The score, by dimension
- the same for all 9
- #2 of 9 · best 13.4
- the same for all 9
- the same for all 9
- the same for all 9
Tick: the best in this ranking · Methodology v2026.11.1
dYdX Chain
Cosmos appchain for perpetuals
#2 of all 9 worldwide66
- Rank
- #2 of all 9 worldwidere-runs: scores 63–68 and ranks #2–#4
- Your cost
- Not priced on this basis
- Evidence
- High4 of 4 criteria sourced
- Licence
- No MiCA record on file
- Freshness
- Read September 2026checked · re-read due
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The verdict
dYdX Chain is #2 of 9 published appchains / L3s; it scores 8/10 on liquidity on arrival, the category best. Its widest gap is settlement security inherited: 1/10, where Zora Network scores 5. Choose Zora Network if settlement security inherited matters most.
Is dYdX Chain right for you?
Suits you if
- Operators running the chain today7/10, the category best
- Measured liquidity on arrival8/10, the category best
Look elsewhere if
- Security inherited from settlement layer1/10 here; Zora Network scores 5
- Permissionless exit without the operator1/10 here; ApeChain scores 5
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What will dYdX Chain cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Usage per month
- 10
How safe is dYdX Chain?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
If it doesn’t fit, choose
Compare all 4- 3Zora NetworkIf settlement security inherited matters most: 51 point below · stronger on settlement security inherited (5 against 1)65
- 4ApeChainIf permissionless exit matters most: 52 points below · stronger on permissionless exit (5 against 1)64
- 5XaiIf permissionless exit matters most: 56 points below · stronger on permissionless exit (5 against 1)60
Provider at a glance
- Category
- Appchains / L3s
- Entity
- All 3 dYdX products
- Official website
- dydx.trade
Independent rankingchecked How it works
Details
Scored 66 out of 100 under methodology 2026.11.1, from the evidence read in September 2026.
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Why this rank
Why dYdX Chain ranks #2
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (11.5 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 2 of 4.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
351+1.121.08#5/9
Third party
Third party · read 2026-09-28251+0.803.05#6/9
Third party
Third party · read 2026-09-28207+4.483.07#1/9
Third party
Third party · read 2026-09-28208+5.122.08#1/9
Third party
Third party · read 2026-09-28Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−12behind Abstract, #1 of all 9 worldwide, on the published score
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 63–68 and ranks #2–#4
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of dYdX Chain’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
Security inherited from settlement layer 1 → 7 on its ladder · passes Abstract+679#2 → #1
Permissionless exit without the operator 1 → 10 on its ladder · passes Abstract+979#2 → #1
Security inherited from settlement layer 1 → 0 on its ladder · Zora Network passes it−163#2 → #4
Permissionless exit without the operator 1 → 0 on its ladder · Zora Network passes it−164#2 → #3
Operators running the chain today 7 → 6 on its ladder · Zora Network passes it−164#2 → #3
Smallest climb: security inherited from settlement layer 1 → 7 passes Abstract, #1.
Strengths
2 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Operators running the chain today — 7/10, the category best
- Measured liquidity on arrival — 8/10, the category best
Tradeoffs
2 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Security inherited from settlement layer — 1/10 against a category best of 8/10
- Permissionless exit without the operator — 1/10 against a category best of 5/10
Record watch-outs
- The published fee schedule is a trading fee, not a chain fee — a buyer comparing it to a rollup's gas cost is comparing different things, and the 2.5-5.0 bps taker fee is paid to the same validators who can halt the chain. Withdrawals leave via IBC and Noble rather than an Ethereum bridge contract, which this research did not independently verify on chain.
Competitive position
How dYdX Chain places on each criterion
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Against the leader
78 vs 66 · gap 12.0Why Abstract ranks above dYdX Chain
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 12.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisAbstractGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight8.613.4−12.5, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisAbstractPoints
Security inherited from settlement layer · w3518−7.84, worse
Permissionless exit without the operator · w2514−2.40, worse
Operators running the chain today · w2074+1.92, better
Measured liquidity on arrival · w2085+1.92, better
Net6678−12.0
Your scenario
dYdX Chain is not priced for this scenario
Metered usage beyond whatever the plan includes, for a year. Excludes egress, support tiers and enterprise minimums. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
your cost/yr · default scenario — set your own
Usage per month · your input10
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 28 September 2026.
your cost/yrCost is stated as your cost/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDTypical costNot statedFewer than 5 priced rows: no typical cost is named · 0 of 9 rows priced
Lowest fee, priced rowsNone pricedDifference not stated · availability not applied — set your country to filter
9 of 9 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the typical, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 28 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #2 to #4 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 10 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 28 September 2026.
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Security inherited from settlement layerstrength 1 · weight 35Report an errorThird-party page28 September 2026…
Verified
The published strength matches the evidence cell and a source page is on file.Permissionless exit without the operatorstrength 1 · weight 25Report an errorThird-party page28 September 2026…
Verified
The published strength matches the evidence cell and a source page is on file.Operators running the chain todaystrength 7 · weight 20Report an errorThird-party page28 September 2026…
Verified
The published strength matches the evidence cell and a source page is on file.Measured liquidity on arrivalstrength 8 · weight 20Report an errorThird-party page28 September 2026…
Verified
The published strength matches the evidence cell and a source page is on file.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.Scored by Security inherited from settlement layer · 35% (dYdX Chain 1/10)Scored by Operators running the chain today · 20% (dYdX Chain 7/10)
- Liveness failure (dYdX Chain 1/10): the operator stops, censors you or loses data.Scored by Permissionless exit without the operator · 25%
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Execution failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Measured liquidity on arrival (20%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- "Staking Rewards = Trading Fees + Gas Fees - Community Tax - Validator Commission" (docs.dydx.xyz Rewards, Fees and Parameters page, fetched 28 September 2026) — trading fees and gas both accrue to the chain's own validators and stakers rather than to a settlement layer. The same page publishes the fee tiers by 30d trailing volume in its Taker (bps) and Maker (bps) columns: tier 1 ("< $1M") taker 5.0 and maker 1.0; tier 6 ("≥ $100M") taker 2.5 and maker -0.7; tier 7 ("≥ $200M") taker 2.5 and maker -1.1, with the page's own warnings that "The fee schedule is subject to adjustments by the applicable Governance Community." and to "Refer to the dydx frontend fees page for the latest schedule". The page also states "Note that traders now earn 50% trading rebates directly after each trade as trading rewards via C factor have been set to 0 via governance." and publishes staking fee discounts ("Fee discounts are based on fee tier and the amount of staked DYDX"), from 25% at 3,000 staked DYDX up to 50% at 20,000 staked DYDX in tier 1. Worked example, not a published price: a 10,000 US dollar taker order costs 10,000 x 5.0 / 10,000 = 5.00 US dollars at tier 1 and 2.50 US dollars at tier 6, before any staking discount.dYdX Chain — official pricing page ↗ · 28 September 2026
- Prices published in
- USDdYdX Chain — official pricing page ↗ · 28 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- dYdX Chain
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Not published
Legal entity on file: dYdX, placed in 3 products. Only confirmed entities are shown; nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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Reviewed means this product in this category was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
9 methodology entries
- 28 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.11.1Score 66, #2 of 9. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 15 October 2026
2026.10.10The live-data rule names the researched market measurements a criterion reads- changed The live-data rule names a second kind of figure a score reads: a researched, dated market measurement a criterion's ladder is built on, read again on the 45-day review. /methodology/live-data lists the 14 criteria that read one; no score, rank or order changes.
- changed A saved decision is checked again on the answers the reader saved. The drift check had merged a priority suggested by the market (price swings, gas) into those answers, so a market reading could move a saved decision's #1; the published ranking never read it.
- added On every build a test reads every criterion's published ladder: one that names a market quantity or a market-data source must be declared, and every scored row of a declared criterion must carry the source and the date its figure was read.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
Methodology 2026.11.1, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt appchains_l3s:dydx_chain:2026.11.1:97026bcdaac1
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