Decibel

Description sourced from DeFiLlama's protocol metadata; teams submit their own copy when listing.

DeFiLlama publishes the exact rules used to aggregate on-chain balances into the headline TVL figure shown on this page. The methodology below is the team's own source-of-truth description.

TVL is the total USDC collateral in the Decibel perp engine plus USDC in the predeposit vault.

If a contract or vault isn't in this list, its balance does not contribute to the TVL displayed on Mantapex or DeFiLlama.

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1. Feb 26, 2026
   Listed on DeFiLlama

Decibel is a Derivatives protocol where traders open leveraged, perpetual, or option positions priced off oracle feeds and settled in collateral held by the contract. It is deployed on Aptos. No public audit reports are listed on DeFiLlama for this protocol.

Decibel is a single-chain protocol, deployed exclusively on Aptos — this concentrates execution risk but simplifies the trust model. No public audit reports are linked from DeFiLlama for this protocol despite a non-trivial TVL — treat any deposit as carrying material smart-contract risk.

Verified external resources for Decibel — use these to read the source code, follow governance discussions, or cross-check on-chain data against the original team's channels.

Decibel is one of 7 Derivatives protocols Mantapex tracks in this category. Direct peers ranked by total value locked include Jupiter Perpetual Exchange, Hyperliquid HLP, Drift Trade, and 3 more. These peer protocols collectively secure $2.3B in deposits, giving you a frame of reference for whether Decibel's own TVL is at the top, middle, or tail of the category.

Jupiter Perpetual Exchange

TVL $910.6M · 24h -0.27%

Hyperliquid HLP

TVL $431.7M · 24h +0.11%

Drift Trade

TVL $334.4M · 24h +0.22%

GMX V2 Perps

TVL $267.5M · 24h -0.08%

Extended

TVL $196.4M · 24h +0.06%

dYdX V4

TVL $125.3M · 24h +0.58%