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Orca and Loopscale merge into Formation for Solana DeFi platform

The merged firm is headquartered in New York and combines Orca trading with Loopscale credit order book and vaults to support launching assets with both trading and credit from day one.

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Solana decentralized exchange Orca and lending protocol Loopscale have merged into a single company called Formation, the teams announced. Formation will be headquartered in New York and led by Luke Truitt, with Mary Gooneratne as chief operating officer and Christopher Montagano as chief strategy and legal officer. Neither announcement disclosed financial terms.

Formation brings together Orca trading infrastructure with Loopscale’s credit order book and vaults, with the goal of letting an issuer launch an asset with trading and credit live from day one, according to Loopscale’s FAQ. The companies also framed the platform as a full stack of decentralized financial services, integrating liquidity solutions, credit, and vaults.

The firms cited their own track records for scale: Orca has processed more than $550 billion in trading volume since 2021, while Loopscale reports more than $150 million in deposits and over $2 billion in loans facilitated. Orca launched in February 2021 and raised an $18 million Series A the following September.

Loopscale is formerly known as Bridgesplit, and it raised $4.25 million in 2021 from CoinFund, Jump, Coinbase Ventures, Solana Ventures, and others, according to the announcement text. Formation also said it aims to finance AI, energy, robotics, and defense assets and eventually reach regulated U.S. markets.

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