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Hey r/Cardano,
Big day for the ecosystem - Surge just went live on Cardano mainnet.
For those who haven't been following: Surge is building the first non-custodial, permissionless automated trading platform for Cardano. Today marks our initial mainnet launch with our core feature - automated on-chain DEX trading strategies.
**✅ What's live right now:**
**Automated trading execution** \- Configure target daily trading activity, trade frequencies, and execution parameters through a simple interface
**Non-custodial architecture** \- Your keys, your funds, always. All transaction signing happens client-side. Audited by Anastasia Labs.
**Multi-wallet execution** \- Distribute trading activity across multiple wallets to prevent front-running and maintain execution privacy
**Simple configuration** \- No coding required - connect wallet, set parameters, deploy
**Why start with automated trading?**
Consistent trading activity is the foundation of healthy markets. Projects launching tokens need sustained on-chain activity to:
* Maintain tight spreads
* Attract organic traders
* Demonstrate market interest
* Prevent stale, illiquid markets
Until now, sustaining liquidity on Cardano required either manual trading (exhausting) or custom bots (expensive, technical). Surge makes it accessible to anyone.
**What's coming next (Q1-Q2 2026):**
We're launching with automated trading strategies. But we're building much more:
**📍 Coming soon:**
* Revenue sharing for $SURGE stakers (paid in ADA)
* Cross-DEX arbitrage strategies
* Spread trading and market making
* Peg stabilization
* Custom signal strategies
* AI mode for natural language strategy creation
* Multi-DEX routing and optimization
**Why this matters for Cardano:**
We talk a lot in this sub about the liquidity challenge. Cardano has strong fundamentals but lower on-chain activity compared to its market cap. The issue isn't lack of incentives, it's lack of accessible professional tools.
Projects need to be able to manage their markets like professionals. Traders need automation that actually works. The ecosystem needs sustained, programmatic activity.
That infrastructure is finally here and will be improved and enhanced over time.
**The bigger picture:**
Cardano spent years building the right foundation: secure, decentralized, and with **Leios** coming, genuinely scalable. Now we're in the execution phase where that foundation pays off.
Professional DeFi infrastructure + better UX + actual throughput = the formula that turns "promising tech" into "dominant ecosystem."
The best blockchain doesn't win by just having the best whitepaper. It wins by making it better for builders and users to succeed.
**Try it yourself:**
Platform is live at [surgecardano.com](http://surgecardano.com) (connect any Cardano wallet to get started)
We're also running a testnet if you want to experiment risk-free - guides available in our docs.
Excited to hear feedback from the community. What features are you most looking forward to? What strategies would you automate first?
Let's build. 🚀

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