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Grvt alternatives: cheaper and similar options (Oct 2026)

Why look beyond Grvt

• US persons and US territories are banned, along with Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong.
• The referral program documents no fee discount for new users.
• Withdrawals to Ethereum take about 8 hours; faster networks go through the third-party Rhino bridge.
• Grvt can hold deposits and withdrawals from wallets its compliance screening flags.

Grvt alternatives for US traders →

Cheaper than Grvt

Lighter 0%, Paradex 0%, trade.xyz 0.018%, Extended 0.05%, Ondo Perps 0.05%, Reya 0.06%, Ostium 0.06%, Gains Network 0.07% — against Grvt at 0.09% per round trip. Platform fee only; spreads and network fees are extra.

The alternatives

1. Lighter

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Ethereum · 0% round trip · US: not available

   Non-US, non-UK retail perps traders who want zero trading fees and can accept slower taker execution than paid accounts.

   + The default Standard account charges 0% maker and 0% taker on perps and spot.

   Open Lighter — 10% fee rebate

2. Paradex

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Paradex · 0% round trip · US: not available

   Non-US traders who place orders manually through a web UI and want zero-fee perps plus options from one margin account.

   + Retail orders pay 0% maker and 0% taker on perps, spot and options.

   Open Paradex — 5% XP bonus

3. trade.xyz

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Hyperliquid · 0.018% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US, UK and Canada who want leveraged, round-the-clock exposure to stocks, indices, commodities, FX and pre-IPO companies from a self-custodied Hyperliquid account.

   + Growth-mode markets cost 0.009% taker and 0.003% maker at the base tier, a tenth of the standard HIP-3 rate.

   Open trade.xyz — 4% off fees

4. Extended

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Arc · 0.05% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US, UK and Canada who want low taker fees on crypto plus stock, FX, commodity and index perps from one USDC margin account in their own wallet.

   + Flat 0.025% taker and 0% maker for every user, and 0.010% taker on RWA markets.

   Open Extended — 10% off fees

5. Ondo Perps

   CEXPerps

   Ethereum · Arbitrum · 0.05% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US, Canada and Panama who want leveraged 24/7 exposure to US stocks, indices and commodities, especially holders of Ondo tokenized stocks who want to post them as margin.

   + Perps cost 0.025% taker and 0.01% maker under the current promotion, and a referral code takes 5% off that.

   Open Ondo Perps — 5% off fees

6. Reya

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Reya Network · 0.06% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US who want low taker fees on an on-chain order book for crypto and 24/7 US stock and index perps.

   + Taker fees start at 0.03% and fall to 0.02% with 30-day volume, and maker orders pay 0%.

   Open Reya — 10% off fees

7. Ostium

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Arbitrum · 0.06% round trip · US: not available

   Traders who want onchain leveraged exposure to stocks, forex, commodities and indices from a self-custodied wallet, outside the US.

   + Covers 75 pairs across stocks, ETFs, commodities, indices, forex and crypto, which most crypto perp venues do not list.

   Open Ostium — points boost

8. Gains Network

   Perp DEXSelf-custody

   Arbitrum · Base · Polygon · Solana · 0.07% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US who want high-leverage, oracle-priced perps on crypto, forex, stocks and commodities from their own wallet on Arbitrum, Base, Polygon or Solana.

   + About 180 active pairs across crypto, forex, stocks, indices and commodities, with up to 1000x on forex majors, 250x on gold and silver and 200x on BTC and ETH.

   Open Gains Network — code dexsheet

Cost compared

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