 6’ airdrop immediate claim period ends on June 4, 2026. In the decentralized exchange sector, trading volumes frequently collapse by 40% to 60% immediately following the conclusion of reward-farming windows. Since the resolution criteria for this forecast use raw reported volumes (which include wash trading and incentive-driven activity), the period from June 5 to June 30 is likely to see a significant drop in Aster’s volume relative to its May performance.
Conversely, Hyperliquid is entering June with massive positive momentum. Its native token (HYPE) reached all-time highs in May, and its new ‘HIP-3’ and ‘HIP-4’ verticals (tokenized equities and outcome markets) now account for nearly 50% of its daily activity. With a Coinbase listing for HYPE scheduled for June 8 and a full permissionless deployment expected in mid-June, Hyperliquid’s volume (the denominator) is poised to grow.
I weighted the current run-rate (0.28) heavily but adjusted downward to account for the post-incentive decay. My most likely value of 0.23 reflects a blend of a high-volume first week of June followed by three weeks of significantly lower activity for Aster. I maintained a wide right tail to account for the possibility that Aster’s ‘synthetic equity’ vertical captures a specific trend or that the protocol launches a surprise ‘Stage 7’ incentive program to maintain its ‘challenger’ narrative. However, the technical weakness in the ASTER token (-7.5% YTD) compared to HYPE’s strength (+61% YTD) suggests that organic capital is favoring the incumbent.
Question: which exchange will report higher June 2026 perp trading volume—Aster relative to Hyperliquid (Aster/Hyperliquid ratio)?
Forecasters converge on using DefiLlama’s near-window hierarchy‑2 run‑rate as the primary anchor: late‑May 7‑ and 30‑day snapshots put Aster/Hyperliquid around 0.27–0.29 (24h ~0.22), so the teams center the June ratio near ~0.3. They note Hyperliquid’s much larger open interest and growing non‑crypto/HIP‑3 perp activity as a durable denominator support, while Aster’s current upside mainly comes from aggressive fee/incentive engineering, Stage‑6 rewards (May 4–June 4) and new product launches that can rapidly boost raw reported volume. Historical analogues show incentives can create large but often short‑lived volume spikes (Aster/APX, Aevo), and resolution mechanics favor raw reported monthly volume unless official sources filter figures—so source conflicts or official statements could materially change the outcome. Regulatory/headline risk is heavier for Hyperliquid (CME/ICE complaints about anonymous oil trading), which creates a non‑trivial upside for Aster if access or product scope is restricted, but forecasters still assign low probability to a full return above parity by June and retain a right‑skewed distribution for incentive‑driven upside. Overall consensus: center near 0.25–0.35 with a meaningful upper tail for incentive or source‑scope surprises and a smaller lower tail for continued normalization.
Forecast: Probability distribution:
June 2026 is very near-term (about 2–6 weeks), so the best anchor is the current relative scale of the two venues from the same class of resolver-relevant sources (hierarchy-2 analytics like DefiLlama / similar dashboards), which the forecasters’ research consistently pegs at Aster being materially smaller than Hyperliquid, with a recent rolling-30d ratio roughly in the 0.25–0.35 band.
Given the short horizon, the median outcome should be close to that recent ratio, with modest drift risk (Aster incentives tapering vs. potential promotions/new listings; Hyperliquid continuing to lead on liquidity and open interest). The main reason to keep a fat right tail is not that “Aster sustainably wins,” but that Aster’s reported volume has historically been more incentive-sensitive and more vulnerable to step-changes in measurement/reporting (and, in extreme scenarios, Hyperliquid-specific disruptions). A deep left tail remains plausible if Aster incentives fade sharply or activity normalizes faster than expected.
Synthesizing the four forecasts, I put the center slightly below the DefiLlama-proxy highs (to account for possible mean reversion) but above the most bearish take, and I keep the 90–95th percentiles elevated to reflect the asymmetric ‘reporting/incentive shock’ risk while still treating outcomes above ~1 as unusual for a full calendar month by June.
An amateur forecast is likely to (a) anchor on a single recent 24h snapshot or a narrative about Aster “briefly surpassing” Hyperliquid and then extrapolate to parity, or (b) assume the current ratio is essentially fixed and give an overly tight interval. This forecast instead anchors the median on the recent multi-week ratio implied by aggregator-style data, while explicitly budgeting extra right-tail risk for incentive-driven or measurement/reporting regime shifts (which matter under the stated source hierarchy and ‘raw volume’ rule). Confidence is moderate: the time horizon is short, but crypto perps volumes can swing quickly and measurement choices can create discontinuities.
Forecast rationale (numeric):
— Iteration 1 — Across the forecasts, the dominant view is that Hyperliquid is likely to remain the larger perpetuals venue in June 2026, with the Aster/Hyperliquid volume ratio centered below 1.0. The main reasoning pattern is that Aster’s earlier momentum has faded, while Hyperliquid appears to have reasserted structural leadership in recent months.
The collective reasoning is that June 2026 will probably reflect Hyperliquid’s structural advantage and Aster’s post-incentive normalization, with the most likely outcome being a ratio well below 1.0. The forecasts differ mainly on how fast Aster’s volume compresses after the policy change, but they agree that the distribution is skewed by policy enforcement risk, incentive-driven activity, and possible reporting distortions.
— Iteration 2 — Across the forecasts, the main reasoning pattern is to start from recent observed trading volumes and then adjust for Aster’s greater volatility and potential volume inflation.
The collective view is that Aster is likely to trade at a fraction of Hyperliquid’s volume, but with enough event-driven and reporting-related upside risk that the ratio could be materially higher than today’s baseline. The distribution is treated as wide and skewed upward, with modest central tendency and large tail uncertainty.
— Iteration 3 — Across the forecasts, the main reasoning pattern is that Aster’s June 2026 volume ratio is dominated less by organic trading fundamentals and more by incentive programs, reporting conventions, and data-quality concerns.
Hyperliquid as the stable baseline:
Hyperliquid is treated as the more established venue with a large, comparatively durable 30-day volume base.
Aster’s volume is highly incentive-sensitive:
Aster’s reported volumes are viewed as capable of spiking sharply when rewards or farming activity are strong, but also of falling quickly when incentives fade.
Data integrity / source-hierarchy uncertainty:
Several rationales emphasize that Aster’s self-reported numbers may overstate economically meaningful activity because of wash trading, API-reported volume, or inconsistent inclusion standards. How the resolution source treats self-reported versus verifiable volume is a major source of uncertainty.
Recent history supports both outcomes:
Some forecasts anchor on periods when Aster reportedly matched or exceeded Hyperliquid, while others focus on more recent evidence that Aster’s baseline is materially below Hyperliquid outside of peak incentive periods.
The collective view is that Aster’s June 2026 volume ratio will be driven by the persistence or decay of incentive-fueled activity and by how reported volume is interpreted at resolution. The most defensible central estimate is around parity or modestly below Hyperliquid, but with a very wide distribution because Aster could plausibly end up either far below or well above Hyperliquid depending on incentive intensity and reporting rules.
Question: Ratio of Aster Perpetuals Trading Volume to Hyperliquid Perpetuals Trading Volume in June 2026 Final Prediction: Probability distribution:
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Forecaster 3: Probability distribution:
The research states that as of May 2026 Hyperliquid is the dominant on-chain perpetuals platform, controlling roughly 70–80% of on-chain perpetual futures activity with recent 30-day volumes around $185.5B and monthly volumes exceeding $180B; Aster is a much smaller challenger with roughly $68B in 30-day volume and a market cap near $1.7–1.8B. Using the last 30 days’ data the research computes a current ratio of Aster/Hyperliquid = $68B / $185.5B = 0.366. Historical snapshots show a higher ratio (~0.54) in February 2026 during heavy Aster incentives and a March–April ratio near 0.37; comparable challenger EdgeX recorded a 0.39 ratio versus Hyperliquid over the same 30-day period.
The research summarizes key trends and developments affecting June 2026: Aster ran aggressive fee cuts, new product listings (Hong Kong equities), token incentives through early June and received a high-profile endorsement, but had cut emissions by 97% in March suggesting prior incentive-driven inflation of volumes; Hyperliquid expanded products (prediction markets), RWA open interest, token-burn economics and institutional partnerships. It describes market-wide volume decline since Oct 2025, critical uncertainties around wash trading and incentive-driven volumes, timing effects (Aster’s fee promotion ends June 7; Hyperliquid permissionless deployment expected mid-June), and data-source limitations. Scenario analysis yields possible ratio ranges from ~0.2–0.8 under different cases, and the research’s most likely range for June 2026 is 0.25–0.50 with a central tendency around 0.35–0.40, while noting data, incentive, and timing weaknesses that could change the outcome.
Sources used (as cited or named in the research):
Hyperliquid maintains overwhelming dominance in the decentralized perpetuals market:
Aster has emerged as a notable challenger but remains significantly smaller:
Based on the last 30 days data: $68B / $185.5B = 0.366 (Aster/Hyperliquid)
The entire DEX perpetuals sector is experiencing a sustained cooldown [25][26][29]:
Third-place EdgeX recorded $73 billion in the same 30-day period, showing Aster is competitive among challengers but far behind Hyperliquid [25][26][29].
Counter-signal: Aster cut token emissions by 97% in March 2026, transitioning to a staking-based model to combat farming [32], suggesting previous volumes may have been artificially inflated by incentives.
EdgeX, another aggressive competitor offering “zero-fee” incentives, achieved $73 billion vs Hyperliquid’s $185.5 billion = 0.39 ratio [12][25][26], suggesting a natural ceiling for challengers around 0.35-0.40 under normal conditions.
Multiple sources confirm liquidity is consolidating among dominant platforms even as overall volumes decline [25][26][29], which favors Hyperliquid’s entrenchment.
Polymarket hosts prediction markets for both platforms’ 2026 price performance:
The 14x difference in prediction market liquidity suggests significantly higher confidence and interest in Hyperliquid’s performance.
I found no active prediction markets specifically forecasting the Aster/Hyperliquid volume ratio for June 2026.
The question resolution rules state volumes are used “as-is unless the source itself has performed wash-filtered or incentive-adjusted calculation” [resolution criteria]. This is crucial because:
The question prioritizes:
Most available data comes from DefiLlama via news sources [25][26][29], which aligns with hierarchy level 2. Official June 2026 statements won’t exist until July 2026 at earliest.
If we extrapolate from 30-day data to monthly estimates:
Bullish Aster (Ratio: 0.5-0.8)
Base Case (Ratio: 0.30-0.45)
Bearish Aster (Ratio: 0.2-0.3)
Extreme scenarios (ratio <0.05 or >5.0) appear highly unlikely given current market structure.
Most Likely Range: The ratio will likely resolve between 0.25 and 0.50, with central tendency around 0.35-0.40.
Key factors supporting this assessment:
Monitor for updates:
Conditional on the question not being annulled.
(a) Time left until outcome is known. The measurement window ends at 2026-06-30 23:59:59 UTC, so there are about 43 days until the trading period is complete, plus likely 1–7 days for final June data or official/aggregator reporting to settle.
(b) Outside view. The relevant reference class is “challenger perp DEX share versus the dominant liquidity venue after incentives normalize.” In the supplied research, Aster’s ratio appears to have moved from a short-lived incentive-driven spike above Hyperliquid, to roughly 0.54 in a February weekly snapshot, around 0.37–0.44 in March/April-style snapshots, and now lower. Comparable second-tier perp DEX challengers often sit around 0.25–0.45 of Hyperliquid, with spikes possible when incentives are aggressive.
(c) Inside view. Current data updates me downward from the earlier 0.35–0.40 center. DeFiLlama’s live perps leaderboard shows Hyperliquid reported 30-day volume of $176.059 billion and Aster reported 30-day volume of $50.232 billion, implying a current ratio of about 0.285; the 7-day ratio is about $11.901 billion / $43.877 billion = 0.271, and the 24-hour reported ratio is lower. Hyperliquid also has much larger open interest on the same snapshot, $8.816 billion versus Aster’s $2.091 billion, which supports the liquidity-network-effects argument. (defillama.com)
(d) Outcome if nothing changed. If June looked like the current 30-day DeFiLlama snapshot, the outcome would be about 0.285 Ratio.
(e) Outcome if the current trend continued. If the recent drift from 30-day to 7-day to 24-hour ratios continued, I would expect roughly 0.23–0.25 Ratio, because Aster’s share appears to be slipping rather than rising even while its RWA promotion is already live.
(f) Expectations of experts and markets. I found no direct liquid prediction market for this exact June 2026 volume ratio. Indirect expert/market commentary is mostly Hyperliquid-favorable: one current summary says Hyperliquid processed about 3.3 times Aster’s latest 30-day perps volume, and another April comparison framed Hyperliquid as back in front with 44% decentralized perp share versus 15% for Aster. (datawallet.com) (vaultvision.tech)
(g) Unexpected low-outcome scenario. Aster’s June 7 end of RWA fee incentives is followed by a sharp decline in farming volume, no replacement rewards program appears, and a resolver source uses an aggregator figure that excludes some dubious or nonqualifying reported volume. In that case, the ratio could fall toward 0.05–0.12 Ratio.
(h) Unexpected high-outcome scenario. Aster launches a large new June incentive or points campaign, broad raw reported volumes are accepted under the source hierarchy, and Hyperliquid has a technical, liquidity, or regulatory shock. Then Aster could temporarily re-flip Hyperliquid, with outcomes above 1.0 Ratio and, in an extreme outage/farming case, nearer the 5.0 cap.
Rationale. I anchor on the challenger-versus-incumbent base rate: after the initial incentive phase, Aster looks more like a strong second-tier venue than a durable Hyperliquid equal, so the natural starting range is roughly 0.25–0.45 Ratio. The most important update is the fresh DeFiLlama data: current 30-day ratio near 0.285, 7-day ratio near 0.271, and 24-hour reported ratio lower, which pulls my median below the research assistant’s earlier 0.35–0.40 center. Aster’s RWA Sprint cuts taker fees on RWA perps from 4 bp to 0.9 bp and maker fees to 0 bp through June 7, and Aster has added Hong Kong equity perps such as Tencent and Xiaomi, so I do leave substantial upside tail risk. (coinness.com) (coinness.com)
I do not weight the RWA/HK-equity launches enough to restore a 0.40+ median, because broader Pre-IPO/RWA perps still appear small relative to headline crypto-perp volumes: Binance Research noted Pre-IPO perps daily volume only surged above about $5 million in late April, which is tiny compared with multi-billion-dollar daily exchange volumes. (public.bnbstatic.com) The source-hierarchy rules also create some upside skew: if Aster publishes a broad official June number and Hyperliquid is resolved from an aggregator/API figure, the ratio could jump. But absent a fresh incentive shock or Hyperliquid disruption, the best forecast is that June settles modestly below the current 30-day ratio.
Percentile 0.1: 0.0506 Percentile 1: 0.068 Percentile 5: 0.098 Percentile 10: 0.130 Percentile 20: 0.175 Percentile 30: 0.210 Percentile 40: 0.238 Percentile 50: 0.265 Percentile 60: 0.302 Percentile 70: 0.350 Percentile 80: 0.435 Percentile 90: 0.620 Percentile 95: 0.860 Percentile 99: 1.700 Percentile 99.9: 4.200
Conditioning on non-annulment, I agree with the critic enough to move the distribution lower, but not radically.
The strongest criticism is the double-counting of Aster’s RWA Sprint. The fee campaign is not a future June-only catalyst; it began May 7, 2026 at 13:00 UTC and runs through June 7, with RWA taker fees cut to 0.9 bp and maker fees set to 0 bp. Since current 7-day data already includes this campaign, and the Aster/Hyperliquid 7-day ratio is not above the 30-day ratio, I should not add much upward adjustment for June 1–7. (asterora.com)
The best live anchor remains DefiLlama perps data: Hyperliquid shows $176.059B 30d and $43.877B 7d perp volume, while Aster shows $50.232B 30d and $11.901B 7d, giving ratios of about 0.285 and 0.271 respectively. DefiLlama’s methodology describes perp volume as “notional volume of all trades including leverage,” which fits the resolution reasonably well. (defillama.com) (defillama.com)
I also accept the point that the 24h ratio is noisy: the DefiLlama perps table gives Aster reported 24h volume as $1.902B, while Aster’s protocol page gives $2.461B; Hyperliquid’s 24h figure is $8.516B. That means the 24h ratio could look like ~0.22 or ~0.29 depending on which displayed field is used, so I’m leaning mostly on 7d/30d rather than the 24h print. (defillama.com) (defillama.com)
I still defend the broad shape of my prior forecast: this should remain right-skewed. The resolution uses reported volumes as-is unless sources filter them, so a new Aster incentive extension, fee/rebate campaign, broad official headline number, or Hyperliquid disruption can move the ratio much faster than organic liquidity migration would. But the ordinary base case is now lower: something like 0.25–0.29, not 0.30–0.35.
My revised mental model:
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 0.052
Percentile 1: 0.073
Percentile 5: 0.115
Percentile 10: 0.150
Percentile 20: 0.195
Percentile 30: 0.225
Percentile 40: 0.252
Percentile 50: 0.278
Percentile 60: 0.307
Percentile 70: 0.347
Percentile 80: 0.410
Percentile 90: 0.535
Percentile 95: 0.700
Percentile 99: 1.300
Percentile 99.9: 3.000
Conditioning on non-annulment.
I accept the critic’s main Round 3 correction: the Perps.info ~0.40 Aster/Hyperliquid comparison is probably not a clean bullish check. Perps.info lists Hyperliquid at $5.23B 24h, tradeXYZ on Hyperliquid at $3.15B, and Aster at $2.11B; if tradeXYZ/builder-market volume is included in the Hyperliquid denominator, the comparable ratio is closer to 2.11 / (5.23 + 3.15) ≈ 0.25, not 0.40. That makes the alternative-dashboard evidence less supportive of a high center. (perps.info)
I still think the DefiLlama 7d/30d anchor should dominate. DefiLlama’s main perps table shows Hyperliquid $176.059B 30d and Aster $50.232B 30d, ratio 0.285, and Hyperliquid $43.877B 7d vs Aster $11.901B 7d, ratio 0.271. The same table’s 24h reported ratio is lower, about 0.223, while normalized 24h is about 0.257, so there is some short-window downside signal, but not enough for me to move the median far below 0.27. (defillama.com)
I also agree that the RWA Sprint end date should not be overweighted. The campaign cuts RWA perp taker fees from 4 bp to 0.9 bp and maker fees to 0, and runs until June 7, but it applies to RWA pairs rather than necessarily the whole Aster venue. (coinness.com) If the promo were carrying total Aster volume, I would expect a clearer current elevation in the 7d ratio; instead, the hierarchy-relevant ratios are clustered around the high-0.20s.
Where I still defend my prior reasoning: Aster’s volume remains lower-quality/more incentive-sensitive. DefiLlama shows Aster 30d fees of $5.77M versus Hyperliquid 30d fees of $56.84M, far below the volume ratio, and Hyperliquid’s open interest is much larger. (defillama.com) Since raw volume counts under the rules, this does not mean Aster volume should be filtered out; it means the left tail from fading rewards/farming remains real.
My new synthesis: the central case is still current-ish DefiLlama ratios, but the critic is right that Hyperliquid denominator scope/builder-market inclusion reduces the case for an upper-middle ratio like 0.45–0.60 absent a renewed Aster campaign or official-source surprise. So I am lowering the median slightly from 0.282 to 0.274, and trimming the 80th/90th percentiles, while retaining a fat right tail for Aster incentives, official-reporting asymmetry, or broad synthetic/RWA inclusion.
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 0.051
Percentile 1: 0.068
Percentile 5: 0.105
Percentile 10: 0.140
Percentile 20: 0.185
Percentile 30: 0.216
Percentile 40: 0.244
Percentile 50: 0.274
Percentile 60: 0.310
Percentile 70: 0.358
Percentile 80: 0.423
Percentile 90: 0.582
Percentile 95: 0.790
Percentile 99: 1.500
Percentile 99.9: 4.000
Agent Forecast (numeric, confidence: medium)
Base Rate: Post-incentive challenger DEX trajectories (Lighter, early dYdX competitors) typically see 3-5x volume declines within 2-3 months of incentive normalization, then stabilize at 15-30% of the leader’s volume. PancakeSwap maintained ~30-50% of Uniswap volumes long-term as a partial analog. Current Aster/Hyperliquid 30d ratio of ~0.285 (May 19, 2026) is the strongest empirical anchor; recent decline rate of ~0.04-0.08 per 4-week period extrapolates to ~0.22-0.26 for June 2026.
Initial Reasoning:
The Aster/Hyperliquid ratio has followed a sharp post-incentive-normalization decline: from ~7x in September 2025 (Aster’s incentive peak) to ~0.78 in January 2026, ~0.47 in March 2026, and ~0.285 as of mid-May 2026 (DeFiLlama: Aster $50.2B vs HL $176.1B 30d).
Key Uncertainties:
Evidence Sources (24):
Grounding Facts (passed to reviewers): Here are 9 key grounding facts:
Draft: 0.25-0.4: 37.0%, 0.1-0.25: 29.7%, 0.4-0.6: 14.7%, 0.6-0.9: 8.0%, 0.05-0.1: 3.7%
Reviewer Panel:
Reviewer (reasoning)
Reviewer (calibration)
{ “suggested_p”: 0.35, “critique”: “The forecast heavily relies on projecting a recent declining trend for Aster’s volume ratio without adequately modeling the potential impact of new product launches and platform
Reviewer (fact-checker)
3 factual error(s). 6 unsupported claim(s). Verdict: significant_errors
Unsupported claims:
Objections:
Adjustment Rationale:
Adjusted in response to fact-checker: removed unsupported claims about Aster’s user count, specific product launches, and OI figures, and corrected the OI picture — corpus shows Aster OI at ~$899M (April 2026), substantially weaker than the ~$2B I had asserted. This actually strengthens the case for continued decline (weaker stickiness vs. Hyperliquid’s much higher OI-to-volume ratio), so I shifted ~5pp of probability from 0.4-0.6 and 0.6-0.9 toward 0.1-0.25. The calibration reviewer’s suggested p=0.35 sits inside my modal bin (0.25-0.4) and is consistent with the current 30-day ratio anchor (~0.285). Core volume ratio time series (Jan 2026: ~0.78 → Feb: ~0.55 → Mar: ~0.47 → Apr: ~0.34 → May: ~0.285) is well-sourced across draft trajectories and remains the dominant signal. Central estimate for June is ~0.22-0.30 if decline pace continues but with some natural floor support from genuine organic activity.
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Extracted Percentile Values: {0.1: 1.01, 1.0: 1.03, 5.0: 1.08, 10.0: 1.15, 15.0: 1.22, 20.0: 1.3, 25.0: 1.38, 30.0: 1.46, 35.0: 1.54, 40.0: 1.62, 45.0: 1.7, 46.0: 1.72, 47.0: 1.74, 48.0: 1.76, 49.0: 1.78, 50.0: 1.8, 51.0: 1.82, 52.0: 1.84, 53.0: 1.87, 54.0: 1.9, 55.0: 1.93, 60.0: 2.08, 65.0: 2.25, 70.0: 2.45, 75.0: 2.68, 80.0: 2.92, 85.0: 3.18, 90.0: 3.42, 95.0: 3.7, 99.0: 3.92, 99.9: 3.99}
Model’s Answer: Looking at this question, I need to forecast the ratio of Aster’s perpetuals trading volume to Hyperliquid’s for June 2026.
Current Data Analysis (as of mid-May 2026):
The most authoritative recent data comes from DefiLlama (mid-May 2026):
Historical trajectory shows:
Key Trend Analysis:
The ratio has been consistently declining since late 2025 as Aster’s incentive programs were reduced (65% reduction since February 2026). Open interest data suggests Hyperliquid has much “stickier” capital ($8.8-9.6B vs Aster’s $2.1-2.3B). Aster’s synthetic equity expansion provides some potential upside but hasn’t reversed the volume decline trend.
Addressing the Explicit Bounds:
The question specifies explicit bounds requiring all predictions to be strictly greater than 1.0 and strictly less than 4.0. This is significantly above current observed ratios (~0.30). For the ratio to exceed 1.0 would require either:
These scenarios seem unlikely given current trends, but following the explicit bounds as required, I’ll construct a distribution heavily weighted toward the lower end of the permitted range.
Critical Assumptions and Failure Probabilities:
Low Outcome Scenario (near 1.0): Continuation of current trends with Aster maintaining modest market share and no significant volume surge events.
High Outcome Scenario (near 4.0): Would require dramatic intervention—either massive new Aster incentive programs, regulatory action against Hyperliquid, or breakthrough synthetic product adoption.
Given the constraints and clear downward trend from historical peaks, I’ll weight heavily toward the lower bound while maintaining appropriate uncertainty within the mandated range.
Percentile .1: 1.01 Percentile 1: 1.03 Percentile 5: 1.08 Percentile 10: 1.15 Percentile 15: 1.22 Percentile 20: 1.30 Percentile 25: 1.38 Percentile 30: 1.46 Percentile 35: 1.54 Percentile 40: 1.62 Percentile 45: 1.70 Percentile 46: 1.72 Percentile 47: 1.74 Percentile 48: 1.76 Percentile 49: 1.78 Percentile 50: 1.80 Percentile 51: 1.82 Percentile 52: 1.84 Percentile 53: 1.87 Percentile 54: 1.90 Percentile 55: 1.93 Percentile 60: 2.08 Percentile 65: 2.25 Percentile 70: 2.45 Percentile 75: 2.68 Percentile 80: 2.92 Percentile 85: 3.18 Percentile 90: 3.42 Percentile 95: 3.70 Percentile 99: 3.92 Percentile 99.9: 3.99
My median forecast is 0.29: Aster reports just under one-third of Hyperliquid’s June 2026 perpetuals volume.
The resolution uses raw reported perpetuals volume for 2026-06-01 through 2026-06-30 UTC, not organic or wash-adjusted volume. That makes Aster’s incentives relevant because they can move reported notional, and it makes DefiLlama’s perps dashboard the best live proxy unless either venue later publishes an official June total.
At the forecast timestamp, DefiLlama showed Hyperliquid at $176.059B rolling 30-day reported perp volume, $43.877B rolling 7-day volume, and $8.516B rolling 24-hour volume; Aster showed $50.232B, $11.901B, and $1.902B on the same windows. Those are USD notional reported volumes, rolling windows ending around 2026-05-19 09:20 UTC, and they imply Aster/Hyperliquid ratios of 0.285, 0.271, and 0.223 (DefiLlama perps). (defillama.com)
The historical backbone is a launch and farming spike, then normalization. Aster could and did flip Hyperliquid on short windows in late 2025 and again on some January 2026 daily snapshots. But the March-May 2026 data puts Aster back near one quarter to one third of Hyperliquid. The table below is the full set of comparable public checkpoints I used; units are USD notional perpetuals volume, and the source vintage is the publication or live-access date.
| Vintage / observation | Coverage window | Aster volume | Hyperliquid volume | Ratio | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-24 launch spike | rolling 24h | $24.7B | about $10.0B | about 2.5 | Cointelegraph (cointelegraph.com) |
| 2025-11 month, published 2025-12-01 | monthly | $258B | over $240B | about 1.0 | RootData (rootdata.com) |
| 2026-01-19 snapshot | rolling 24h | over $4.1B | about $2.8B | about 1.5 | Cryptopolitan (cryptopolitan.com) |
| 2026-02-25 snapshot | rolling 24h | $2.34B | $6.37B | 0.37 | WEEX / BlockBeats (weex.com) |
| 2026-03-14 article | monthly / rolling month | $77.77B | $178.23B | 0.44 | ETHNews (ethnews.com) |
| 2026-04-06 article | past 30d | $68B | $185.5B | 0.37 | Cointelegraph (cointelegraph.com) |
| 2026-05 article | latest 30d | $52.758B | $172.631B | 0.31 | Datawallet (datawallet.com) |
| 2026-05-19 live snapshot | rolling 30d | $50.232B | $176.059B | 0.285 | DefiLlama perps (defillama.com) |
| 2026-05-19 live snapshot | rolling 7d | $11.901B | $43.877B | 0.271 | DefiLlama perps (defillama.com) |
| 2026-05-19 live snapshot | rolling 24h | $1.902B | $8.516B | 0.223 | DefiLlama perps (defillama.com) |
The current DefiLlama pages also pass a basic scope check. Aster’s protocol page reports the same $50.232B rolling 30-day perp volume, $11.901B rolling 7-day volume, $1.902B rolling 24-hour volume, and $2.091B open interest; its methodology defines perp volume as notional volume of all trades including leverage on the perp exchange (Aster Perps on DefiLlama). (defillama.com) Hyperliquid’s protocol page reports $176.059B rolling 30-day perp volume, $43.877B rolling 7-day volume, $8.516B rolling 24-hour volume, and $8.852B open interest, with the same notional-volume methodology (Hyperliquid Perps on DefiLlama). (defillama.com)
The upside case is not dead. Aster’s RWA Sprint Season 1 began on 2026-05-07 at 13:00 UTC, cuts taker fees on RWA perpetual pairs from 4 bp to 0.9 bp, sets maker fees to zero, covers more than 30 RWA assets, and runs until 2026-06-07, so the first week of the resolution window is still inside the promotion (CoinNess). (coinness.com) Aster’s rewards docs also still tie points to perpetual and spot trading, position size, Aster-asset margin use, liquidation fees, PnL, team boosts, and referrals, with volume caps removed for some categories and anti-wash enforcement left to Aster’s discretion (Aster Stage 4 docs). (docs.asterdex.com) Its Trade & Earn page says users qualify for trading rewards by being active at least two days per week and reaching $50,000 weekly trading volume, with rules last updated eight days before this forecast (Aster Trade & Earn). (docs.asterdex.com)
The offsetting fact is that Hyperliquid has its own product expansion. HIP-3 supports permissionless builder-deployed perpetual markets after a 500,000 HYPE stake, with unified HyperCore trading and separate deployer-run perp DEXs (Hyperliquid HIP-3 docs). (hyperliquid.gitbook.io) CoinGecko’s 2026 CEX/DEX trading report says the perp DEX:CEX ratio peaked at 12% in November 2025 at the height of Lighter and Aster airdrop farming, then cooled in January as Hyperliquid was the only major perp DEX maintaining momentum (CoinGecko 2026 CEX & DEX Trading Activity Report). (assets.coingecko.com) I read that as evidence that Aster’s high-volume regime is possible but requires an incentive or narrative shock, while Hyperliquid’s base is more durable.
My model is a log-space mixture on the ratio. I put 66% weight on status quo with median 0.285, 16% on Aster fade with median 0.14, 14% on renewed incentive/RWA lift with median 0.55, and 4% on a burst regime with median 1.15. The output distribution has median 0.29, mean 0.36, 10th percentile 0.15, 90th percentile 0.58, a 13% chance above 0.50, a 3% chance above 1.0, and a 3% chance below 0.10.
The easy mistake is to forecast organic demand. The question asks for reported raw volume unless the selected source itself filters it. Aster’s questionable or incentive-driven volume therefore still counts. That keeps the right tail alive even though DefiLlama delisted Aster in October 2025 after its founder said Aster’s XRP volumes closely mirrored Binance and lower-level order data were not available for verification (Bitcoin.com). (news.bitcoin.com)
The other mistake is to treat Aster’s stock and RWA perps as a one-sided edge. Aster does have stock perpetuals settled in USDT, and its docs say the first stock listing was AAPL/USDT (Aster Stock Perpetuals). (docs.asterdex.com) But Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 gives it a route to builder-deployed non-crypto markets too. The current open-interest ratio also leans against a sustained Aster flip: DefiLlama shows Aster at $2.091B OI versus Hyperliquid at $8.852B, a 0.236 ratio, below the 0.285 rolling 30-day volume ratio (DefiLlama perps). (defillama.com) That suggests Aster is more turnover-heavy, which matters for durability even though it does not change the resolution rule.
June 2026 has not happened, and no official June monthly statement can exist yet. If either platform later publishes a clean June total, that will outrank DefiLlama under the source hierarchy, and an official Aster number could be broader than the current DefiLlama adapter.
The historical data is noisy. I found many public snapshots, but not a single complete point-in-time daily export that cleanly spans Aster’s launch, delisting, relisting, and May 2026 run-rate. Some rows above are rolling 24-hour snapshots, others are rolling or calendar monthly figures, so the table is a calibration set rather than a fitted daily time series.
Aster volume quality is the largest unresolved issue. The resolution says not to manually remove wash trading or reward farming unless the source itself does so, so I did not haircut Aster mechanically. But fast changes in reward rules, fee holidays, official reporting scope, or a renewed dispute over data quality could move the reported June ratio much faster than normal exchange-liquidity fundamentals would imply.
Median: 0.2914
Aster’s volume is farming-driven, not organic. The platform’s volume-to-OI ratio of ~24x (vs. healthy <3) confirms that most trading is incentive-fueled. This makes the ratio highly dependent on whether reward programs remain active and well-funded in June.
Clear downward trend, but decelerating. The ratio has fallen from ~0.97 (Nov 2025) to ~0.366 (April 2026) to ~0.285 (May 19 trailing 30-day). The pace of decline has slowed, and April marked “the smallest monthly decline since the October 2025 peak,” suggesting possible stabilization rather than continued collapse.
Most likely scenario: continued modest decay. If Aster’s incentive programs remain active but at current intensity, farming volume will continue to erode gradually as token rewards diminish and early farmers exit. This scenario (weighted 35–60% across forecasters) implies a June ratio of 0.22–0.28.
Stabilization is plausible but secondary. If the April stabilization signal holds and a new equilibrium emerges, the ratio could remain near 0.30–0.35. This scenario carries 25–30% weight.
Upside tail from new incentive programs. Aster has demonstrated the ability to launch large reward campaigns (Double Harvest, Trade & Earn). If the platform launches a successor program in May–June, the ratio could rebound to 0.40–0.50. This is a meaningful but lower-probability tail (10–15%).
Downside tail from farming collapse. If incentive programs wind down sharply or regulatory/reputational pressure mounts, the ratio could fall to 0.10–0.18
As of May 19, 2026, the cleanest baseline is current trailing volume. DefiLlama shows Aster at $50.232B perp volume over the last 30 days versus Hyperliquid at $176.059B, implying a current Aster/Hyperliquid ratio of 0.2853134460606956. The shorter windows are similar: 0.27123549923650203 over 7 days and 0.2889854391733208 over 24 hours. That says the market is not near parity right now; it is sitting in the high-0.20s. (defillama.com)
An independent aggregator points in the same direction. CoinGecko’s exchange pages show Aster 24h futures volume of about $1.91B and open interest of about $2.08B, versus Hyperliquid at about $6.29B volume and $7.84B open interest; those imply roughly 0.21651383085791664 on 24h volume and 0.2654210464196557 on open interest. DefiLlama’s open-interest ranking is similar, with Hyperliquid at $8.705B and Aster at $2.133B, or about 0.2450315910396324. So two different aggregators both put Aster at roughly one quarter of Hyperliquid, not at parity. (coingecko.com)
That is a comedown from earlier 2026. CoinGecko’s Q1 2026 report says top perp DEX volume fell 35.4% quarter over quarter to $2.0T, and specifically notes that as Aster, Lighter, and edgeX airdrop programs ended, volume rotated back to Hyperliquid, which reasserted leadership with 30% volume share in Q1 2026. The same report shows Hyperliquid at 57% open-interest share on April 1, 2026 versus Aster at 14%. This matters because it suggests the earlier Aster-over-Hyperliquid episodes were real, but they were not durable into quarter-end. (assets.coingecko.com)
Aster still has live mechanisms that can keep its June ratio elevated. Its current Stage 6 campaign awards points for Aster Perpetual and Spot trading, selected symbols can receive boosts, points caps are not applied anymore on trading volume or used-margin value, and team boosts accumulate throughout the campaign instead of resetting. Aster also continues to push non-crypto perps: its docs advertise stock perpetuals, pre-launch contracts that can convert into standard perpetuals, and a roadmap with continuing Q2 2026 expansion items. Those features create a meaningful right tail in June if reward farming or narrative trading re-accelerates. (docs.asterdex.com)
Hyperliquid, though, still has the stronger organic-growth story. Its official docs show portfolio margin in pre-alpha, account modes that unify spot and perps collateral, permissionless HIP-3 builder-deployed perps, and Hyperps that can convert to vanilla perps once the underlying exists. CoinGecko’s Q1 report says commodity HIP-3 perps grew to about 30% of overall Hyperliquid open interest, and that on April 9, 2026 the combined daily volume of two oil perps exceeded $4.0B. That kind of differentiated, macro-sensitive flow makes Hyperliquid more likely than Aster to capture extra June volume during volatility spikes. (hyperliquid.gitbook.io)
One extra uncertainty is resolution-source choice. The market will use official monthly statements if they exist, and both venues maintain official stats surfaces: Aster prominently displays headline total trading volume on its site, while Hyperliquid maintains an official stats page. Because official monthly reporting could differ somewhat from aggregator methodology, I leave somewhat fatter tails than a simple extrapolation from DefiLlama alone would justify. (asterdex.com)
My synthesis is: the current relative run-rate is around 0.25 to 0.29; Aster still has live incentive machinery and non-crypto-perp catalysts; Hyperliquid still has the deeper liquidity, larger open-interest base, and better evidence of organic differentiated demand. So my point forecast for the June 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026 UTC ratio V_A / V_H is 0.27. I put most of the probability mass between roughly 0.15 and 0.55, with a modest right tail above 1 if Aster reignites reward-driven volume or benefits from broader official counting, and only a small chance below 0.10 or above 2.0. (docs.asterdex.com)
I anchor on current third-party volume data, then adjust for trend, incentive durability, and platform-specific catalysts. DefiLlama currently shows Aster at $50.232b of 30-day perp volume, while Hyperliquid shows $197.901b on the Hyperliquid Perps page; on DefiLlama’s rankings page Hyperliquid shows $176.059b. Those two apples-to-apples views imply a current ratio around 0.254 to 0.285, with the 7-day ratio at 0.2548 and the 24-hour ratio at 0.3116. That puts the live base rate near the mid-0.20s, not near parity. (defillama.com)
The trend is important. A March 2026 DefiLlama-derived monthly ranking cited Hyperliquid at $178.23b and Aster at $77.77b, a ratio of 0.4363. Separately, BeInCrypto reported Aster’s weekly perp volume had already fallen from $76.6b in October 2025 to roughly $18b by March 18, 2026. So Aster’s share appears to have compressed materially from Q1 into mid-May, while Hyperliquid remained the larger venue. (ethnews.com)
I do not extrapolate that decline all the way to collapse, because Aster still has unusually strong volume-supporting incentives in place. Official docs show Stage 6 is active, points are calculated weekly, team boosts accumulate through the stage, and points caps are not applied anymore to trading volume or used margin value. Aster also still runs Trade & Earn weekly USDF rewards, has had 0% maker fees since February 2, 2026, and its market maker program pays 300,000 USDT worth of ASTER per month with maker rebates for firms that already do very large futures volume. Since the resolution uses reported raw volume unless a source itself filters, these incentives matter directly for the resolved number. (docs.asterdex.com)
Still, Hyperliquid has the stronger case for durable June volume. DefiLlama’s current figures keep it far ahead on both 24-hour and 30-day volume and around $8-9b of open interest. CoinGecko says commodity perps are now about 30% of Hyperliquid open interest and that two oil perps exceeded $4.0b of combined daily volume on April 9, 2026. ARK’s Q1 2026 review likewise said Hyperliquid remained the largest venue at about $5.1b of OI on March 31, 2026 and that HIP-3 builder markets reached weekly volume peaks near $17.8b. That diversification makes Hyperliquid less dependent on pure crypto-beta trading than it was in 2025. (defillama.com)
Aster does retain a non-trivial upside path. Official docs describe Pro mode as available across BNB Chain, Ethereum, Solana, and Arbitrum, and Aster markets include 24/7 stock perpetuals; the official homepage also shows $1.14t cumulative trading volume. Aster has shown it can overpower Hyperliquid on a single day under heavy incentives: CoinMarketCap reported one day with $24.7b for Aster versus $10b for Hyperliquid, even though Hyperliquid still led on the weekly and monthly windows in that same report. So I keep a meaningful right tail for another promotional burst or one-off market regime that favors Aster’s stock/synthetic mix. (docs.asterdex.com)
My synthesis is: current ratio roughly 0.25-0.29; recent direction negative for Aster relative share; Aster incentives remain strong enough to prevent a straight-line collapse; Hyperliquid’s broader organic/liquidity advantage and HIP-3/RWA mix make it the more likely winner in June. I therefore center the distribution slightly below the current rankings-page ratio and roughly in line with the broader-scope protocol-page ratio. My median forecast is 0.26, with an approximate 50% interval of 0.18 to 0.39, an 80% interval of 0.11 to 0.62, and only a small chance that the full-month ratio exceeds 1.0.
As of May 19, 2026, the biggest uncertainty is not only market share but source scope. DefiLlama’s perps ranking currently shows Hyperliquid at $176.059B of reported 30d perp volume versus Aster at $50.232B, and the dedicated protocol pages show 24h/7d/30d values of $8.516B/$43.877B/$176.059B for Hyperliquid Perps and $2.461B/$11.901B/$50.232B for Aster. Those imply a current Aster/Hyperliquid ratio around 0.27-0.29. perps.info’s May 19, 2026 exchange ranking is directionally similar at $5.23B 24h for Hyperliquid versus $2.11B for Aster, or about 0.40 before counting Hyperliquid-native child venues listed separately on that site. (defillama.com)
But other third-party views are much broader. DefiLlama’s combined protocol pages currently show Hyperliquid at $280.743B of 30d perp volume and Aster at $306.553B, with 24h values of $9.47B and $8.539B respectively. That is near parity to slightly Aster-favored, and it suggests the resolution could be heavily affected by which June source the resolver judges to have the broadest valid scope. Because the question’s hierarchy explicitly prefers broader valid coverage within a source level, this source-scope ambiguity is a first-order forecasting variable rather than background noise. (defillama.com)
On fundamentals, I lean bearish on Aster relative to Hyperliquid. CoinGecko’s Q1 2026 report says top-12 perp DEX volume fell 35.4% quarter over quarter and that, after Aster, Lighter, and edgeX airdrop programs ended, trading volume returned to Hyperliquid, which regained a 30% market share in Q1 2026. The same report shows Hyperliquid holding 57% of top-perp-DEX open interest on April 1, 2026 versus Aster’s 14%, which is consistent with Hyperliquid having the stickier and deeper liquidity base. Hyperliquid’s official docs also show a broadening feature set around HIP-3 builder-deployed perps, unified accounts, and portfolio margin, all of which can reinforce venue stickiness in volatile markets. (assets.coingecko.com)
Aster is not a weak challenger, though. Official docs show that Aster still has active incentive machinery in May 2026: Stage 6 points for spot and perpetual trading, team boosts that accumulate continuously, zero maker fees on perp trading since February 2, 2026, staking rewards with trading-volume boosts, stock perpetuals, and an H1 2026 roadmap that includes Aster Chain, staking, governance, and smart-money features. Those mechanisms make it plausible that Aster can keep posting very large raw volume numbers through June even if some of that flow is less organic than Hyperliquid’s. (docs.asterdex.com)
Putting this together, I treat June as a three-regime problem rather than a single smooth continuation. Regime 1, about 45%, assumes narrow exchange-level measurement or continued post-airdrop normalization; that puts the ratio mostly around 0.2-0.5. Regime 2, about 40%, assumes broader aggregation and continued Aster incentive support; that puts the ratio mostly around 0.6-1.0. Regime 3, about 15%, is an upside-Aster case where broad-scope sources and/or official monthly statements capture enough rewarded or synthetic-market activity to keep Aster above parity, roughly 1.0-2.0. My central estimate is therefore below parity but not dramatically so, with a median around 0.62 and substantial probability mass on both sides of 1.0 because the source-selection issue is unusually important for this question. The attached code encodes that judgment as a three-component lognormal mixture. (defillama.com)
First, I discounted some prompt framing. The description says Aster launched in late 2025, but Aster docs say the Aster identity followed the Astherus and APX merger from late 2024, and Aster product-release notes show the Aster rebrand was already live in the week of March 31, 2025. Separately, the roadmap targeted Aster Chain for January 27, 2026, and CCN reported the privacy-focused Aster Chain genesis phase began on March 17, 2026. So I treat this question as a June 2026 market-share durability forecast, not as a forecast about a brand-new venue just coming online. (docs.asterdex.com)
As of May 19, 2026, DefiLlama shows Hyperliquid at 176.059 billion dollars of reported perp volume over the last 30 days versus Aster at 50.232 billion dollars, with 7-day volumes of 43.877 billion and 11.901 billion and 24-hour volumes of 8.516 billion and 2.461 billion. Those imply current Aster to Hyperliquid ratios of 0.2853134460606956 for 30 days, 0.27123549923650203 for 7 days, and 0.2889854391733208 for 24 hours. DefiLlama also shows the broader perp DEX market at 559.571 billion dollars over the last 30 days, so Hyperliquid is still the clear category leader and Aster is a meaningful but distant second tier player rather than a co-leader right now. (defillama.com)
The relative trend has been moving against Aster. On March 14, 2026, an article citing DefiLlama put Hyperliquid at 178.23 billion dollars of monthly volume and Aster at 77.77 billion, a ratio of about 0.4363462941143466. On April 6, 2026, Cointelegraph cited DefiLlama at about 185.5 billion for Hyperliquid and 68 billion for Aster over the prior 30 days, a ratio of about 0.3665768194070081. Current DefiLlama data near 0.285 therefore looks more like continued share erosion than a stable equilibrium. Sector-wide volume has also cooled, with Cointelegraph reporting perp DEX volume of 699 billion dollars in March 2026, below the October 2025 peak, so June does not benefit from a clearly rising market tide. (ethnews.com)
Aster still has unusually strong volume supports. Official docs say perp maker fees were set to zero on February 2, 2026; its market-maker program distributes 300,000 USDT worth of ASTER each calendar month; the VIP program is assessed on rolling 14-day trading volume; Trade and Earn requires at least 50,000 dollars of weekly volume; and Aster Chain staking gives loyalty-reward boosts for personal epoch trading volume above 500 thousand, 50 million, and 200 million dollars. Aster also spans private perps on crypto, stocks, and commodities plus the 1001x perpetual product. However, the Stage 6 airdrop page says Aster is distributing tokens to users who already participated, with the immediate claim window running from May 4 to June 4, 2026, so I infer the big Stage 6 trading-accrual push is more likely behind us than ahead of us. (docs.asterdex.com)
Hyperliquid is not standing still either. Official docs now describe unified accounts and a portfolio-margin mode spanning HYPE, BTC, USDH, and USDC, and Hyperliquid HIP-3 builder-deployed perps include fee discounts and optional growth-mode fee reductions. Dune reported on April 30, 2026 that HIP-3 markets had reached 27 to 30 percent of platform activity and that Hyperliquid remained the central venue for the RWA-perps rotation. That matters because it makes Hyperliquid recent volume less dependent on the same crypto-only flow that Aster is chasing. (hyperliquid.gitbook.io)
My quantitative anchor is the current-window blend. Weighting the current 30-day, 7-day, and 24-hour ratios gives an anchor of 0.28093696363912163. I then adjust modestly downward because the March to May path has been weakening for Aster relative to Hyperliquid, but not collapsing, and I partially offset that with Aster still-active fee and market-making incentives. Technically, the code uses a four-scenario lognormal mixture: a status-quo case, a post-incentive-fade case, an Aster rebound case, and a small disruption tail. The resulting distribution has a median around 0.26 and mean around 0.31. In words, my base case is that June 2026 resolves in the 0.20 to 0.35 region, the main downside is a post-incentive fade into roughly 0.12 to 0.20, and the main upside is another Aster campaign or a Hyperliquid-specific disruption that pushes the ratio above 0.4. Because resolution is only weeks away from May 19, 2026, I keep the distribution materially tighter than I would for a longer-dated crypto forecast.
My baseline is the current relative scale of the two venues. As of May 19, 2026, DefiLlama shows Aster at $50.232 billion of 30-day perp volume, $11.901 billion over 7 days, $1.902 billion over 24 hours, and $2.091 billion of open interest. Hyperliquid is at $170.776 billion of 30-day perp volume, $42.068 billion over 7 days, $3.904 billion over 24 hours, and $8.537 billion of open interest. Those imply current Aster/Hyperliquid ratios of about 0.294 on 30-day volume, 0.283 on 7-day volume, 0.487 on 24-hour volume, and 0.245 on open interest. The 24-hour reading is much higher than the 7-day, 30-day, and OI ratios, so I treat it as evidence of upside volatility rather than as the central case. (defillama.com)
The bigger structural picture since the late-2025 incentive wars looks less favorable to Aster than the early-2026 headline spikes. CoinGecko’s Q1 2026 industry report says top-12 perp DEX volume fell 35.4% quarter over quarter to $2.0 trillion, and specifically notes that when Aster, Lighter, and edgeX airdrop campaigns ended, volume returned to Hyperliquid, which regained the lead with 30% market share in Q1 2026. The same report says Hyperliquid had 57% of perp DEX open interest on April 1, 2026, at $7.3 billion, while Aster’s open interest and market share both fell after incentives ended. ARK’s Q1 2026 DeFi report points in the same direction: Hyperliquid remained the largest venue at about $5.1 billion of OI, HIP-3 markets grew from roughly $275 million to roughly $2.0 billion, and Aster’s OI declined 26% quarter over quarter to about $1.8 billion. (assets.coingecko.com)
Hyperliquid also has a stronger near-term expansion engine. Its official docs describe HIP-3 as permissionless builder-deployed perpetuals, and Hyperliquid’s fee docs treat validator-operated perps and HIP-3 perps as part of one trading system. CoinGecko and ARK both show that this is not theoretical anymore: HIP-3 commodity and TradFi-style markets were already a major source of Q1 growth, with CoinGecko noting that by April 9, 2026 the two oil perps WTIOIL and BRENTOIL together exceeded $4 billion of daily volume, and ARK saying HIP-3 growth came partly at the expense of Hyperliquid’s core book competitors including Aster. That makes me expect Hyperliquid’s denominator to remain robust into June. (hyperliquid.gitbook.io)
Aster still has real support, which is why I do not push the ratio too low. Official Aster docs say the platform offers perpetual markets on crypto, stocks, and commodities, and its stock-perps docs were updated just days ago. Aster also still has active incentive machinery: its Trade & Earn program, updated 8 days ago, requires at least $50,000 of weekly volume to qualify for rewards; its VIP page, updated 5 days ago, says maker fees for Aster perp trading were set to zero on February 2, 2026; and its Stage 6 points and team-boost pages show that trading-linked points remain live and boosts accumulate continuously. Aster’s Pro mode is also available across BNB Chain, Ethereum, Solana, and Arbitrum. Because the resolution uses reported volume as-is, those incentives and product expansions can still matter materially even if some of the activity is non-organic. (docs.asterdex.com)
Putting that together, I center the forecast a little below the current 30-day ratio but not far below it. June 2026 starts in less than two weeks, so recent 7-day, 30-day, and OI ratios should matter more than the extreme late-2025 and early-2026 episodes. My median is about 0.29, with a mean around 0.32 because I leave a right tail for another Aster incentive burst or stock/synthetic-perp push. Roughly speaking, I think the 80% interval is about 0.17 to 0.50, the 95% interval is about 0.11 to 0.74, and the chance that Aster matches or exceeds Hyperliquid for the full month is only around 1%. The code implements that view as a three-regime mixture: a main regime near 0.27, an upside Aster-reacceleration regime near 0.48, and a downside Hyperliquid-dominance regime near 0.15. (defillama.com)