Econia Labs has officially launched its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on the Aptos Mainnet. The announcement follows a successful Testnet phase that garnered 7.6 billion in trading volume and active participation from 1000 users.

According to a press release shared with BSC News, Econia stands out by offering unrestricted market registration, providing a platform for a diverse range of trading pairs.

The initial focus revolves around the APT - lzUSDC pair, leveraging the Stargate bridge to integrate USDC into the Aptos ecosystem. This bridge, built on the LayerZero interoperability protocol, facilitates cross-chain asset exchanges with minimal fees and rapid transaction speeds.

Econia harnesses Aptos' technology to achieve sub-second transaction finality across multiple markets, allowing for simultaneous transaction processing at a web-scale.

According to the team, Econia ensures efficient price discovery, minimal slippage, decentralization, and user custody of assets by combining the strengths of centralized exchanges and decentralized exchanges.

Further, with Econia's Atomic Matching Engine, the entire market order process is reportedly settled in a single transaction.

Worth noting, Econia has strategically partnered with Aries Markets, Kana Labs, Pontem, and SwapGPT to offer diverse trading interfaces for end users. Further, Econia Labs is reportedly developing an open-source reference front end, laying the groundwork for custom solutions through forking.