What Pacifica does

Pacifica is a self-funded decentralized perpetual exchange built on Solana, launched on mainnet in June 2025 after six months of development by a team with backgrounds spanning Binance, FTX, Coinbase, NFTperp, Jane Street, Fidelity, OpenAI, DeepMind, ByteDance, MIT, Stanford, and NUS. The platform supports 65+ perpetual pairs — covering crypto majors, altcoins, RWAs, FX, and pre-IPO markets — with up to 50x leverage, unified spot-and-collateral margining, and CEX-standard REST and WebSocket APIs that target market makers, HFT firms, and algorithmic traders. As of early 2026 it has processed over $220 billion in cumulative perpetual volume, handles approximately $1 billion in daily trading volume, and maintains $100 million+ in peak open interest.

The product surface extends beyond core trading into a broader trading ecosystem: an AI Trading Agent with pre-built strategy files and standard technical indicators, World Monitor for AI-assisted market analysis, Vaults (user-deployed managed trading pools), Print (a 24-hour settlement-prediction product), and Swim (a live price-zone prediction game). Distribution is self-serve through a web app (app.pacifica.fi), iOS and Android applications, and a Python SDK plus an MCP server that exposes the venue as Model Context Protocol tools for AI-agent integration. Security relies on a hot-cold hybrid wallet architecture with cold-vault multi-sig governance via Squads Protocol and a BlockSec smart-contract audit.

Pacifica's revenue model is volume-based transaction fees on a tiered maker/taker schedule (maker 0.000%–0.015%, taker 0.028%–0.040%, with zero maker fees at VIP tiers), supplemented by a Points Program (10M points distributed weekly), a Builder Program for third-party order routing, a Market Maker Program with zero maker fees and 12% counterparty fee redistribution, and an affiliate/referral program offering up to 40% fee share. The legal entity SkyLake Global Corp is incorporated in Panama, and the platform is geo-restricted from 12 jurisdictions including the US, UK, Canada, China, and Russia; the company has not raised external capital.

Name

Pacifica

Legal name

SkyLake Global Corp

Website

https://pacifica.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pacifica is a self-funded decentralized perpetual exchange on Solana serving retail traders, professional/HFT firms, market makers, and builders with 65+ perpetual pairs, up to 50x leverage, CEX-standard APIs, and an AI trading agent.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Decentralized Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange

NAICS

Securities and Commodity Exchanges (5232), Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities (523), Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Asset/Crypto Trade Execution Platforms (FSAFANAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Market Making & Liquidity Provision (FSADAJAC)

Keywords

• Decentralized perpetuals exchange
• Cryptocurrency derivatives trading
• Solana blockchain trading
• Perpetual futures platform
• Crypto margin trading

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Trading Fees (Maker/Taker): Volume-based tiered fee structure ranging from 0.015%/0.040% (Tier 1) down to 0.000%/0.028% (VIP 3). Maker fees eliminated at VIP tiers. Subaccounts share master account fee tier.
2. Points Program: Pre-launch token distribution program distributing 10,000,000 points weekly. Points are not purchasable and can only be earned through organic trading activities. Represents potential future token value accrual.
3. Builder Program Fees: Third-party developers can charge additional fees (builder_code parameter) on orders they route for users who have approved their builder code. Up to 10,000,000 points allocated for builder program rewards.
4. Affiliate Fee Share: Affiliates earn up to 40% fee share from referred users' trading fees. Referrers receive 10% of points generated by referees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Pacifica operates a decentralized perpetual and spot derivatives exchange on the Solana blockchain, offering trading in 65+ perpetual pairs (crypto, altcoins, RWAs, FX, pre-IPO) with up to 50x leverage, unified cross-margining, and CEX-standard REST/WebSocket APIs. Beyond the core exchange, Pacifica offers an AI Trading Agent, Vaults (user-deployed managed trading pools), Print (24-hour target-settlement orders), Swim (a live price-zone prediction game), and World Monitor (AI-powered market analysis).

Product overview

Pacifica is a next-generation hybrid decentralized exchange on Solana, evolving from a high-performance perpetual venue into a broader trading ecosystem. The core offering is its perpetual exchange supporting 65+ perpetual pairs (crypto majors, altcoins, RWAs, FX, pre-IPO) with up to 50x leverage and unified spot-and-collateral margining. Beyond core trading, Pacifica offers Swim (live price prediction game), an AI Trading Agent (autonomous trading assistant with strategy files and technical indicators), Vaults (user-deployed managed trading pools), Print (target-based yield product), and World Monitor. The platform provides CEX-standard REST and WebSocket APIs with Python SDK and MCP server for AI agent integration. Pacifica operates multiple incentive programs including Points, Builder, Market Maker, Referral/Affiliate, VIP, and Bug Bounty programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pacifica Core Trading Decentralized perpetual and spot exchange on Solana supporting 65+ perpetual pairs (crypto majors, altcoins, RWAs, FX, pre-IPO) with up to 50x leverage and a unified spot-and-collateral cross-margin system. Targets individual retail traders and professional algorithmic participants.
• Swim Live price-zone prediction game where users tap zones on a grid overlaid on a live market chart to predict price movements and earn multiplier-based payouts on their bets. Targets retail traders seeking gamified market participation.
• AI Agent Personal AI trading assistant accessible at /agent that analyzes markets, plans trades, shares insights, and runs multiple pre-built strategy sets (Scalping EMAs, Scalping RSI, Trend Following, Momentum Swing, Mean Reversion, Volatility Breakout, Triple Confluence) with technical indicators (SMA, EMA, ICHIMOKU, BBANDS, ATR, RSI, MACD, STOCH, ADX, PERCENT_B, FID, DPO). Targets individual traders seeking AI-assisted trade ideas.
• Vaults User-deployed managed trading pools where depositors contribute USDC and a designated manager trades the pooled balance, with profits and losses distributed according to vault configuration. Targets capital allocators and strategy managers.
• Print Target-based yield product where users set a price target and leverage; if the price reaches the target within a 24-hour cycle, the position opens at the target price with accrued yield funding the margin. Targets traders seeking structured yield exposure.
• World Monitor AI-powered market monitoring and analysis tool providing real-time insights across the trading ecosystem. Targets traders tracking market conditions across Pacifica's pair universe.
• Pacifica API CEX-standard REST and WebSocket APIs supporting market data, order placement, account management, vault operations, subaccounts, and builder integrations, with Ed25519 off-chain message signing, hardware wallet and agent wallet support, and an MCP server for AI agent integration. Targets market makers, HFT firms, and algorithmic trading teams.
• Testnet Faucet

Quantifiable outcome

• $220 billion+ cumulative perpetual volume processed
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Squads ProtocolcoreTechnology or IntegrationMulti-signature infrastructure partner securing over $10 billion in assets on Solana. Pacifica's cold vault uses Squads for time-locked upgrade mechanisms, role-based access control, and emergency pause functionality. First formally verified program on Solana with mathematical proofs of correctness beyond traditional auditing.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Binance: World's largest centralized crypto exchange, dominant in perpetual futures volume. Several Pacifica team members are ex-Binance; the firm sets the institutional standard for liquidity, API quality, and product breadth that Pacifica is emulating on DeFi rails.
• Bybit: Top-tier centralized derivatives exchange offering perpetuals with up to 100x leverage and professional APIs. The CEX benchmark Pacifica competes against for pro trader share, especially outside restricted geographies.
• OKX: Major centralized exchange with deep perpetual futures markets, multi-chain wallet, and a growing on-chain (X Layer / OKX DEX) offering. A broad incumbent whose wallet and DEX products intersect with Pacifica's self-custodial positioning.

Direct peers

• GMX: Decentralized perpetuals exchange originally on Arbitrum/Avalanche using a GLP liquidity-pool model rather than order book. A leading perp DEX by cumulative volume and a comparable product for the same on-chain derivatives trader audience.
• Hyperliquid: Decentralized perpetual exchange operating its own appchain (Hyperliquid L1), offering CEX-grade APIs and a HIP-2 order book with up to 50x leverage. The category leader in on-chain perpetuals and Pacifica's most direct competitor across multiple chains.
• Drift Protocol: Solana-native decentralized perpetuals and spot exchange with cross-margin and a vAMM/order-book hybrid. Most direct in-chain competitor to Pacifica on Solana, targeting the same retail and pro trader base.
• Jupiter Perps: Solana-native perpetuals offering from Jupiter, the dominant Solana DEX aggregator. Direct in-ecosystem competitor routing liquidity through multiple venues, including its own perps book.
• dYdX: Decentralized perpetuals exchange originally on Ethereum, now running on its own Cosmos-based appchain (dYdX Chain). Offers order-book perpetuals with CEX-grade APIs — directly comparable in product scope and target trader segment to Pacifica.

Emerging players

• Vertex Protocol: Cross-chain (originally Arbitrum, with Solana support) order-book DEX offering perpetuals, spot, and a managed-yield vault. Comparable to Pacifica across hybrid order-book + AMM design and Solana presence.
• Aevo: Decentralized options and perpetuals exchange built on a custom EVM rollup. Targets pro traders with CEX-grade APIs and listing pre-launch token perps — overlapping with Pacifica's pre-IPO/RWA perp pairs and pro API offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pacifica_fi
• GitHubgithub.com/pacifica-fi/mintlify-docs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pacifica.fi

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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