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Raydium

Solana-based decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol that began operating in 2021 as an AMM integrated with the Serum/OpenBook order-book ecosystem. Raydium remained active after a December 2022 pool-authority compromise and subsequently moved administrative authority to multisig controls.

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Also known as: Raydium Protocol, Raydium DEX, raydium.io

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Key facts

Launch date
2021-01-01
Death date
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Years
2021–—
Origin
Solana ecosystem
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-06-15

URL handling

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URL status
Live verified
Original URL
https://raydium.io/
Archived URL
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Summary

Solana-based decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol that began operating in 2021 as an AMM integrated with the Serum/OpenBook order-book ecosystem. Raydium remained active after a December 2022 pool-authority compromise and subsequently moved administrative authority to multisig controls.

Timeline

Raydium began operating as a Solana AMM and DEX
2021-01-01launchedmedium

Raydium began operation in 2021 as an automated market maker and decentralized exchange integrated with Solana's order-book liquidity infrastructure.

Compromised pool authority enabled a Raydium liquidity-pool exploit
2022-12-16exploitcritical

A malicious actor gained control of Raydium Liquidity Pool V4's pool-owner authority and withdrew assets through fee-accounting instructions. Raydium revoked the compromised authority, deployed a mitigation and later moved authority controls to multisig infrastructure.

Evidence

What is Raydium
Raydium—official_statementhigh reliabilitylaunch_datearchive
Raydium official application
Raydium—official_statementhigh reliabilitystatusarchive
Detailed Post-Mortem and Next Steps
Raydium2022-12-17official_bloghigh reliabilityeventarchive
Raydium attack vectors and historical admin-key incident
Raydium—official_statementhigh reliabilityeventarchive
Raydium archived homepage index
Internet Archive—archive_capturemedium reliabilityurl_historyarchive

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Notes and record state

Record note
Entity-level umbrella record for Raydium's Solana DEX, liquidity and launch products. The launch marker is year-level because the official documentation states that Raydium started in 2021 without asserting a stronger exact day.
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