Antarctic

Antarctic Exchange (AX) is a high-performance decentralized perpetual futures DEX delivering CEX-grade trading with deep liquidity, low fees, and a clean, self-custodial UX.

## Overview Antarctic Exchange (AX) is a decentralized perpetual futures platform built on Arbitrum that aims to replicate centralized exchange (CEX) performance within a self-custodial, on-chain environment. Perpetual futures—or perps—allow traders to take long or short positions on crypto assets with leverage, without expiration dates, settling continuously against a funding rate. Antarctic competes in the crowded perps DEX space by emphasizing execution speed, liquidity depth, and user experience design rather than token incentives or promotional mechanics. The platform exists to address a