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DEXTER

Dexter is a hybrid perpetual trading venue built to keep execution fast, collateral explicit, and market posture visible.

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#What Dexter is

Dexter combines an off-chain exchange runtime with contract-bound custody and treasury controls.

Orders, pricing decisions, market-state transitions, funding, liquidations, and publication move through one ordered runtime.

Collateral, withdrawal requests, treasury permissions, and participation-linked balances stay in contract-governed storage.

That split is not cosmetic.

It lets the venue move quickly where matching and market control need speed, while keeping settlement references and protocol-owned balances inside narrower contract boundaries.

#What the venue keeps explicit

Dexter is designed so the user can see when a market is fully open, when it has tightened, and when the venue is waiting on a cleaner reference path.

It is also designed so collateral, treasury balances, insurance reserves, and participation-linked balances do not blur into one generic pool.

Published roots, proof-gated withdrawals, and explicit market states are part of the same objective.

The venue should stay understandable while it is moving, not only after the fact.