Introduction

The Ominichain Liquidity Protocol with High Liquidity Efficiency, MEV Protection, and Zero Slippage

Celer Intent is a next-generation omnichain liquidity protocol designed to deliver seamless trading experiences for users and optimize capital efficiency for institutional market makers. Traditional cross-chain trading can be costly or even impractical, especially when handling large volumes, due to AMM-induced slippage and shallow liquidity in bridge-based pools. Celer Intent changes this by enabling “just-in-time” liquidity, allowing users to execute cross-chain swaps with zero slippage.

At its core, Celer Intent introduces an xRFQ (cross-chain Request For Quote) system. Instead of routing trades through a series of decentralized exchanges and bridges, user intents are broadcast directly to a network of professional market makers. The market maker offering the most competitive quote responds with a verifiable signature, and the transaction is settled atomically through smart contracts and Celer’s inter-chain messaging framework.

The Celer Intent protocol offers the following key benefits:

Low fees. Since trades are executed directly between users and market makers on separate chains, Celer Intent eliminates the need for intermediate bridges and DEXes—reducing multi-hop fees that typically compound during cross-chain transactions.

Superior capital efficiency. Unlike AMMs that require liquidity to be locked in pools regardless of activity, Celer Intent only requires capital at the moment of a confirmed user request. This “on-demand” model allows market makers to keep funds productive elsewhere when not in use, resulting in significantly better capital utilization than traditional bridges or DEXes.

Large cross-chain swaps with zero slippage. Because trades are matched directly with market makers at a locked-in price, Celer Intent avoids the slippage typically seen with intermediate on-chain swaps—particularly when large transaction sizes are involved.

MEV resistance. By operating outside the bounds of on-chain AMMs, Celer Intent prevents common MEV exploits such as sandwich attacks. All quotes are locked off-chain before execution, preserving pricing integrity.

Celer Intent is already live on mainnet and fully integrated with Celer cBridge. Developers of omnichain dApps—including bridges, DEXes, and aggregators—can easily plug in via the Celer Intent Open API. Market makers can connect through the Celer Intent SDK to start handling quotes and fulfilling cross-chain orders.

Most importantly, Celer Intent is a trustless protocol. Trades are executed only when all conditions are cryptographically verified and met. Neither the user nor the market maker can claim funds from the other without completing the full cross-chain transaction.