Orion Protocol Twitter Space AMA
Timothea and Stephan from Orion Protocol sit down for an AMA with Gage from AscendEX on Twitter Spaces.
Overview
● Long time partnership between AscendEX and Orion Protocol
● Building a single decentralized point of access to centralized exchanges, decentralized exchanges and swap platforms from a single Wallet
● They aim to include the best of both worlds (DEXs and CEXs) into their product design
● Large scale liquidity aggregator available to all types of users
● Mainnet went live March 2021
● Very active community
● They provides cross chain liquidity aggregation
● Currently running on on Binance and Ethereum chains with more being added this year
● B2B and Retail solutions/products
Goals
● Bridging gaps between different blockchains, asset types, and exchanges
● To grow community and user base now that the protocol is live
● Providing access to liquidity
● Adding more exchanges that will improve overall liquidity
● Growing partnerships across the industry
● Integrating more chains as soon as possible
● Become a chain agnostic platform
● Further developing a broker network which includes AscendEX
● To be the first to market cross-chain cross-exchange liquidity aggregator that only requires a wallet to access
● Phantom partnership/integration in the works
● Uniswap and additional DEX integrations in pipeline
Product offerings
● B2B Enterprise solutions
○ Liquidity provider/aggregator from multiple sources
○ Useful for market makers by aggregating fragmented liquidity
○ Orion Terminal as flagship product to enterprise clients
● Wallet swap SDK solution
○ Enables easier access to liquidity sources across chains and exchanges
● Terminal
○ Flagship product for access to full suite of features
○ Offers solution for institutions and retail investors
○ Redesign in progress
● Chain Bridge
○ Enables cross chain liquidity aggregation in real time
● White label Dex kit
○ Provides Cexs with ability to access Dex based liquidity
○ Offers them the ability to develop DEX features within their existing platform
● Swap Widget
○ Plugin for trading on any website
○ Simple to use
○ Easy integration
AscendEX x Orion Partnership
● Gives Orion users access to AscendEX liquidity through platform integration
● Doesn’t require centralized custody to access AscendEX liquidity for trading
● No KYC needed to access AscendEX orderbook for trading
Team
● Led by finance veterans who understand the importance and value of centralized and decentralized finance and want to combine the best of both worlds
● Experienced blockchain development team
Key Differentiators
● Seamless access to liquidity from multiple sources
● First to market with this level of capability and infrastructure built out already
● Leverages delegated proof of broker (PoB)
● Infinitely scalable
● Can aggregate liquidity from sources without being partnered with them
● Multi-chain compatible
● Only platform that will provide full access to the phantom ecosystem
● Chain and exchange agnostic minimizing overall risk
● No custody so funds are kept safe with users and their wallets
● Developing access and compatibility with both EVM and Non-EVM chains
○ Access is possible through broker network and Orion Bridge
