Original source: LAB

In 2024, the DEX market share grew from 9% to 20%, with an average monthly trading volume now exceeding $150 billion and a cumulative trading volume surpassing $2.5 trillion. It is expected to exceed $3 trillion by 2026.

Faced with this vast market, the current DEX and trading terminal functionalities are increasingly rich, but users often need to switch frequently between different platforms and chains, making it difficult to balance speed, cost, and convenience. The growth in trading volume has driven demand for higher-performance trading tools, but different chains have their own liquidity pools and trading terminals, and cross-chain bridges and multi-wallet operations increase the user burden.

For today's traders, there is a need to chase trends while also paying attention to the most useful tools and data available. Switching between wallets on different chains and trying to jump between dozens of DEX frontends and data analysis websites in search of Alpha.

This fragmented trading experience greatly drains traders' energy and capital. Investors urgently need a tool that can integrate the fragmented market and simplify cumbersome processes.

The LAB team has observed this pain point and believes that future trading tools should shield users from underlying technical details, allowing them to focus more on the investment itself. Therefore, LAB has developed a multi-chain trading terminal and a series of auxiliary tools based on existing trading terminals, making trading faster, more flexible, and lower in cost.

Browser plugins, sidebars, trading terminals like L2

LAB describes itself as a "multi-chain trading ecosystem," with its core being the LAB Terminal. This is a performance-oriented multi-chain DEX trading terminal that features smart token detection and seamless trading across multiple crypto platforms, accessible via methods including Telegram bots and browser extension plugins. Currently, LAB has launched on mainstream public chains such as Solana, Ethereum, Base, and BNB Chain, and will continue to expand to more emerging networks. In the future, LAB will help users achieve a unified trading experience in a fragmented chain environment.

Compared to other platforms that charge up to 1% in fees, LAB Terminal only charges a 0.5% trading fee. Additionally, LAB has integrated a 4-level referral system and an airdrop incentive mechanism, allowing users to earn up to 41% in commissions and a 30% discount on trading fees by inviting friends to trade. Trading through the LAB terminal allows users to earn points, which serve as proof for future LAB token airdrops. For tokens on the Solana network, LAB also offers a Boost mode. In this mode, experienced traders can quickly execute custom slippage, gas fees, and MEV protection.

As described earlier, users with different style preferences have their own habitual operating methods and preferred tools. Simply relying on low costs and high performance cannot win the market. LAB does not focus on replacing the tools users are already accustomed to, but rather on empowering and surpassing them. LAB creatively proposes the core concept of "L2 trading infrastructure."

LAB Terminal and its Chrome browser extension combine familiar analytical tools with terminal execution, creating a one-stop trading experience. Once investors install the plugin, they can instantly invoke the LAB Terminal on any DEX website. Just as L2 networks enhance performance without changing the consensus of the Ethereum mainnet, LAB also chooses to overlay on all mainstream trading platforms and data websites, expanding and accelerating users' trading processes through its powerful technical core.

Users do not need to change their operations; whether chasing memes on Pump.fun, analyzing candlestick charts using DexScreener, or tracking the latest updates from KOLs on Twitter, LAB intervenes in a non-intrusive manner. LAB transforms itself into an intelligent trading layer covering Web3, allowing users to instantly call upon its powerful features in any scenario, thereby fully focusing their energy on trading strategies rather than cumbersome operations.

In addition, the LAB browser extension also supports a sidebar feature, making it easy for users to quickly switch between different terminals and chains. Imagine when we are browsing to track a whale's advance token clues, the LAB sidebar on the right side of the screen will instantly appear, automatically fetching the token information and presenting a concise trading panel. With just a click to buy, a cross-chain transaction can be completed in seconds, all without leaving the current page.

For mobile users, LAB has also launched a Telegram Mini App, allowing users to manage their assets via their phones no matter where they are.

Average trading volume of $21,000

No matter how good the idea and design are, they need to be tested by the market. Since its launch, LAB's market performance has been phenomenal. According to official data, LAB achieved a trading volume of $90 million within the first month of launch, with a week-on-week growth of 13%. LAB is expected to reach a trading volume of $4.5 billion and generate $46.76 million in revenue in its first year.

Data from Dune Analytics shows that LAB currently has a cumulative trading volume of $230 million, attracting over 8,000 users.

Behind these numbers is the trust that users have placed with real money. An average trading volume of $21,000 per user, an average fee contribution of $216, and an average of 96 trades per user. In fierce competition with pioneers like BonkBot and Trojan, LAB is demonstrating immense potential with its half the trading fees and superior user experience.

The leadership core behind LAB

LAB is led by Naveed Rao and Vova Sadkov, two founders with extensive experience in the Web3 field.

Naveed Rao, as CEO, has over ten years of business development experience, with involvement in Web3, machine learning, and cybersecurity. He previously led the infrastructure development for the metaverse at MetaTor and is now focusing on TON and SocialFi. He is committed to bringing 900 million Telegram users into Web3 through LAB, promoting the deep integration of social networks and decentralized finance. More importantly, LAB's strategic goal has always been to go beyond covering a single demographic. On one hand, leveraging Telegram's vast user base, LAB has expanded its entry points for new users, directly converting social network traffic into Web3 activity. On the other hand, LAB is also deeply cultivating the DEX trader community on Solana, providing these high-frequency active on-chain users with a faster, lower-cost, and more flexible trading environment.

Vova Sadkov is a serial entrepreneur who has founded and exited two companies in the health tech and edtech sectors, covering over 300,000 users. Sadkov has been featured in Forbes and is regarded as a new generation leader with both entrepreneurial spirit and execution capability. At LAB, he is responsible for overall operations and strategic implementation.

CTO Usman Rafiq and CMO Alex Kotlyarov, along with other core members, have many years of industry experience and have led multiple projects.

According to public information, LAB has completed a $2.3 million seed round of financing, led by Lemniscap, with support from tvm ventures, OKX Ventures, Mirana Ventures, KuCoin Ventures, Gate Ventures, GSR, Cypher Capital, and Animoca Brands.

Tokens

LAB tokens are the core value of the entire LAB ecosystem, designed to ensure the long-term alignment of interests among all participants. The total supply of LAB is 1 billion tokens, aimed at building a self-reinforcing and sustainable economic flywheel distribution scheme. The main allocation details are:

· Ecosystem & Rewards: 20%

· Liquidity: 20%

· Team & Advisors: 15%

· Seed Round: 13.8%

· Marketing & Partnerships: 13%

· Private Placement: 5.4%

· Airdrop: 10%

· KOL: 2.8%

LAB adopts a "staged release + long-term linear unlocking" model, aiming to reduce early market impact. At TGE, excluding the liquidity portion, the actual circulating tokens in the market account for only 21%. Over time, LAB will gradually release tokens. For the first three months, tokens from the seed round and private placement will be completely locked, with only a small amount of airdrop tokens entering the market.

The greatest advantage of this token allocation and release plan is its close integration of long-term incentives and ecosystem building. Low initial circulation gives the tokens scarcity in the early stages, attracting market attention. However, three months after the token launch, tokens from the seed round and private placement will begin to be released, combined with the continuous expansion of the ecosystem and market, which may increase selling pressure. This also means that the LAB team needs to deliver results that exceed market expectations.

At the same time, LAB has also launched a Loyalty Airdrop program, where all users who have traded on popular terminals like Photon, BullX, Axiom, Pump.fun, Banana Gun, and Maestro on chains such as Solana, Base, Ethereum, and BSC may receive LAB's Lootbox rewards. Users only need to connect their wallets and sign a read-only message to verify their historical trading volume to claim rewards.

Some LAB rewards in the Lootbox are initially locked, and users must continue trading on the LAB Terminal to unlock them. This design not only rewards early contributors but also promotes the growth of LAB Terminal usage, creating a positive feedback loop. Under this mechanism, LAB not only rewards past trading activity but also binds future participation to the ecosystem through additional points.

According to the official plan, the LAB Airdrop will be conducted in phases. Season 1 primarily targets external traders as a means to attract new users and expand the user base. Season 2 will launch before the TGE, with a complete shift in focus to trading activities within the LAB Terminal, encouraging users to engage deeply in ecosystem development.

Overall, LAB's launch in 2025 is not coincidental but a response to the development trends of the entire Web3 industry. LAB aims to address the core contradiction in the current on-chain trading ecosystem: the vast gap between the infinite opportunities of multi-chain and the chaotic, inefficient experiences traders actually face. LAB is not simply creating another trading platform; rather, through its innovative "L2 trading infrastructure" concept, it has built an intelligent trading layer that covers the entire network. By integrating fragmented processes through trading terminals and browser plugins, it provides users with an exceptional interactive experience.

More importantly, LAB also seeks to effectively bring nearly 900 million users from Telegram into the Web3 world. This means that ordinary users can easily participate in the on-chain economy without the complex concepts of wallets and private keys, transforming potential Web3 interest users into real active participants.

Looking ahead, LAB has already planned a clear development roadmap. In Q3 2025, LAB will launch a browser plugin and the "Instant Trade" feature, providing users with a faster order placement experience. At the same time, LAB will introduce Meme perpetual contracts and AI-driven smart tools, such as "narrative analysis" and "similar token search," to help traders quickly capture market trends. Entering Q4, LAB will release more incentive mechanisms aimed at long-term users, including staking and loyalty reward systems, and will open up professional-grade advanced features, such as rapid token discovery and algorithmic trading support. Additionally, LAB's mobile application will also launch during this phase, equipped with whale tracking and automatic trading alerts, providing users with a trading experience anytime, anywhere. By the end of the year, LAB will also introduce a copy trading leaderboard and a gamified task system, further enhancing community engagement through reward mechanisms and social elements.

In 2026, LAB's vision will expand to a grander scale. First, a complete set of tools for multi-chain asset management and cross-chain exchange will be launched, along with the governance module, allowing LAB token holders to truly participate in ecosystem decision-making. Subsequently, LAB will introduce developer SDKs and API tools, opening up a market for third-party strategies and trading algorithms, thereby lowering the barriers for new users to enter Web3.

It can be said that LAB's future plans are not limited to creating a "better trading terminal," but rather focus on building a complete system that encompasses tools, users, communities, and developer ecosystems.

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