
Hyperliquid is emerging as a dominant player in the crypto perpetual swap market, currently holding less than 5% of the global market share but projected to capture between 75% and 90% of the perpetual swaps segment for at least a year. Industry observers suggest that Hyperliquid's growth could push its market share to 50%, potentially generating revenues exceeding $10 billion. This growth is attributed to the advantages of centralized limit order books (CLOBs) built on rollup technology, which offer ultra-low latency, custom sequencing rules, and high throughput, making them ideal for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Rollups, especially those utilizing Celestia's blob technology, are seen as the optimal infrastructure for next-generation CLOBs. Market makers, initially led by Binance, are increasingly considering moving onchain due to the liquidity and flow Hyperliquid is amassing. While automated market makers (AMMs) like Uniswap ($UNI) and Raydium ($RAY) currently dominate DeFi yield generation and trading volumes, there is growing interest in standalone CLOB applications, which may carve out substantial market share in the future. Founders of emerging CLOB projects such as Hibachi, Rise Chain, and Bullet are actively developing these next-generation solutions on rollup-based blob infrastructure.
Why is everyone talking about CLOBs again? AMMs are already perfect for defi and generate most of the yield opportunities onchain https://t.co/CVXxfNAB3O
Binance led the way and brought on sizable market makers who now have internal feeds to assess true prices for cryptoassets. Hyperliquid is amassing enough flow for those same market makers to now consider moving onchain.
Best believe im looking for all CLOB tokens that exist in the universe. Hyperliquid is a darling because of how much it has going on for it. But if AMM DEXs like $UNI and $RAY were trading in the billions, the demand for standalone CLOB app tokens will be there.