Everyone should buy the market leader. In the same sector, some people make the big gains while others just get the scraps. Those who skip the leader and buy the runner-up either settle for scraps or end up losing even more.

Take $HYPE and $ASTER , for example. Hyperliquid’s trading volume is miles ahead, accounting for 85% of the entire DEX market’s daily volume, with annualized revenue nearing $1 billion. That’s why its price has climbed so high.

But look at Aster: its daily trading volume is only $1.55 billion, just 8.5% of the entire DEX market. It’s basically gone nowhere. Every time it rises, it gets dumped back down—it keeps faking people out.

The same goes for $UNI . As the leading spot DEX, its v4 version hit $440 billion in 30-day volume. Pretty much every public blockchain considers it one of its main DEXs, which is why it can take off when interest picks up.