# Junction > Your ultimate DeFi exchange Junction is a cross-chain DeFi exchange and routing platform. It lets users and developers swap, bridge, trade perpetuals, and earn yield across multiple blockchains through one app and API. Junction is a cross-chain DeFi exchange and routing platform. It gathers liquidity from aggregators, bridges, and lending venues, so users can swap, bridge, trade, and earn across multiple blockchains from one place. The same routing powers both a consumer app and a developer API. Junction routes orders to outside liquidity. A single quote call compares available routes and returns a ready-to-sign transaction for same-chain swaps, one-call bridges, perpetual futures, lending vaults, validator staking, and fiat on-ramps. The app also offers synthetic exposure to equities, foreign exchange, and commodities. Junction Exchange is the consumer app, where users connect a wallet or a social login. Junction API gives applications and AI agents the same routing through an API, SDKs, and an embeddable widget, and Junction Earn runs referral and XP programs. It is used by traders, wallet and app developers, and AI agent builders. - Type: Company - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2025-01-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/junction ## Products - [Junction API](https://thegrid.id/profiles/junction): Junction API is a developer interface that gives applications and AI agents access to Junction's cross-chain routing. One quote call covers swaps, bridges, perpetual futures, lending vaults, staking, and fiat on-ramps, and returns a ready-to-sign transaction or a trackable order. Developers integrate through the API, SDKs, an embeddable widget, or an agent tool server and can share in the routing fees. (Developer Tooling, Live) - [Junction Exchange](https://thegrid.id/profiles/junction): Junction Exchange is a cross-chain DeFi trading app that routes swaps and bridges across multiple blockchains from one interface. It compares routes from external aggregators and bridges, so users get one quote for same-chain and cross-chain trades. Users can also trade perpetual futures, take synthetic exposure to equities, foreign exchange, and commodities, and buy crypto with fiat. Accounts connect through a wallet or a social login. (DEX Aggregator, Live, Main Product) ## Assets - [Junction Token (JUN)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/junction): JUN is the utility token of the Junction ecosystem. It is used for trading fee discounts, staking for passive income, and launchpad access on Junction Exchange and Junction API. As an ERC-20 on Ethereum, it serves as a payment rail for transaction fees, removing the need to hold multiple native gas tokens when trading across chains. 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