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Latch is going live in beta

The site is open, the whole app runs on testnet, and two demo sites are live. Here is what you can use today and what comes with the beta.

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Beta is coming. Latch Protocol: Launchpads, DEXes, Latches. The Lock Knight waves beside the headline.

Latch is a platform for shipping your own Launchpad or DEX. You pick a name, a theme and your fee wallet, send one transaction, and your site is live on shared, verified contracts. The site is open today. The app opens with the beta.

The Latch Protocol home page, with the beta banner and the two demo sites
latches.fun today

What is live today

  • The site and the docs. latches.fun and docs.latches.fun: how a launch works, every fee and cap, and the SDK quickstart.
  • The whole app on testnet. testnet.latches.fun is open to everyone. Test ETH is free, and testnet tokens have no value.
  • A demo Launchpad and a demo DEX. Both were built with the same kit every Latch site uses.
  • The Locker and Airdrops. Public pages that show what is locked and what can be claimed, with no wallet needed to look.
  • Pools and Analytics. Every pool and its trades, read from the chain.
  • Launch alerts on Telegram. @LatchDeploys posts one card per new token, Launchpad and DEX.

Try the demo sites

The demo Launchpad: a featured token, contenders and launch tiles with token icons
The demo Launchpad, on testnet

On the demo Launchpad you can launch a token in one transaction and trade it from the first block. On the demo DEX you can swap, read charts and trades, and add liquidity.

The demo DEX: volume and trades per day, and a markets table with token icons
The demo DEX, on testnet

What a launch on Latch gives you

  • A real pool from the first block. No bonding curve and no migration later.
  • Liquidity locked at creation. The lock has no expiry and no key that opens it.
  • Anti-snipe protection that ends by itself. The fee can open as high as 50% and decays to the pool's normal fee. The window is at least 60 seconds.
  • An optional creator tax with a hard ceiling. At most 10% per side, and it expires within 180 days.
  • A known opening market cap. The launch form starts from market cap and shows the price that results.
  • Your token's own icon everywhere. Launch tiles, the ticker, swap and the markets table.

What a site owner gets

  • Your own Launchpad or DEX in one transaction, with your wallet, your fee terms and your brand.
  • Twelve theme packs, including four new trading looks: degen, stonks, candle and moon. The demo Launchpad wears degen and the demo DEX wears stonks.
  • A free address at yourname.latches.fun.
  • Tools around a launch: token locks and vesting, liquidity locks, multisend, airdrops and team splits.
  • An MIT-licensed SDK and widgets to build your own front end.

What is coming

  • The beta. The app opens on mainnet, on Base and Robinhood Chain.
  • Fees paid in ETH on buys and sells. Creators, site owners and the protocol are all paid in the quote currency, whichever way a trade goes.
  • A share of each buy's fee for liquidity providers.
  • Stock pairs, with trading hours and a price band.
  • Best-price routing across venues, with no routing fee on Latch pools.
  • More chains.

There is no date on this list. When the beta opens, it will be announced on X first.

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