It was just announced that Bancor’s flagship DEX, Carbon DeFi, unlocked a major milestone on Celo — $30,000,000 in total trading volume!
For a DEX built on precision, efficiency, and automation, this achievement isn’t just about numbers — it’s about how liquidity is being utilized. So how is it being utilized, and what’s driving this volume?
https://x.com/Bancor/status/1887512644556611940
At the heart of this trading volume are three key pairs:
USDC/CELO — Over 214k trades and $3.75M in volume
USDT/CELO — Around 181k trades, but with $4.45M in volume — the highest among all pairs
cREAL/CELO — A unique pair with ~175k trades and $2M in volume, a testament to Celo’s focus on local digital currencies
These numbers highlight active trading and liquidity efficiency, but the real question is: “How are these pairs trading?”
Let’s take a closer look at one of the most active strategies on Carbon DeFi on Celo, and how it’s shaping market activity.
https://x.com/Bancor/status/1889745971606692034
An example of how USDC/CELO liquidity is being used:
Strategy Type: Auto-compounding Concentrated Liquidity
Price Range: $0.3985 — $1.2076
Custom Fee Tier: 0.05%
https://x.com/Bancor/status/1889745971606692034
🪄 The Power of Concentrated Liquidity on Carbon DeFi
Carbon DeFi’s concentrated liquidity model is designed for flexibility and efficiency. Unlike traditional DEX models that require users to add liquidity into pre-set pools, Carbon DeFi allows traders to define their own parameters.
Here’s how it stands out:
1️⃣ Auto-compounding fees — Trading fees earned are automatically reinvested into the strategy, maximizing returns over time.
2️⃣ Built-in trading bot — Unlike traditional DEX models, Bancor’s Arb Fast Lane ensures liquidity trades against the entire chain, not just its own pools.
3️⃣ Custom fee tiers — Users set their own fee rates, giving them full control over their earnings.
4️⃣ Zero tick constraints — No restrictive tick sizes, allowing for precise execution.
5️⃣ Easily adjustable — Strategies can be modified in real time without withdrawing and redepositing liquidity.
https://x.com/Bancor/status/1889745976359002622
🔹 The Role of the Arb Fast Lane
What does it really mean to have a built-in trading bot within a DEX?
Bancor’s Arb Fast Lane, which just unlocked a major milestone of its own, is natively integrated into Carbon DeFi — but it is far from limited to Carbon DeFi liquidity. The Arb Fast Lane aggregates liquidity from the entire blockchain, ensuring every trade interacts with the best possible liquidity sources.
🚫 No more:
Adding liquidity to a pool where parameters are defined by the DEX
Trading only against that DEX’s users
Relying on a single liquidity source
✅ Instead, traders on Carbon DeFi benefit from:
Chain-wide liquidity access — Executing trades against the deepest liquidity available
Autonomous trading strategies — No need for manual intervention to capture optimal pricing
Market-wide efficiency — Creating more liquid and competitive markets
https://x.com/Bancor/status/1889745978535928177
🧑💻 From Backtesting to Deploying
Before committing capital, serious traders rely on backtesting — ensuring their strategy is optimized before deployment.
The Carbon DeFi Simulator provides:
✔️ Accurate performance previews — See how a strategy would have performed using real historical data.
✔️ Seamless integration — Directly built into the desktop UI for easy access.
✔️ One-click deployment — Once satisfied, strategies can be executed instantly.
With onchain backtesting, traders can eliminate guesswork and fine-tune their strategies for maximum efficiency.
https://x.com/Bancor/status/1889745980553306309
Start trading now: carbondefi.xyz/trade 🗿
