Both Raptor and SOON focus on supporting traders. Raptor uses Uniswap V4 on SOON's SVM to share global liquidity, specifically designed for passive market makers in high-volume trading environments. After continuous efforts and achieving third place at Soon's Hackathon, here’s a comprehensive overview of why Raptor is built on Soon.
1. What is Raptor?
Raptor is a high-performance, secure, fast, and fun DeFi paradise, a decentralized exchange where users can quickly swap and trade on Raptor. It is also a liquidity-rich paradise powered by the SOON SVM Stack.
As a new DEX, Raptor is launching a unique decentralized exchange that leverages Uniswap V4 for the first time on SOON's SVM.
In a rapidly changing bull market, fees and slippage inevitably rise significantly, so by transitioning to V4, we aim to provide the best swap experience for all traders during very intense bull markets.
2. Why is Raptor built on SOON?
Raptor is a new DEX, and SOON is an emerging SVM chain. This fact makes both parties ideal partners for collaborative development and marketing, as they are entering the market at specific points in time with cutting-edge technology. In particular, these features are why we initially built SOON:
High performance and cost-effectiveness
As a DEX, the ability to execute high-frequency trades with low latency is crucial for demonstrating core functionalities such as exchange and liquidity management. The SOON mainnet introduces a decoupled SVM execution layer, achieving unparalleled on-chain performance, processing 30,000 transactions per second (TPS) with block times under 50 milliseconds. These metrics will soon make the mainnet one of the most efficient Layer 2 solutions on Ethereum. The roadmap for horizontal scaling further ensures continuous improvement, theoretically enabling infinite optimization to meet growing demand.
Cosmic SVM interoperability with InterSOON
Another important aspect of Raptor is helping users access, bridge, and combine different liquidity across chains. The InterSOON protocol is a decentralized cross-chain messaging layer that enables seamless communication between the SOON chain (including the SOON mainnet and future SVM-based L2s) and other major Layer 1 ecosystems. This establishes a Cosmic SVM network, bridging ecosystems and achieving:
Cross-chain application interoperability
Seamless asset usage across ecosystems
This unified framework enables developers to build multi-chain applications without compromising functionality or user experience. This is an ideal choice for Raptor, which will integrate multi-chain asset interoperability.
Connecting Solana and a robust community
SOON is inspired by the ecosystem driven by Solana innovation and its Rust-based developer community, fostering a builder-first culture. By seamlessly integrating Solana native projects into the EVM-based ecosystem, SOON combines Solana's leading innovations in DeFi, DePIN, and meme culture with the vast user base of Ethereum-compatible platforms.
As early builders of SOON from Solana, we can see how SOON facilitates genuine interactions and implements incentive structures focused on rewarding meaningful contributions, including hackathons.
3. Future Developments: Building the strongest liquidity infrastructure
Raptor's innovative AMM mechanism perfectly aligns with SOON's commitment to scalability and performance. Raptor will build the strongest liquidity infrastructure and unlock new liquidity paradigms.
We aim to create the best on-chain DEX experience in collaboration with the Soon Ecosystem and are committed to an open-source development model that promotes collaboration and innovation within the Soon ecosystem.