# Orca > Orca is the go-to place to trade tokens and provide liquidity on Solana. Orca operates in the blockchain platforms sector and provides an advanced protocol based on a concentrated liquidity automated market maker (CLAMM). Orca operates with an advanced protocol based on a Concentrated Liquidity Automated Market Maker (CLAMM). The platform enables users to easily buy or sell cryptocurrencies by connecting their wallets. Orca's protocol focuses on providing liquidity and a seamless experience for managing crypto assets and transactions. - Type: Protocol - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2020-09-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Orca ## Products - [Orca v2](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Orca): Orca Protocol is a DEX on Solana, utilizing Concentrated Liquidity Automated Market Maker (CLAMM) technology. It features Whirlpools for focused liquidity provision, a Smart Router for optimal trade execution across multiple pools, and supports liquidity provision with fee earnings. The protocol employs the ORCA token for governance, allowing token holders to participate in decision-making processes. (Decentralised Exchange, Live, Main Product) - [Orca AiFi](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Orca): Automated liquidity position management for Orca pools using AI agents to optimize LP strategies. (Yield Aggregator, Discontinued) - [Wavebreak](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Orca): Wavebreak is a token launchpad on Solana that uses bonding curve mechanics to distribute new tokens transparently, graduating successful tokens into Orca Whirlpools for liquidity. The platform employs CAPTCHA integration with on-chain permission structures to prevent bot activity, while providing daily reward distributions to users based on trading volume. (Launch Pad, Live) ## Assets - [Orca token (ORCA)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Orca): ORCA is the governance token of Orca, a decentralized exchange on Solana. It is used to vote on protocol upgrades and participate in governance decisions, while liquidity providers earn ORCA rewards alongside trading fees. Holders benefit from the exchange's concentrated liquidity model, which allows providers to focus capital within specific price ranges for more efficient markets and better execution. (Governance) - [Orcanauts (ORCANAUT)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Orca): ORCANAUT is an NFT collection of 10,000 unique generative art characters created by artist Cori Huang for the Orca DEX community on Solana. It can be used as a custom avatar on orca.so and grants holders access to exclusive community channels and events. The collection allocated 75% of mint proceeds to develop a DeFi education curriculum for children through Orca's partnership with Aflatoun, while the Orca team took no revenue from the project. (NFT) - [Staked Orca (xORCA)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Orca): xORCA is a liquid staking token representing staked ORCA on the Orca protocol. It is used for earning yield from protocol fee buybacks and participating in governance votes on Orca. The token accrues value through an increasing exchange rate, where each xORCA represents progressively more ORCA as protocol fees fund buybacks distributed to stakers. 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