Bisq

Key Metrics

DEX Volume 30d$6.91m

DEX Volume 30d by chain

Bitcoin$6.91m

DEX Volume 7d$1.55m

Bitcoin$1.55m

DEX Volume 24h$237,624

Bitcoin$237,624

Cumulative DEX Volume$1.039b

Bitcoin$1.039b

Protocol Information

Buy and sell bitcoin for fiat (or other cryptocurrencies) privately and securely using Bisq's peer-to-peer network and open-source desktop software.

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Category:Dexs

Sub Category: AMM

Methodology

DEX Volume: Volume of all spot token swaps on the DEX

Hacks

Date: Apr 8, 2020

Amount: $248,000

Classification: Protocol Logic

Technique: Withdrawal Logic Flaw

Bisq's trade arbitration did not verify that the payout address for time-locked fallback transactions was the legitimate Bisq donation address. Attackers posing as sellers set their own donation address, then let trades time out, causing the platform to send the buyer's deposit, payment, and security deposit to the attacker's wallet instead of the Bisq DAO address. Six traders lost a total of 34.86 BTC on March 28 and April 7.

Chains: Bitcoin

Language: Java

Target Type: DeFi Protocol

Date: May 1, 2026

Amount: $550,000

Classification: Input Validation

Technique: Missing Input Validation

Bisq v1 was exploited via missing validation on negative miner fee values in trade protocol. Modified client allowed attacker to pull value from multisig outputs; ~11 BTC stolen from 10 users. Bisq v2 and Easy unaffected.

Chains: Bitcoin

Language: C++

Target Type: DeFi Protocol

Competitors

THORChain DEX ($61.05m)Uniswap V3 ($1.514b)PancakeSwap AMM ($1.452b)Uniswap V4 ($1.18b)Curve DEX ($1.08b)Raydium AMM ($1.007b)Uniswap V2 ($866.98m)PancakeSwap AMM V3 ($688.82m)Bittensor dTAO ($400.67m)RocketSwap Anubis V2 ($340.11m)

Frequently asked questions

What chains does Bisq operate on?

Bisq operates on Bitcoin.

How does Bisq's TVL compare to similar protocols?

Among Dexs protocols tracked by DefiLlama, Bisq ranks #1,731 by TVL. The category holds $12.61b across 1,932 protocols, and Bisq accounts for 0% of that total. Similar protocols include THORChain DEX, Uniswap V3, PancakeSwap AMM, Uniswap V4, Curve DEX, Raydium AMM, Uniswap V2, PancakeSwap AMM V3, Bittensor dTAO, and RocketSwap Anubis V2.

How much trading volume does Bisq process?

Bisq processed $6.91m in DEX volume over the past 30 days.

Has Bisq ever been exploited?

Bisq has 2 recorded security incidents. The most recent incident occurred on May 1, 2026 and involved $550,000. It was classified as Input Validation.