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Orca operates a decentralized exchange on the Solana blockchain that allows users to swap cryptocurrencies through an automated market maker system. The platform uses "Whirlpools," which are concentrated liquidity pools where users provide capital within specific price ranges to earn a share of transaction fees more efficiently than traditional models. Unlike many competitors, Orca provides a software development kit (SDK) that allows other developers to easily integrate these trading features directly into their own applications. The company's goal is to provide a fast, low-fee trading environment that serves as a primary liquidity layer for the Solana ecosystem.
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BackPack Wallet: BP token debuts on Orca's DEX, opens new crypto trading possibilities with DeFi multi-chain access. The BackPack Wallet, a self-custodial crypto wallet, today announced a strategic partnership with Orca, a user-friendly DEX platform built on Solana. With this collaboration, the BackPack Wallet leverages Orca's DEX (decentralized exchange) infrastructure to provide a powerful combination of flexible, decentralized trading with cross-chain interoperability to advance user accessibility of its native crypto asset (BP). BackPack is a recognized multi-chain wallet and cryptocurrency exchange that offers a self-custody solution. The innovative platform combines a wallet, centralized exchange, and application ecosystem within a unified, secure, user-friendly environment for seamless trading, managing, and holding various crypto assets. Today, BackPack made a significant development in its crypto ecosystem by officially launching its native cryptocurrency (BP), marking a crucial achievement as it targets global adoption. According to the announcement shared today on the X social media, BackPack positions the BP token as an accelerator to user on-chain economic participation, aiming to unlock new global utilities on its crypto ecosystem. NEW Pool: BP is live on Orca | @Backpack's native token for their all-in-one crypto app, is now on Solana.Allocate capital and deepen liquidity for more efficient swaps from day one. pic.twitter.com/JJSxMK4aBJ BackPack Wallet Integrates Orca To Drive Liquidity In the landscape of crypto finance, convenience and innovation are essential components sought by investors and traders. Today, the BackPack Wallet listed its native cryptocurrency (BP) on Orca's DEX, introducing trading pairs that bring more opportunities and advantages for crypto investors. With the move, Backpack launched several strategic partnerships with various crypto platforms to improve the customer experience. BP, the native token of Backpack, not only possesses trading value but also serves several financial functions within the BackPack ecosystem. Today, BP launches on Orca's DEX, marking an important milestone and offering traders more opportunities. Orca is a DEX platform and automated market maker that runs on top of the Solana blockchain, designed to make DeFi accessible through seamless swaps and liquidity provision. The platform is known for efficient trades and low fees. The debut of the BP token on the DEX further advances the new cryptocurrency's market accessibility, offering people worldwide a more efficient approach to purchasing and trading BP tokens. This integration will substantially improve BP's market position, enabling more people to participate in the BackPack ecosystem. Building Cross-Chain Utility In DeFi The partnership between BackPack and Orca paves the way for new decentralized applications on their cross-chain networks by combining customer-friendly DeFi functionalities with secure digital asset management features. The BP token's launch and its listing on multiple crypto networks today catapults Backpack's ecosystem deeper into its vision to become crypto's liquidity hub. Today, the BP token was integrated on multiple crypto platforms, including Solana, PancakeSwap, Birdeye, and Orca. No one has commented yet
How Loopscale collateralizes CLMM liquidity positions. Devin Black March 2, 2026 Concentrated liquidity positions are a significant asset class on Solana, operating within defined price ranges earning yield from trading fees. But before Loopscale, they couldn't be used as collateral anywhere. On Loopscale, LP tokens from Orca and Raydium can be posted as collateral for borrowing, something only possible because Loopscale's order book architecture prices each position on its own terms rather than running it through a pooled lending model. Why pool-based lending can't price LP collateral. Pool-based lending protocols set a single borrow rate based on utilization. That rate applies regardless of what collateral is backing the loan. A borrow against USDT gets the same rate as a borrow against a concentrated liquidity position, which makes no sense from a risk-pricing perspective. LP positions are structurally different from standard tokens. A concentrated liquidity position has a price range, a fee tier, and exposure to two underlying assets. Pricing this kind of collateral requires evaluating each position individually - its composition, its range, its underlying assets. Pool-based models aren't built for that. They're built for single tokens with a single oracle price. How Loopscale's order book handles it. Loopscale's order book architecture matches lenders and borrowers directly, with each loan priced per collateral. A lender decides what collateral they'll accept, at what LTV, at what rate, for what duration. If a lender is comfortable with a USDT-USDC Whirlpool position as collateral - a stablecoin pair with tight range and predictable behavior - they can offer terms that reflect that specific risk profile. A different lender might price a volatile LP pair differently. In practice, most LP lending happens through Vaults. Orca launched dedicated Vaults on Loopscale - one for USDC and one for USDG - that fund borrowing against Orca LP positions. The underlying mechanism is the same whether the lender is a Vault or an individual: per-collateral pricing, isolated risk, and fixed rates. How to borrow against LP positions. To borrow against a concentrated liquidity position, go to app.loopscale.com/borrow and select the asset you want to borrow. Available collateral types are typically scoped to the borrow asset - a USDC borrow will show USDC-paired LP positions as eligible collateral, a SOL borrow will show SOL-paired positions, and so on. Select your LP position, set your desired LTV, and confirm the transaction. For users looking to utilize the full power of Loopscale: these positions can be manually looped to gain leverage on a CLMM LP. Concentrated liquidity positions are some of the most powerful on-chain primitives in DeFi. Supporting them as collateral requires a lending model that can evaluate each position individually - that's Loopscale's order book-based markets.
SINGAPORE, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenOcean, the leading DEX aggregator on 30+ chains, backed by Multicoin, Binance Labs, Kenetic, CMS and other top investors, is now established as the Meta-aggregator on Solana.As Solana continues to generate excitement and witness a surge in ecosystem activity, more liquidity platforms expand to Solana is evident, and soon, the need for aggregation platforms to support Solana will become apparent. That's why OpenOcean expands its landscape to Solana.OpenOcean integrated DEXs like Orca , Raydium , Meteora , and the aggregator Jupiter , with more to come. OpenOcean's launching on Solana provides enhanced and secure trading experiences for Solana users, along with a more efficient and streamlined development process for Solana's developers.As a Meta-aggregator, OpenOcean helps traders to compare the price from supported dexs and Jupiter, and select the best route for swaps. Traders simply just connect the wallets on Solana, and choose the trader pair to start trading! The integration allows users to access deep liquidity and reduced slippage, resulting in seamless trading experience on Solana.OpenOcean's API has been mass adopted by top-tier protocols: including wallets like MetaMask, DefiLlama, Rabby wallet and more. By using OpenOcean's powerful aggregation stack - API and SDK , developers, traders or protocols can use their API to perform many different tasks from quoting prices and creating wallets to swapping and balance transfers on Solana.About OpenOceanOpenOcean is a leading DEX Aggregator, a cross-chain swap aggregator, and Web 3 middleware developer in the crypto space, offering a suite of tools across 30+ networks and 1000+ deep liquidity sources
Fordefi establishes their position as the leading institutional DeFi wallet by launching support for Solana protocols. Tweet this"Our goal is to make DeFi seamless and secure for institutions and connectivity is a critical piece of that experience. Users don't want different extensions for each chain on which they interact," said Josh Schwartz, CEO and Co-founder at Fordefi. "We're proud to take the features that our customers have come to rely on for EVM chains and bring them to non-EVM as well.""We're excited to welcome Fordefi to the Solana ecosystem," said Ben Sparango, Head of Business Development at Solana Foundation . "As tokenization continues to proliferate and mature, it will be imperative to have infrastructure products like the Fordefi platform that enable institutions to efficiently and intuitively manage their assets."Unique Technical Challenges for Solana DeFiInstitutions seeking to safely transact in Solana DeFi faced a scarcity of institutional solutions that could provide them with the same level of security and accessibility as transacting on EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) dApps. The transition from Ethereum-based DeFi to Solana presented Fordefi with uncharted technical hurdles
Today’s crypto news includes the end of a partnership and reduced access to an exchange.Global custody bank State Street and crypto custody firm Copper have ended their licensing agreement, CoinDesk reported Thursday (March 16).The two companies mutually decided to do so and will continue to build on their digital strategies separately, according to a statement provided to PYMNTS by State Street.“Over the past few years, State Street has built a knowledgeable and experienced team within State Street Digital and engaged with a number of vendors and partners, including Copper,” the statement said. “This experience, as well as feedback from our clients on their aspirations in the digital space, has reinforced our focus towards the creation of a multi-faceted solution for both tokenized securities as well as native tokens.”The statement also noted that both the regulatory environment and the requirements for servicing digital assets are evolving.Copper did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment.The announcement comes on the same day Copper announced a strategic realignment in which it will focus on its custody and prime services solutions.The firm will also shut down its software and infrastructure development division that focused on solutions for banks and funds, and will cut an unspecified number of jobs, CoinDesk reported Thursday.“Copper remains on course to be the best supplier of digital asset custody and prime services that meet the needs of institutional investors,” Copper CEO Dmitry Tokarev said in a Thursday press release. “But now marks the time to reevaluate our business strategy and redouble our efforts on further growing the areas where we can build maximum success to transform existing financial infrastructure.”In other news, crypto exchange Orca announced that it will block U.S. traders from trading coins on its site, beginning on March 31.“Orca will be adding the United States to the regions and countries which are restricted from trading on orca.so effective March 31, 2023,” the company said in an update on its website. “This will not impact the ability of U.S. users to directly interact with Orca’s smart contract or SDK, nor will it impact their ability to provide liquidity through orca.so.”Orca is the top decentralized exchange on the Solana blockchain, had a trading volume of $280 million over the last week and pools liquidity from its users to keep trades flowing, CoinDesk reported Thursday
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Industries
Crypto & Web3
Financial Services
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$18M
Headquarters
Japan
Founded
2021
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