ATLAS Exchange Launch
LayerZero (ZRO) · Releases & Updates · Q4 2026
LayerZero launches ATLAS, a headless exchange backend on its Zero blockchain with ZRO buyback-and-burn, later in 2026.
ATLAS (Aggregated Trading Liquidity and Settlement) is LayerZero's headless exchange backend running on the Zero blockchain. It handles matching, clearing, settlement and risk for trading venues but ships no frontend of its own. LayerZero says ATLAS launches later this year with capacity for 200,000 transactions per second and sub-millisecond median latency in testing. Venues get 20-65% fee rebates based on ZRO stake or volume; of the fees left after rebates, 25% goes to the market creator and 75% is used to buy and burn ZRO. GTE and TrueNorth are named launch partners. No exact launch date has been announced.