KMex

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

A further $0.7 sits in the protocol's native staking modules — these deposits are typically locked, vote-bonded, or earning a share of fees, and they reduce the freely circulating float that can hit the market.

Market cap and supply figures are sourced from DeFiLlama's price feed (which reconciles CoinGecko, CoinMarketCap, and on-chain DEX prices). Treasury and staking values reflect on-chain balances controlled by the protocol at last sync.

Major events flagged by the DeFiLlama community — protocol launches, exploits, governance changes, and incentive programs.

1. Dec 27, 2022
   Listed on DeFiLlama

KMex 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 Kava.

KMex is a single-chain protocol, deployed exclusively on Kava — this concentrates execution risk but simplifies the trust model. Roughly 100% of its on-chain value sits on just three networks (Kava-staking, staking, Kava), so a fault on any one of them would affect a large slice of users.

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

KMex 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 KMex'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%