Unlocking unified margin, cross-collateralization, and deep liquidity across Spot, Perps, and Lending.
The **Vertex Wallet** represents a paradigm shift in decentralized exchange (DEX) architecture, moving beyond simple fund storage to become an integrated account management system. Operating on a unified margin model, the Vertex Wallet allows users to utilize the same collateral seamlessly across all core protocol units: **Spot** trading, high-leverage **Perpetuals (Perps)**, and the internal **Lending Unit**. This single-wallet efficiency drastically reduces capital fragmentation and enhances the user experience, making high-speed, risk-managed on-chain trading accessible and powerful.
For **Perps** traders, the Vertex Wallet is revolutionary. Instead of isolated accounts, all collateral is pooled into a single, unified margin account. This enables cross-collateralization, meaning profits from one trade can immediately offset losses in another. The wallet secures this margin, allowing traders to use their full capital potential for leveraged futures positions without manual transfers or delays, ensuring ultra-efficient risk management.
The same funds secured in the Vertex Wallet are used for **Spot** market transactions on the protocol's central limit order book (CLOB). This eliminates the need to move funds out of margin accounts just to execute a basic token swap or place a limit order. This tight integration ensures liquidity and collateral remain active and instantly accessible for both leverage and spot trades, providing a truly unified trading interface.
Vertex integrates an internal money market that acts as its **Lending Unit**. When funds are sitting idle in the Wallet's unified margin, they are automatically lent out to earn yield, while simultaneously being available as collateral for Perps/Spot trading. This dual-purpose utility maximizes capital efficiency, allowing users to earn passive income on assets that would otherwise be dormant, all managed securely within the single wallet architecture.
A: Unified Margin means all funds deposited into your Vertex account (wallet) are treated as a single pool of collateral, which can be used for any activity (Spot or Perps) simultaneously, maximizing capital efficiency.
A: By depositing collateral, those funds are automatically integrated into the protocol’s internal Lending Unit, earning a variable interest rate from traders who are borrowing assets for margin or leverage.
A: No, the Vertex Wallet operates non-custodially. Your crypto is secured by the underlying smart contracts and you retain control of your private keys; the exchange only manages the trading logic and account balances.
A: Vertex is built on the Arbitrum network, taking advantage of its Layer 2 speed and low transaction costs to ensure fast, responsive order book trading performance.
A: Yes, this is the core feature of the unified margin model. Your total account balance is used to calculate risk across all your open positions in both Spot and Perps markets.