Arkham has set its sights on Solana’s booming DEX market as it announced the launch of its own decentralized trading functionality, exclusively integrated with the Solana ecosystem.
Arkham will now integrate decentralized trading into its Intel platform. As it stands, it will not only function as a standalone DEX but as a hybrid platform that provides information that integrates with the actual execution of Solana tokens.
Arkham New job It now allows users to discover, filter, and most importantly, trade Solana tokens at high frequency and low latency without leaving the Arkham platform.
Arkham evolved from CEX to DEX
Arkham is currently making a concerted effort to expand its DeFi functionality by allowing users to trade directly on the platform.
Arkham originally expanded into the trading area in late 2024 with the launch of Arkham Exchange. The platform offered CEX services such as Spot and Perps; However, it has suffered from declining volume.
Earlier this year, Rumors started to spread That the exchange was shut down, but instead of shutting down, the platform pivoted, turning instead to decentralization.
Supporters of Return to Arkham to separate itself from other regular DEX platforms that don’t provide as much information. They also praised the decision to test it on Solana first, as the ecosystem, with its high throughput and bustling DeFi scene, makes for an ideal sandbox for experimentation.
Solana’s DEX market is booming
The Solana DeFi scene DEX Market It is bustling with activity, although most of this activity is currently driven by memcoin trading.
According to Devilama’s data, Solana is currently Rows It ranks third among all blockchains, behind Ethereum and Base, in terms of 24-hour live trading volume, with $921 million traded in the past day alone.
The network jumps to first place within a 7-day period, approaching $46 billion during the monthly time frame. Orca, Raydium, Manifest Trade, Meteora, and Pump led the activity on the network.
The thriving DeFi scene is also attracting developers, with Solana said to have a share of all active developers to rise From 6% in 2020 to 23% in 2026. In contrast, Ethereum’s share decreased significantly to 31% from 82%.
Solana now also attracts the largest number of hobbyist developers, with its share increasing to 28% in 2025, 4% more than Ethereum and 12% more than Base.
In the same year, Solana also attracted the highest number of new developers at 4,100, while Ethereum accounted for 3,700, and Base around 2,500. Together, the three ecosystems represent 61% of all new developers in 2025.
The growth had an impact on the shipment rate of Solana products. According to reports, the Solana dApp store currently hosts over 700 apps, and there are likely more on the way, if the Solana Foundation has anything to say about it.
In March of this year, the organization launched Solana Developer Platform, a unified interface aimed at simplifying the development process for companies and enterprises. It already has early adopters, including Mastercard, Worldpay, and Western Union, indicating increasing institutional participation in the ecosystem.
