DEX aggregation has always — and will always be — one of crypto’s biggest inventions.
By automatically routing users to the best prices across decentralized exchanges, DEX aggregators maximize capital efficiency and deliver superior user experiences.
As Dexonic builds out its aggregation capabilities on Aptos, there are valuable lessons to learn from Jupiter’s dominance in the Solana ecosystem.
This comparison reveals critical insights — not just for Dexonic, but for anyone building infrastructure on emerging chains.
On-chain liquidity has often been fragmented across multiple DEXs, each with its own pool sizes, fee structures, and slippage profiles. Without aggregation, users are forced to manually compare prices — a process that’s inefficient at best and costly at worst.
The issue goes beyond just liquidity fragmentation — opportunities are fragmented too. In many cases, the arbitrage or trading opportunity that exists on DEX A simply doesn’t exist on DEX B.
Aggregators eliminate this burden, leveling the playing field by automatically routing trades through the most optimal paths — factoring in price, slippage, and fees in real time.
In ecosystems like Aptos, where the DeFi stack is still maturing, DEX aggregation isn’t just a luxury — it’s a necessity.
While Dexonic and Jupiter serve the same fundamental purpose — optimizing on-chain swaps — they operate in vastly different contexts. Jupiter, launched during Solana’s early DeFi days, has since evolved into a full-stack liquidity routing engine and a critical part of the Solana ecosystem. Dexonic, by contrast, is still early in its journey on Aptos — but it has the opportunity to build smarter, faster, and more composably, with the benefit of hindsight.
In its first 30 days after launch (September 22 to October 22, 2022), Jupiter routed 946,111 trades, handling approximately $321.17 million in input volume and delivering $326.73 million in output to users.
Fast forward to the present: in just the last 30 days alone(as at the time of this research), Jupiter has routed over 139 million trades, with more than $34.7 billion in input volume and $34.74 billion in output.
| Metric | First 30 Days (Sep–Oct 2022) | Last 30 Days (Recent) |
|---|---|---|
| Total Trades | 946,111 | 139,246,046 |
| Total Input (USD) | $321,174,610.82 | $34,747,413,749.88 |
| Total Output (USD) | $326,725,956.74 | $34,741,028,238.85 |
This is a 14,600% increase in trade count — in under two years.