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Protocol income
$543.06KBuyback funds
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Monthly amounts & ratios
| Period | Protocol income | Buyback funds | Burn funds | Buyback ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | $543.06K | -- | -- | -- |
| Sep 2026 | $1.09M | -- | -- | -- |
| Aug 2026 | $602.89K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jul 2026 | $556.25K | -- | -- | -- |
| Jun 2026 | $682.92K | -- | -- | -- |
| May 2026 | $526.14K | -- | -- | -- |
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About Antarctic
Antarctic is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange built on Arbitrum, featuring a zero-knowledge proof (ZK-SNARKs) based order book and a hybrid liquidity pool architecture. It offers non-custodial trading with zero gas fees, where users retain control of their funds. The interface resembles a centralized exchange and supports limit, market, and stop-loss orders across around 25 markets.
Its key narrative revolves around using ZK technology to provide trade privacy—concealing margin sizes and position directions—while the hybrid LP system (core market-making pool, dynamic hedging pool, and treasury) aims to reduce passive risk for liquidity providers. This attempts to address common DEX issues such as insufficient liquidity and adverse selection, as well as the custody trust problem of centralized exchanges.
In March 2026, the project reported $21.9 billion in cumulative volume, $1.8 billion in open interest, and around 280,000 active addresses, alongside a points campaign distributing 300,000 points weekly. However, third-party monitoring in May 2026 showed daily volume had dropped to single-digit millions, ranking it in the lower tier among perp DEXs with thin liquidity. Furthermore, as of May 2026, no security audit from a recognized firm had been published, leaving the smart contracts unverified and a key risk factor.
Antarctic (AX) is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange on Arbitrum with non-custodial on-chain settlement. Key milestones include: testnet launch in November 2024, V1 mainnet release in February 2025, and an enhanced security version in March 2025, establishing its mainnet foundation. Technologically, the platform uses a ZK-proof matching engine, matching orders off-chain and posting proofs on-chain to ensure transparent and auditable rule execution, distinguishing it from most similar protocols. In 2025, it completed a $7 million funding round at a $70 million valuation, with investors including Valisa Capital Markets, Lucidity Capital, and Republic Crypto; the founding team includes former executives from OKX, Binance, and MEXC, providing capital and industry experience for long-term growth. Additionally, the native token ATTX plans to allocate 52.4% of supply to the community, with a points-based pre-mining system in place ahead of its TGE, signaling long-term governance and incentive structuring.
0xKai (CEO, Twitter: https://x.com/0xKai_AX): Formerly at MEXC, led business development with monthly trading volume peaking at over $6 billion. Possesses mature exchange market expansion and scaled trading operations capabilities. Names of other co-founders and core executives have not been publicly disclosed.