Orbs, a Layer-3 blockchain infrastructure provider specializing in on-chain trading, has unveiled Perpetual Hub Ultra 2.0, a protocol designed to streamline the deployment of white-label perpetual futures exchanges. The new offering consolidates execution, settlement, hedging, liquidation, pricing, and a trading interface into a single architecture running on Orbs' Layer-3 infrastructure, reducing reliance on multiple third-party providers and backend systems.
Integrated Infrastructure for Derivatives
Perpetual Hub Ultra 2.0 aims to simplify the launch of on-chain perpetual futures markets by combining the core components of a derivatives exchange into one protocol. Instead of using separate solutions for execution, liquidity, risk management, and settlement, trading venues can deploy a complete perpetual futures platform with built-in infrastructure and shared liquidity. According to Orbs, this approach can shorten deployment times and reduce operational complexity while providing traders with more consistent execution and performance.
Liquidity and Pricing
The protocol sources liquidity through an integrated hedging infrastructure that connects to centralized exchanges as well as a growing number of on-chain perpetual markets. By aggregating liquidity across multiple venues, Perpetual Hub Ultra is designed to provide tighter pricing, deeper order books, and access to a wider range of trading pairs than a single venue could offer.
Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
At the core of the protocol is a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), which acts as the execution engine for all state changes. Trades, position updates, and liquidations are processed within the TEE, while remote attestation allows participants to verify that the execution logic has not been modified. External market exposure is managed by approved hedgers, who execute hedging strategies across centralized exchanges, including Binance USD-M Futures, as well as leading on-chain perpetual markets. The protocol also includes a real-time liquidation engine that monitors account solvency using a cross-margin risk model.
According to Orbs, the TEE-based execution layer will be gradually integrated into its Layer-3 infrastructure as part of the 2.0 rollout. Pricing is based on a signed mark price feed that operates inside the TEE. Prices are cryptographically signed using EIP-712 and verified during each operation, creating an auditable record of price updates. User positions, balances, pending orders, and system settings are stored in a unified Merkle tree, with state roots committed on-chain through a rollup contract. Together, these components are designed to combine on-chain settlement transparency with the speed of off-chain execution.
Customizable Trading Interface
Alongside the protocol, Orbs has introduced a customizable trading interface that allows trading venues to launch perpetual futures exchanges under their own brand. Built on TradingView charts, the interface includes features such as market and limit orders, stop-loss and take-profit tools, advanced bracket orders, one-click trading, account abstraction, and gasless transactions. The interface is designed to provide a centralized exchange-style trading experience while maintaining self-custody and on-chain transparency.
Network Effects and Adoption
Perpetual Hub Ultra is intended to support a network of branded perpetual futures exchanges across multiple blockchains. Because participating venues share infrastructure and liquidity, each new deployment is expected to strengthen the broader network. QuickSwap, an existing Orbs integration partner, recently approved a governance proposal to adopt Perpetual Hub Ultra as its default perpetual futures infrastructure across all QuickSwap chains, replacing Orderly as the trading engine on Polygon. Orbs said it expects additional venues to join the network in the coming months.
The launch expands Orbs' portfolio of decentralized trading protocols, which also includes dLIMIT, dTWAP, Liquidity Hub, and dSLTP. Together, these protocols provide execution infrastructure for spot and derivatives markets, with the aim of bringing institutional-grade trading capabilities to decentralized finance.
For broader context on the evolving crypto derivatives landscape, see coverage of Bitget adding US stock options trading and WhiteBIT's TradeFi for multi-asset crypto futures. Additionally, BingX's Ultra TradingView upgrade highlights the trend toward institutional-grade tools in crypto trading.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
