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# Welcome to Vortex
Vortex is a decentralized liquidity aggregation exchange based on the ZK-SNARKs protocol, offering both spot and perpetual contracts. In addition to its core trading products, Vortex is gradually introducing BRC20 Trading Zone, Real World Asset (RWA) products for traditional stocks and bonds, as well as enhancing platform liquidity through Sub-site as a Service functionality.
Currently, Vortex has integrated with protocols such as Layerzero and Map Protocol, and is steadily achieving multi-chain compatibility for trading and liquidity aggregation. On the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet, Vortex has surpassed a daily trading volume of $10 million, with the aim of providing even more ample liquidity services to a wider user base as its mission.
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