Grvt 2025: A Year of Innovation, Growth, and Pioneering Onchain Brokerage
2025 was the year Grvt's radical premise, an exchange designed to pay you, became reality. This report breaks down the numbers behind our growth.
2025 wasn't just a growth year for Grvt; it was the year we redefined the relationship between an exchange and its users. We evolved from a promising perp DEX into a foundational pillar of the on-chain financial ecosystem, one built on the radical premise that an exchange should be designed to pay you. By merging institutional-grade tech with a revolutionary incentive model, we aren't just trading assets; we are architecting the next era of fintech applications.
This report celebrates our collective achievements and sets the stage for an even more ambitious 2026.
The Grvt 2025 Journey: Key Milestones
January 2025: The Mainnet Alpha Launch
Year 2025 kicked off with our most anticipated milestone, the Mainnet Alpha launch. The results were immediate and spectacular. In just the first 30 days, Grvt traded a total of $1.3B, surpassing the first-month performance of many established DEXes.
This rapid validation stems from our core architectural breakthrough: separating performance from trust. Trades are matched off-chain for CEX-grade speed and liquidity, while settlement occurs on-chain via ZK-rollups on ZKsync, delivering a seamless trading experience without compromising security or self-custody.
February 2025: Community-Powered Expansion
Building on our launch momentum, we saw our community swell to 500,000+ members. Championing our user-driven ethos, we rapidly responded to your voice by being among the first-movers in listing the most demanded community perpetuals. You voted, and we delivered, launching popular markets including:
This pivotal move strengthened Grvt’s identity as a platform built by and for its community, setting the standard for responsive, user-centric exchange growth.
Parallel to expanding the markets, we focused on enhancing the value for our earliest supporters. We initiated the continuous enhancement of our Reward Portal, refining the point system that directly connects to the upcoming TGE.
May 2025: Mobile Expansion & Trading Innovation
True decentralized finance must be accessible anywhere. In May, we took a major step toward this vision with the launch of our Android app on the Google Play Store, completing our multi-platform presence (Web, iOS, Android). Grvt is building the most accessible on-chain brokerage in your pocket, enabling secure, self-custodial trading and investing—anytime, anywhere—for a global community of traders.
This period also underscored our commitment to a vibrant, engaged ecosystem. We launched major trading competitions, distributing over 175,000 USDT in prizes to our Graviters.
These events, held both online and at community meet-ups, served a dual purpose: they were incredibly fun, community-driven initiatives, and they acted as the ultimate stress test for our hybrid architecture, proving its resilience under intense, high-frequency trading activity.
June 2025: Industry-First Features
In June, we pioneered Retail Price Improvement (RPI) Orders, being among the first DEXes to bring traditional finance's execution advantages to retail on-chain traders. This innovation addressed a critical pain point in DeFi while maintaining our core principles of transparency and self-custody.
July 2025: Democratizing Professional Investment Opportunities
In July, we broke down the final barrier between retail and institutional investing by launching Grvt Strategies, the world's first peer-to-peer on-chain investment marketplace. This platform offers curated, professional strategies from vetted managers like Ampersan and b-cube.ai, with full on-chain transparency for every trade and position. All execution is non-custodial via ZKsync smart contracts.
We launched with a clear mission: to make elite investment management accessible, empowering every user to grow their portfolio with tools once reserved for institutions.
September 2025: Major Funding & Strategic Roadmap Acceleration
September was a monumental month, defined by a landmark $19 million Series A funding round co-led by premier industry partners: ZKsync Foundation, Further Ventures, EigenCloud, and 500 Global. This round brings Grvt’s total funding to approximately $34 million, solidifying our position as one of the best-funded and most institutionally backed DEX projects in the ecosystem.
The capital serves as a direct accelerator for our ambitious roadmap, fueling our mission to build the next generation of on-chain finance, including yield products, cross-chain vaults, and Real-World Asset (RWA) integrations.
November 2025: The GLP Vault—A New Standard for On-Chain Yield
In November, we launched the Grvt Liquidity Provider (GLP) vault, giving retail users access to a delta-neutral, institutional-grade market-making strategy managed by a veteran global team with 40+ years of combined experience. Demand was immediate, with $1.8M in AUM within 24 hours and the initial $5M cap quickly filled, prompting expansions to $7.5M and beyond. The GLP vault reflects Grvt’s core mission: making professional-grade financial strategies accessible through a seamless, community-driven on-chain experience.
December: A Seamless, Professional-Grade Ecosystem
We closed the year by enhancing every step of the user journey. First, we simplified access with a seamless Wallet Onboarding experience, allowing users to connect and start trading instantly. This was followed by the full launch of Portfolio 2.0, giving traders a unified dashboard for a 360° view of their assets, performance, and cross-chain balances.
Finally, we empowered advanced strategies with the launch of Isolated Margin, providing precise, position-level risk control. Together, these updates create a cohesive environment where users can seamlessly trade, manage, and grow their capital.
By The Numbers: Grvt's 2025 Impact
- $19M in Series A funding secured ($34 total funding)
- $1.3B traded in our first 30 days post-launch
- $5B volume in first 120 days
- Accumulated trading volume $177B
- 500,000+ community members
- 4 major product lines launched (Trading, Strategies/GLP, Earn, Points)
- 1.8M → $20M GLP Vault cap after overwhelming demand
- Achieved a peak TVL of $98M
- 22% of total $GRVT token supply allocated to community airdrop
Looking Ahead to 2026
In 2025, our conviction became reality: we evolved from a promising perp DEX into a foundational pillar of the on-chain financial ecosystem. We aren't just building another trading venue; we are creating a seamless, "fintech-on-the-go" experience where anyone can trade, earn, and invest with institutional-grade security and privacy.
Everything we build is anchored in our core promise: the exchange designed to pay you.
As we look to 2026, we are focused on fortifying the product suite that makes this possible. While we are defining the on-chain brokerage category, we are dedicated to expanding our asset offerings, hardening our yield-earning mechanisms, and deploying more battle-tested Strategies to maximize user value. We are also currently perfecting a revamped version of our product experience to ensure the future of finance is truly at your fingertips.
We will be sharing an updated, detailed roadmap soon to outline these product evolutions and our path toward becoming the definitive on-chain brokerage.
Thank you to our team, investors, partners, and every member of the Grvt community. Your belief and participation are the foundation of everything we build.
The future of fintech isn't just on-chain. It's being built now at the exchange designed to pay you.