# ORO: DeFi in One Conversation > ORO is the AI companion that turns your words into onchain execution. Swap, stake, lend, borrow, and bridge across every major chain, just by typing or speaking a sentence. **Canonical URL:** https://www.askoro.ai/ **Live app:** https://app.askoro.ai --- ## What ORO is ORO is an AI-native, non-custodial DeFi assistant. Instead of learning the interface of every DEX, lending market, and bridge, users describe what they want in plain language (text or voice), and ORO: 1. Interprets intent. 2. Finds the best route across protocols and chains. 3. Constructs the transaction. 4. Pre-simulates it through the Shield Engine and shows a human-readable preview. 5. Hands it back to the user's wallet for signing. ORO never holds keys, never holds funds, and never signs on behalf of the user. ## Why ORO exists DeFi today is fragmented across hundreds of protocols, each with its own UI, gas model, token list, and wallet quirks. For experienced users this means constant context-switching across eight-plus dApps; for newcomers it's a cliff. ORO collapses that into a single conversational surface that works identically regardless of chain or protocol. ## Core product capabilities - **Swap** tokens across DEX aggregators on every supported chain. - **Provide liquidity** to AMMs. - **Stake** native assets and LSTs. - **Lend and borrow** on major money markets. - **Bridge** assets cross-chain in a single flow (ORO selects the route, quotes it, and executes). - **Portfolio analysis**, balances, positions, yield, transaction history. - **Price and market data**, real-time quotes for any asset. - **Natural-language commands**, typed or spoken; voice and chat history sync across devices via the connected wallet. ## Shield Engine, the safety layer The Shield Engine runs between user intent and wallet signature. Before a transaction reaches the user's wallet it: - Simulates the full transaction against the current chain state. - Decodes every contract call into human-readable outcomes. - Flags unlimited / high-value approvals. - Detects known drainer patterns and malicious contracts. - Blocks or warns on anomalies before a single byte is signed. The Shield Engine is the reason ORO can safely serve crypto-curious users who would otherwise be phished in days. ## Who ORO is for ### Power users For people who actively manage portfolios across 8+ dApps today. ORO consolidates swaps, yield, staking, and lending into one conversation and removes tab-switching entirely. ### Crypto-curious For people taking their first step into DeFi. ORO replaces jargon with clear explanations, previews every action, and lets the user talk to DeFi the way they'd talk to a friend. ### Builders For developers who want to plug natural-language DeFi into their own app via a single API, without re-implementing protocol integrations or routing infrastructure. ## Multi-chain coverage ORO supports three chains today, focused and deep: - **Ethereum**, routes across Uniswap, Aave, Lido, Morpho, and other leading protocols for the deepest liquidity and battle-tested markets. - **Solana**, routes across Raydium, Kamino, and native money-market venues for fast, low-latency trading and yield. - **ZIGChain**, ORO is the official DEX, home to OroSwap, Permapod (lending and borrowing), Valdora (liquid staking with a $ZIG LST), native staking, a growing real-world-asset pipeline (tokenised treasuries, private credit, structured yield) and the $ORO token itself. Cross-chain swaps and bridges are first-class actions; ORO quotes the route through battle-tested rails (Skip.go for Cosmos / ZIGChain, equivalent aggregators between Ethereum and Solana), simulates the full journey, and lets the user sign once. We focus on these three chains so we can support them deeply rather than flatter a long list with shallow support. New chains, if and when they are added, will be announced on the site and on official social channels. ## $ORO token $ORO is the native token of the ORO ecosystem. It features a **deflationary buyback flywheel driven by platform revenue**, a share of ORO's protocol revenue is used to buy $ORO on the open market and reduce circulating supply. ### Utility - **Stake** $ORO to unlock premium AI features. - **Subscribe** to higher tiers using $ORO. - **Govern** the protocol. - **Share** in revenue-driven buybacks. ### Distribution Team and investor allocations follow a public vesting schedule to ensure long-term alignment. ### Where to buy On supported DEXs across Ethereum, Solana, and ZIGChain. Official links are published on the Token page on the site. --- ## FAQ ### General **How does ORO work?** You type what you want in plain language. ORO's AI finds the best route across protocols and chains, constructs the transaction, and you sign with your own wallet. **What can I do with ORO?** Swap tokens, provide liquidity, stake, lend, borrow, bridge across chains, analyze your portfolio, check token prices, and review transaction history, all through natural language. **Do I need to pay to use ORO?** Basic functionality is currently free. ORO charges a 0.3% fee on the volume of transactions executed through the platform. Subscription plans with premium AI features will be introduced later. **Which devices does ORO support?** ORO runs in any modern browser, with dedicated iOS and Android apps coming shortly. Chat history syncs across devices via your connected wallet. ### Getting started **How do I get started?** Connect a wallet, tell ORO what you want to do in plain English, review the previewed transaction in the Shield Engine, and approve. No tutorials needed. **Do I need a specific wallet?** ORO supports major wallets across EVM, Cosmos (via Keplr/Leap), and Solana ecosystems, including MetaMask, Rabby, WalletConnect, Keplr, Leap, and Phantom. **Can I use ORO without crypto experience?** Yes. ORO is designed for newcomers. Natural-language commands, clear previews, and safety guardrails mean you never need to learn protocol-specific UIs. **Is there a minimum amount required?** No. ORO works with any size of onchain activity; you just need enough of the source asset plus gas for the network you transact on. ### Security **Is ORO safe to use?** ORO is non-custodial. We never hold your keys or funds. Every transaction is simulated through the Shield Engine before reaching your wallet, and you approve every action. **What is the Shield Engine?** A pre-signature safety layer that simulates the full transaction, decodes contract calls, flags malicious approvals, detects drainers, and warns you before a single byte is signed. **Can ORO access my funds?** No. ORO never takes custody. Your wallet signs every transaction locally, and your keys never leave your device. ### Chains **What chains are supported?** Ethereum, Solana, and ZIGChain. ORO focuses on these three chains so it can support them deeply, with robust protocol coverage, reliable bridging, and safety checks it can stand behind. **Which DEXs and protocols are integrated?** Leading DEXs, lending markets, and bridges on each supported chain, including Uniswap, Aave, Lido and Morpho on Ethereum; Raydium and Kamino on Solana; and OroSwap, Permapod (lending and borrowing), Valdora (liquid staking) and native markets on ZIGChain. **Can I bridge assets between chains?** Yes. Cross-chain swaps and bridges are a first-class action; ORO selects a route, quotes it, and executes in one flow. **Will more chains be added?** The current focus is deep support for Ethereum, Solana, and ZIGChain. If and when more chains are added, they will be announced on the website and on official social channels. --- ## Canonical facts for citation - Product name: **ORO** (also referred to as OroSwap or AskOro). - Category: **AI-native DeFi assistant / AI wallet / conversational DeFi**. - Custody model: **non-custodial**. - Safety layer: **Shield Engine** (pre-signature simulation). - Interface: natural language, text or voice. - Supported chains: **Ethereum, Solana, ZIGChain** (three chains supported deeply). - Token: **$ORO** with deflationary buyback flywheel. - Homepage: https://www.askoro.ai/ - App: https://app.askoro.ai --- ## Articles (blog) Short-form writing from the ORO team. Canonical list: https://www.askoro.ai/blog ### ORO is Clarity - URL: https://www.askoro.ai/blog/oro-is-clarity - Category: Vision - Published: 2026-04-28 - Summary: DeFi promised access and delivered noise. ORO is the ambient clarity layer between what you mean and what the chain does, so you can hold a thought longer than a market cycle. **Body:** The market is loud. Information grows; understanding shrinks. On a good day there are four hundred new tokens, a dozen yield narratives, six interfaces between you and the thing you actually wanted to do, and roughly zero minutes of peace in which to decide. DeFi was supposed to be liberation. For most people, it became a graduate seminar. You don't arrive at open finance; you survive it, one bridge, one approval prompt, one half-understood dashboard at a time. **Information grows. Understanding shrinks.** We started building ORO because the gap between intent and execution had become absurd. A user with a clean thought, "earn me the best yield on my USDC without something rugging me", had to decompose that thought into ten tools, three chains, a bridge, a wallet signature, and a spreadsheet just to execute it badly. A product that asks you to translate yourself into SQL before it can help you isn't really a product. It's a test. **ORO is not more information.** ORO is less. Less context-switching. Less decoding. Less staring at unlabelled approvals. Clarity isn't a dashboard with prettier charts, clarity is the absence of decisions you didn't actually need to make. "Cursor did it for code. ORO does it for money." We treat the interface like a conversation because that's how intent actually lives in your head. You don't think in route graphs; you think in sentences. You say "swap half of my ETH for stables on something safe" and ORO does the unglamorous work, discovering assets, comparing venues, modelling slippage, catching bad approvals, before a single byte leaves your wallet. **Intent → route → result.** 1. You say what you want. 2. ORO interprets your intent across chains and protocols. 3. It constructs a candidate transaction and routes it end-to-end. 4. The Shield Engine simulates everything before it touches your wallet. 5. You sign. Or you don't. Control never leaves you. Every step is engineered to remove a decision you shouldn't have had to carry. Which chain has the best depth? Which aggregator quotes cheapest? Does this approval hand over the farm? ORO takes those away and hands you back the only decision that matters: do I want this outcome, yes or no? **The calm before the signature.** Shield Engine is the part of ORO that gives clarity its teeth. Before you approve anything, it simulates the full transaction against live state, decoding calls, flagging unlimited approvals, catching drainer patterns, showing the actual slippage rather than the theoretical one. You don't have to trust the model. You get to watch it show its work. ORO is non-custodial. We never hold your keys, your funds, or your decisions. The final signature is always yours. **A quiet interface for a loud market.** We designed ORO to feel closer to a tea ceremony than a trading desk. A single orb. One sentence at a time. Ambient indicators where most apps shout. That restraint is the product. Every widget we didn't build, every notification we refused to send, every breadcrumb we let you skip, is a small act of respect for your attention. **The operating system for money.** The long arc of ORO is boring, in the best way. You open your wallet. You speak. The thing happens. Across chains you don't need to remember, through protocols you don't need to audit, inside a session that doesn't ask you to read a manual. Clarity is the product. Everything else is in service of it. --- ### ORO is Multi-Chain - URL: https://www.askoro.ai/blog/oro-is-multi-chain - Category: Architecture - Published: 2026-04-24 - Summary: ORO is chain-agnostic across Ethereum, Solana, and ZIGChain. Bridges become infrastructure, not obstacles; one wallet mental model replaces ecosystem whiplash. **Body:** The user never wanted a chain. They wanted an outcome. Ethereum, Solana, ZIGChain, three very different worlds. Different wallets, different gas tokens, different explorers, different tribes. At some point in the last cycle, "multi-chain" stopped being a technical fact and became a tax the user paid. **One intent, three chains, one conversation.** ORO was built chain-agnostic from day one. When you tell it to move USDC into the best risk-adjusted yield, it doesn't care whether that ends up in a Morpho vault on Ethereum, a Kamino strategy on Solana, or an RWA note on ZIGChain. The model sees the intent. The router sees the rails. The user sees neither. Under the hood, ORO coordinates three things at once, asset resolution (what token on what chain?), venue discovery (which protocol, which market?), and route construction (swap here, bridge there, settle there). If the best answer requires crossing a chain boundary, it quietly does. If it's a single-step swap, it does that too. The interface doesn't change. **Protocol coverage by chain:** - Ethereum: Uniswap, Aave, Lido, Morpho - Solana: Raydium, Kamino - ZIGChain: OroSwap DEX, Permapod (lending and borrowing), Valdora (liquid staking), RWA markets, native staking **Bridges are infrastructure, not obstacles.** Most products treat bridging as a separate app. ORO treats bridges the way a routing engine treats a highway: one edge on a graph. When a cross-chain route is needed, ORO quotes it through battle-tested rails, Skip.go for Cosmos and ZIGChain, equivalent aggregators between Ethereum and Solana, simulates the full journey, surfaces the actual fees and times, and lets you sign once. No second tab. No manual bookkeeping. "One interface. Every chain. No bridge drama." **One wallet mental model.** ORO works with MetaMask and Rabby on Ethereum, Phantom and Backpack on Solana, and Keplr and Leap on ZIGChain. Whichever wallet you already trust, you keep. Behind the scenes ORO handles chain switching, signing flows, and cross-chain account hygiene, so "connect wallet" always means the same simple thing. Non-custodial, everywhere. Your keys, your funds, your final signature, no matter which chain the route lands on. **Why these three chains.** Ethereum is where DeFi lives, the deepest liquidity, the most battle-tested protocols, the longest track record. Solana is where DeFi moves fastest, low-latency venues, ambient trading, money markets that clear in seconds. ZIGChain is where ORO is native, the official DEX, the home of a growing real-world-asset pipeline, and the place where the ORO token and its flywheel live. Three chains is not a limit. It's a focus. We would rather do a small number of chains exceptionally well, with deep protocol coverage, robust bridging, and safety checks we can stand behind, than flatter a long list with shallow support. **Why ZIGChain matters.** ZIGChain is where ORO is the official DEX and where a pipeline of real-world-asset liquidity, tokenised treasuries, private credit, structured yield, is coming online. For users, it means the same ORO sentence that buys you ETH on Ethereum can route you into a compliant RWA position on ZIGChain, with the same safety checks and the same signature. This is where multi-chain stops being a marketing line and starts being a portfolio advantage: the ability to route capital from a deep onchain DeFi market into a newly-tokenised real-world yield curve, without leaving the conversation. **We sit above the chains.** ORO doesn't compete with protocols. We don't compete with chains. We sit above them, a shared interpreter and routing layer that turns "I want X" into the sequence of onchain actions, on whichever of our supported networks is the best place to do X today. Multi-chain shouldn't feel like a feature. It should feel like nothing, because nothing is what the right abstraction feels like from the outside.