Shield Swap partners with Flowdesk to offer institutional liquidity for confidential onchain trading.
DeFi & Yields ·
Shield Swap has partnered with Flowdesk to supply institutional liquidity for confidential onchain trading, according to an announcement from Shield Swap. The partnership targets professional investors seeking to trade with privacy protections on a public blockchain.
Onchain liquidity—the depth of capital available to trade or settle assets directly on a blockchain without intermediaries—has become central to decentralized finance. It is supplied through two main structures: automated market makers (AMMs), where liquidity providers deposit asset pairs into pools and earn fees, and onchain order books, which replicate traditional exchange bid/ask mechanics. Professional market makers and protocol incentives bootstrap liquidity, with newer designs experimenting with more active capital allocation to keep depth concentrated where trading occurs.
The specifics of how Shield Swap and Flowdesk will operate their liquidity provision—whether through AMM or order book mechanisms, which blockchain they will use, or what fee structures will apply—remain undisclosed. Broader industry trends toward consolidating fragmented liquidity and bringing professional market-making on-chain suggest the competitive landscape Shield Swap is entering, though the terms of this particular partnership have not been detailed.