# Introduction to Carbon

## <mark style="color:$info;">The Onchain Prime Broker for Global Markets.</mark>

Carbon is a decentralized derivatives venue that aggregates real liquidity from crypto and traditional finance into one onchain account. Today, 550+ crypto perpetual pairs are live with deep, hedged liquidity. Real-world asset CFDs (stocks, FX, indices, commodities) are next, bringing the total to 750+ markets at launch.

Trade with stable rates, tighter spreads, and the deepest liquidity routed through professional solvers.

Carbon's architecture combines Automated RFQ (ARFQ) execution with a network of solvers who hedge across global crypto venues today, and global crypto + TradFi venues once RWAs are live. No synthetic assets. No shallow AMMs. Just direct, efficient onchain exposure to the world's most liquid markets.

Built like a prime broker. Accessible like a DEX.

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### What Carbon is bringing onchain

**Real-world asset markets, properly.** Not synthetic perps with onchain mark prices. Real CFDs hedged 1:1 against the actual market. Stocks priced like stocks. Forex priced like forex. Liquidity sourced from where these assets actually trade.

**Wall Street depth, onchain rails.** 750+ markets at full launch. Stable rates, tighter spreads, broker-grade pricing. The depth of global derivatives venues, with the self-custody, transparency, and permissionless access of onchain.

**One account, both asset classes.** A single USDC deposit. A single wallet. A single position panel. Long AAPL and short BTC, managed from the same place. No separate platforms, no separate margin pools per asset class.

**Crypto perps already live.** 550+ crypto perpetual pairs trade today through third-party market-maker solvers, settling through the same ARFQ infrastructure that will carry CFDs at launch. Trade perps now. Add real-world assets to the same account when the RWA release ships.

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### <mark style="color:$info;">Our Mission</mark>

Make derivatives trading on global markets accessible onchain, with deep liquidity, transparent execution, and self-custody by default.

We are building the infrastructure for a future where any trader can access any market, instantly and securely, from any wallet, without KYC.

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### <mark style="color:$info;">Our Vision</mark>

A single onchain venue where every asset class (crypto, stocks, indices, forex, commodities) trades with the speed and depth of traditional finance.

Carbon is the core execution layer for ARFQ trading: solving liquidity fragmentation and execution bottlenecks with a model that is provably solvent, capital efficient, and easy to integrate.

Today: 550+ crypto perpetual pairs live. Next: 205 real-world asset CFDs at launch, bringing the total to 750+ onchain markets.

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### <mark style="color:$info;">Roadmap 2026</mark>

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### <mark style="color:$info;">Who We Are</mark>

The Carbon team collectively has over 40 years of experience in the cryptocurrency space, with most members having worked here since 2017.\
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The team has expertise in software development, mathematics specialization, marketing, and business, and has been building since 2021.

Carbon is backed by some of the industry's best, who believe in the future of on-chain trading.

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