DeFi

Monad

Ultra

Orbs

Atlantis

<h2 id="what-was-deployed">What was deployed</h2> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Orbs</a> said <a href="https://x.com/AtlantisDEX_xyz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Atlantis</a> has integrated its Perpetual Hub Ultra product to enable onchain perpetual futures trading on the Monad network. The deployment expands Atlantis’ trading offering beyond spot markets and introduces a managed perpetuals stack without requiring the platform to build custom backend infrastructure. The integration is built on Atlantis’ modular V4 architecture and uses Orbs’ Layer-3 execution layer. According to the companies, the setup allows Atlantis to offer perpetual futures through a plug-and-play framework while retaining flexibility to adjust or expand features over time. With the launch, Atlantis positions itself as a broader DeFi venue on Monad, covering both spot and derivatives trading within a single interface. 
<h2 id="how-perpetual-hub-ultra-works">How Perpetual Hub Ultra works</h2> Perpetual Hub Ultra is Orbs’ latest iteration of its perpetual futures infrastructure. It provides a full derivatives stack, including liquidation logic, hedging mechanisms, oracle support, and a professional trading interface, delivered through a modular integration layer. The protocol is designed to aggregate liquidity from multiple sources rather than relying on a single pool. This allows decentralized exchanges to access deeper liquidity without maintaining their own market-making infrastructure. Ultra also supports intent-based execution, a model that separates trade intent from execution, aiming to improve efficiency and execution quality while keeping settlement onchain. 
<h3 id="investor-takeaway">Investor Takeaway</h3>
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 Onchain perps are moving toward shared infrastructure. Execution layers, not individual DEXs, are increasingly where performance is defined.
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<h2 id="what-atlantis-gains-from-the-integration">What Atlantis gains from the integration</h2> For Atlantis, the integration removes the need to build and maintain a proprietary perpetuals backend. Instead, the platform can deploy derivatives trading as a modular extension of its existing architecture. Users gain access to adjustable leverage, aggregated liquidity, and faster execution compared with typical onchain derivatives designs. Atlantis, meanwhile, retains control over product configuration and can adapt as Monad’s ecosystem evolves. The model reflects a broader trend in <a href="https://financefeeds.com/category/digital-assets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DeFi</a> toward composable trading infrastructure, where platforms assemble capabilities from specialized providers rather than building everything internally. 
<h2 id="orbs-role-as-an-execution-layer">Orbs’ role as an execution layer</h2> Perpetual Hub Ultra builds on earlier Perpetual Hub deployments that are already live across several decentralized trading venues. The Ultra version extends the model by routing liquidity from both onchain and offchain sources, including major centralized exchanges, while keeping settlement and execution decentralized. Orbs operates as a Layer-3 network secured by a public set of permissionless validators using delegated proof-of-stake. The network is positioned as an execution layer optimized for advanced trading logic rather than a general-purpose base chain. According to Orbs, this structure allows DeFi protocols to approach centralized exchange-level execution quality without abandoning onchain composability. 
<h2 id="context-intent-based-trading-and-onchain-derivatives">Context: intent-based trading and onchain derivatives</h2> Intent-based models have gained traction in spot markets as a way to improve execution efficiency and reduce user-facing complexity. Applying the same approach to perpetual futures has been more difficult due to liquidation risk, leverage, and funding mechanics. The Atlantis deployment demonstrates how intent-based execution can be extended to derivatives using shared infrastructure. Whether the model scales will depend on liquidity sourcing, risk controls, and user demand for onchain alternatives to centralized perpetuals. For Monad, the launch adds a derivatives use case to its <a href="https://financefeeds.com/category/defi-insider/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">DeFi</a> stack at an early stage in the network’s growth. 
<h3 id="investor-takeaway">Investor Takeaway</h3>
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 The competitive edge in DeFi perps is shifting from individual DEX design to execution layers that aggregate liquidity and manage complexity.
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Atlantis Adds Onchain Perpetual Futures on Monad Using Orbs

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