Imagine you're a trader. You see a perfect opportunity - Bitcoin just broke a key resistance level, and you need to act now.
But here's what you actually have to do on traditional DEX platforms:
First, you navigate to the trading interface. Click. Then you select your trading pair. Click. You input your position size. Click. You set your leverage. Click. You choose your order type - market or limit. Click. You review the transaction. Click. Then comes the wallet pop-up - you need to approve the transaction. Click. Another confirmation. Click.
That's 5 to 8 clicks minimum - and each one requires wallet confirmation pop-ups.
By the time you're done? The opportunity is gone. The price has moved. Your edge has evaporated.
This isn't just frustrating - it's financially devastating. And it's happening to traders thousands of times a day across the DeFi ecosystem.

Challenge 1: Session Keys - Security vs Speed
Problem: Unlimited permissions = security risk. Too many restrictions = pop-ups come back.
Solution: One-time setup with hard limits (max per trade, max total, time expiration). Session auto-revokes on suspicious activity. Keys stored locally, never on our servers.

Challenge 2: Range Order Accuracy
Problem: Users could set impossibly wide ranges to game the system. Price could also gap through the range entirely.
Solution: Cap range at 0.1% / 0.2% of current price. If price gaps through, execute at first available price in zone or cancel. Keeps 95% fill rate without bad execution.

Challenge 3: Price Sync Performance
Problem: Checking thousands of orders against real-time prices on-chain = expensive. Off-chain only = stale data risk.
Solution: Hybrid - frontend gets Pyth real-time via WebSocket, backend checks orders off-chain, but execution always verifies on-chain. Backend refetches if price >3 seconds old.

https://github.com/Tethra-Dex

https://tethradex.vercel.app/

Tethra is the perpetual trading protocol that makes trading as fast as tapping your screen. While platforms like GMX and dYdX require 5-8 clicks and multiple wallet pop-ups to place a single trade, Tethra lets you tap the chart once and you're done.We've built four breakthrough technologies into one seamless experience.

• First, our tap-to-trade interface eliminates all forms and menus - you see a price level on the chart, tap it, and your position opens instantly.

• Second, we use range orders instead of exact limits.

• Third, our session keys mean you approve once and then trade unlimited times without pop-up confirmations.

• Finally, we've integrated Account Abstraction through Privy, so users can login with email and pay gas fees with USDC instead of needing MetaMask and ETH.

We're targeting three main customer segments that are massively underserved by current DeFi platforms.
Our primary focus is active scalpers and day traders. These traders need sub-second execution speed and are currently frustrated with form-heavy DEX interfaces. Most of them use centralized exchanges despite wanting self-custody because DeFi is simply too slow. We give them CEX-speed execution with DEX self-custody.
Our another segment is DeFi-curious retail traders coming from CEXs like Binance who want to try perpetual trading but are intimidated by the technical complexity. They don't have MetaMask, don't understand seed phrases, and get stuck at onboarding. Our email login and USDC gas payments remove these barriers completely.

We have three main competitors. Rush Trade also does tap-to-trade, but they only have market orders and still show pop-ups. We have range orders with high fill rates and zero pop-ups after setup.
Euphoria is gamified tap-to-predict - basically gambling. We're actual perpetual trading with leverage, stop losses, and proper risk management. Same simplicity, but professional tools.
GMX, dYdX, Hyperliquid are traditional perp DEXs with form-based interfaces requiring 5-8 clicks per trade. They're desktop-first and need MetaMask. We're with 1-tap execution and email login.
Our advantage is the full package: tap interface, session keys, account abstraction and we're building Layer 3 in 2026 for fastest infrastructure in DeFi.