Bancor's decentralized exchange (DEX), Carbon DeFi, has achieved a significant milestone by reaching $30 million in total trading volume on the Celo blockchain. This achievement highlights the efficiency and utilization of liquidity within the platform. Key trading pairs contributing to this volume include USDC/CELO, USDT/CELO, and cREAL/CELO, each demonstrating substantial trade numbers and volume. Carbon DeFi's model emphasizes flexibility and efficiency, allowing users to define their own parameters and benefit from features like auto-compounding fees, built-in trading bots, and custom fee tiers. The platform's Arb Fast Lane aggregates liquidity across the blockchain, enhancing trade execution and market efficiency. Additionally, the Carbon DeFi Simulator offers traders the ability to backtest strategies using historical data, ensuring optimized performance before deployment. This milestone underscores Bancor's commitment to providing powerful and efficient trading solutions.

<img src="https://sosovalue.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sosovalue/2025/02/18/84c4abd7-df13-4ebf-ba5c-63ea1e19f34c.png">It was just announced that <a href="http://bancor.network">Bancor</a>’s flagship DEX, <a href="http://app.carbondefi.xyz">Carbon DeFi</a>, unlocked a major milestone on <a href="http://celo.org">Celo </a>— $30,000,000 in total trading&nbsp;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&nbsp;volume?<a href="https://medium.com/media/0bd319a004bae484a1770127c3f8f705/href">https://medium.com/media/0bd319a004bae484a1770127c3f8f705/href</a><h3>A Look at the Most Popular Trading&nbsp;Pairs</h3><img src="https://sosovalue.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sosovalue/2025/02/18/08cf35ff-e9cc-4284-ad71-662f16820c38.png"><h4>At the heart of this trading volume are three key&nbsp;pairs:</h4><blockquote>USDC/CELO — Over 214k trades and $3.75M in&nbsp;volume</blockquote><blockquote>USDT/CELO — Around 181k trades, but with $4.45M in volume — the highest among all&nbsp;pairs</blockquote><blockquote>cREAL/CELO — A unique pair with ~175k trades and $2M in volume, a testament to Celo’s focus on <a href="https://www.mento.org/">local digital currencies</a></blockquote>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 <a href="http://celo.carbondefi.xyz">Carbon DeFi on Celo</a>, and how it’s shaping market activity.<h3>An example of how USDC/CELO liquidity is being&nbsp;used:</h3><blockquote>Strategy Type: Auto-compounding Concentrated Liquidity</blockquote><blockquote>Price Range: $0.3985 — $1.2076</blockquote><blockquote>Custom Fee Tier:&nbsp;0.05%</blockquote><a href="https://medium.com/media/01b68fbf3ccbaaf5fb4c232b8af79724/href">https://medium.com/media/01b68fbf3ccbaaf5fb4c232b8af79724/href</a><h3>🪄 The Power of Concentrated Liquidity on Carbon&nbsp;DeFi</h3>Carbon DeFi’s <a href="https://blog.bancor.network/what-tops-concentrated-liquidity-discover-the-next-big-thing-in-defi-1cc6b59767f9">concentrated liquidity model</a> 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.<h4>Here’s how it stands&nbsp;out:</h4>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 <a href="http://bancor.network/arbfastlane">Arb Fast Lane</a> 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.<a href="https://medium.com/media/76d4263bfac807681eb6450a634a8576/href">https://medium.com/media/76d4263bfac807681eb6450a634a8576/href</a><h3>🔹 The Role of the Arb Fast&nbsp;Lane</h3>What does it really mean to have a <a href="https://medium.com/carbondefi/trading-bots-transformed-the-new-era-of-automated-trading-on-the-horizon-05544ef74016">built-in trading bot</a> within a&nbsp;DEX?Bancor’s <a href="http://bancor.network/arbfastlane">Arb Fast Lane</a>, which just unlocked a <a href="https://x.com/Bancor/status/1891565879311163596">major milestone</a> 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&nbsp;more:<ul><li>Adding liquidity to a pool where parameters are defined by the&nbsp;DEX</li><li>Trading only against that DEX’s&nbsp;users</li><li>Relying on a single liquidity source</li></ul>✅ Instead, traders on Carbon DeFi benefit&nbsp;from:<ul><li>Chain-wide liquidity access — Executing trades against the deepest liquidity available</li><li>Autonomous trading strategies — No need for manual intervention to capture optimal&nbsp;pricing</li><li>Market-wide efficiency — Creating more liquid and competitive markets</li></ul><h3>🧑‍💻 From Backtesting to Deploying</h3>Before committing capital, serious traders rely on backtesting — ensuring their strategy is optimized before deployment.The <a href="http://carbondefi.xyz/simulate">Carbon DeFi Simulator</a> 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 <a href="https://medium.com/bancor/unlock-the-secrets-of-successful-trading-the-ultimate-onchain-simulation-tool-eefaf23c2fed">onchain backtesting</a>, traders can eliminate guesswork and fine-tune their strategies for maximum efficiency.<a href="https://medium.com/media/a5695567d8cc9ea47571f837a2ad3695/href">https://medium.com/media/a5695567d8cc9ea47571f837a2ad3695/href</a><h4>Start trading now: <a href="http://carbondefi.xyz/trade">carbondefi.xyz/trade</a> 🗿</h4><img src="https://sosovalue.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sosovalue/2025/02/18/e28da610-16cb-4a27-a654-9f95007d3f6d.png"><a href="http://carbondefi.xyz/trade">carbondefi.xyz/trade</a><h3>Simply Powerful Trading — Powered by&nbsp;Bancor</h3><h4>For more on&nbsp;Bancor</h4><a href="http://bancor.network/">Website</a> | <a href="https://blog.bancor.network/">Blog</a> | <a href="http://x.com/bancor">X/Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/BancorProtocol">YouTube</a> | <a href="https://gov.bancor.network/">Governance</a><h4>For more on Carbon&nbsp;DeFi</h4><a href="http://carbondefi.xyz/">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/carbondefixyz">X/Twitter</a> | <a href="http://carbondefi.xyz/networks">Licensed Deployments</a> |&nbsp;<a href="https://t.me/CarbonDeFixyz">Telegram</a><h4>For more on the Arb Fast&nbsp;Lane</h4><a href="https://bancor.network/arbfastlane">Website</a> | <a href="https://medium.com/bancor/how-arbitrage-and-aggregated-liquidity-enhance-blockchain-ecosystems-and-token-projects-8ca6a9c19dac">How Arbitrage and Aggregated Liquidity Enhance Blockchain Ecosystems and Token Projects</a> | <a href="https://dune.com/bancor/arbfastlane-ecosystem">Analytics</a>Carbon DeFi and the Arb Fast Lane are products of Bancor and governed by the Bancor&nbsp;DAO.Are you a token project or blockchain wanting to optimize your liquidity and trading activity, connect with Glenn today at glenn@bancor.network to learn&nbsp;more.<img><a href="https://blog.bancor.network/bancor-unlocks-major-30m-milestone-f31efa324910">Bancor Unlocks Major $30M Milestone!</a> was originally published in <a href="https://blog.bancor.network">Bancor</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Bancor's Carbon DeFi Achieves $30M Trading Volume Milestone on Celo