# Welcome to Kora

The private trading layer for the onchain economy.

Kora is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the Canton Network, designed to bring real markets onchain with institutional-grade performance and uncompromising privacy. We provide the infrastructure for the next era of global finance—where liquidity meets confidentiality.

### Our Vision

> Kora exists to build the private trading infrastructure for onchain markets.

We believe that for global finance to truly migrate onchain, privacy cannot be an afterthought. Kora is building the private financial rails that allow institutions and individual traders to operate in a secure, performant environment without exposing sensitive strategies or data to the public eye.

#### Trade everything. Reveal nothing.

In traditional onchain environments, every trade, position, and balance is public. Kora flips the script. By leveraging the unique architecture of the Canton Network, Kora ensures that only you see your data unless you explicitly grant consent.

### Core Product Suite

Kora is designed to be a comprehensive hub for digital and real-world assets. Our platform supports a multi-asset ecosystem through three primary pillars:

#### 1. Spot Trading

Seamlessly swap assets with deep liquidity and instant settlement. Kora provides a transparent trading experience for both native crypto assets and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).

#### 2. Perpetuals & Derivatives - Coming Soon

Access advanced trading instruments with institutional-grade performance. Trade perpetual futures with high leverage and low latency, all within a private, secure environment.

#### 3. Real-World Assets (RWAs) - Coming Soon

Kora isn't just for crypto-native tokens. We are bridging the gap between traditional finance and DeFi by enabling the trading of private, regulated real-world assets onchain.

### Why Kora?

| Category                 | Kora                                                                                            | Traditional DEXs                                    |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Privacy & Data Ownership | Private by design; consent-based data sharing while remaining non-custodial and permissionless. | Fully public; all trades visible to everyone.       |
| Performance              | Institutional-grade speed and finality.                                                         | Subject to network congestion and high gas.         |
| Compliance               | Built for regulated entities and RWA integration.                                               | Often lacks the tools for institutional compliance. |


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