According to Bijie.com, on September 29th, the Perp DEX (DEX) space has recently seen fierce competition. Aster's trading volume briefly surpassed the leading platform, Hyperliquid, while newcomer ApeX has also rapidly risen. Its native token, APEX, saw its value surge over 150% in the 24 hours to September 27th, attracting a significant influx of trading capital. ApeX's 30-day Perp DEX market share is currently at 1.50%, and coupled with its relatively low valuation, it holds considerable upside potential. The core of APEX's upward momentum stems from its underlying aggregated Rollup infrastructure, zkLink X. Designed for high-performance trading dApps, zkLink X utilizes a customized zkVM transaction link optimized for order book and perpetual contract scenarios, balancing low latency, low costs, and secure settlement. Through seamless cross-chain state synchronization and liquidity aggregation, it bridges both L1 and L2 ecosystems, eliminating liquidity fragmentation and enabling developers and traders to experience near-single-chain convenience. In the current fiercely competitive Perp DEX market dominated by Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, and others, infrastructure has become the key to success or failure. The collaborative evolution of ApeX and zkLink is fully demonstrating the potential of next-generation infrastructure to unleash scalability, cross-chain liquidity, and sustainable growth in DeFi, and is expected to become a strong competitor to challenge top perpetual protocols.
