LayerZero has set November 30, 2026, as the launch date for the Zero mainnet and its inaugural trading infrastructure, ATLAS. Through the initial Open ATLAS variant, this trading system is prepared to connect directly with more than a dozen partner exchanges from day one.
ATLAS operates without its own retail interface, functioning as a headless exchange. Users do not transact directly through the LayerZero website, but rather through third-party exchanges that manage market distribution and customer interfaces.
This separation is not merely cosmetic, but represents a comprehensive division of roles behind the scenes.
How Headless Exchanges Operate
The ATLAS architecture divides transaction flow into three distinct functions: trading venues providing market access, market creators defining product types, and market makers injecting liquidity. Based on this division of roles, supported product categories include spot assets, perpetual futures, stocks, commodities, bonds, and prediction market instruments.
System development is divided into two tracks. Open ATLAS is aimed at decentralized applications and general crypto developers, while Institutional ATLAS uses a similar engine with compliance rules tailored for institutions. LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino stated that ATLAS was built as a high-performance neutral backend to support a diverse range of assets traded around the clock.
75% Fee Allocation for ZRO Buy and Burn
The ZRO token plays a central role in the Zero network ecosystem. It is utilized to secure the network, pay gas fees, and grant transaction fee discounts to partner exchanges. Through ZRO staking, partner exchanges are entitled to receive transaction fee discounts ranging from 20% to 65%.
The remaining transaction fees after discounts are divided into two separate allocations. A total of 25% is allocated to market creators designing products, while the remaining 75% is used to buy back and burn ZRO tokens from market circulation.
200,000 Transactions per Second Capacity via Zero-Knowledge Proofs
To support multi-product trading volume, the Zero network separates transaction execution from verification using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs). Block builders handle the computational workload of transactions, while validators verify the proofs. All transaction activity on the network is also segregated into isolated environments called Zones.
The ATLAS engine is deployed in a dedicated Zone with an initial processing capacity of 200,000 transactions per second (TPS), alongside a technology roadmap aiming for 2 million TPS.
For market participants and ZRO holders alike, the November 30 launch marks a proving ground for whether the dozen-plus partner exchanges can channel real liquidity into the token burn mechanism. It is the trading volume on these third-party exchanges that will determine how significantly the 75% fee allocation impacts the circulating supply of ZRO.
Reported by crypto.news.
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