Solana-based decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter has officially released Ultra v3, calling it “the most advanced end-to-end trading engine ever created.” The new edition represents a significant overhaul of the way traders exchange assets within Solana’s fast-growing DeFi universe.
According to Jupiter team members: Ultrav3 provides up to 34 times better sandwich protection, industry superior slip control and costs that are up to 10 times more cost effective. Collectively, these improvements are intended to provide users with more reliable trading and faster trade executions, especially during periods of peak network usage.
At the heart of Ultra v3 is a new routing engine known as Iris, essentially a ‘meta-aggregator’ that finds and rates prices from various platforms, including JupiterZ, DFlow, Hashflow and OKX.
JupiterZ, the company’s internal Request for Quote (RFQ) system, is also central to the upgrade. According to the company, it handles approximately $100 million in daily trading volume without slippage and will now only be accessible via Ultra v3. This deep integration enables lower order fragmentation and ensures professional execution quality for both institutional and retail traders.
Ultra V3 is fully integrated into Jupiter’s mobile and desktop apps, API, and Pro Tools interface, allowing for a more unified approach across all platforms. All transactions through Jupiter on any device automatically benefit from these new optimizations; no settings adjustments are required.
Predictive technology increases speed, precision and protection
A key technical feature of Ultra v3 is an improved version of Jupiter’s predictive execution engine, improving its ability to route decisions at good points rather than just at optimal points. The system performs so-called just-in-time simulations – attempting to switch routes within milliseconds of execution – to obtain the most optimal and lowest possible transactions.
This is supported by ShadowLane, Jupiter’s internal transaction landing engine, which enables the private execution of transactions in less than a second. The company claims the design allows transactions to be processed efficiently while allowing them to trade in the dark, reducing frontrunning risk and providing more stable performance even during high network traffic loads.
Jupiter has also mitigated the threat of MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) attacks – a major concern in decentralized trading. MEV essentially occurs when bots or validators manipulate the transaction order in a way that allows them to pre-execute transactions and generate profits, usually at the expense of regular users. While Jupiter says most MEV seekers are aggregators selling their order flow to third-party MEV seekers, Ultra v3 does the opposite.
This move is further evidence of Jupiter’s commitment to transparency and trader safety, positioning itself as a user-centric DEX aggregator in an increasingly competitive landscape.
Jupiter expands accessibility with gas-free trading
Another key feature of Ultra v3 is the extended “Gasless Support”, which allows users to trade on Solana even if they do not have SOL, the network’s native token, to pay the fees. As long as one of the tokens of the trade has a valid value, Ultra V3 can perform the calculation and payment of the gas fees using its own swap.
This feature greatly reduces friction for those joining the system and provides access to SOL, which can be difficult to obtain. The gasless model now also includes support for Token-2022 assets and memecoin-memecoin pairs, as well as a smaller minimum trade size of $10, making it easier for small traders and DeFi newcomers to participate.
By improving these features and capabilities, Jupiter is working to improve decentralized trading, making it better, faster, and less exclusive – a crucial step toward onboarding the next wave of Solana users.
In the wake of the launch of Ultra v3, Jupiter is consolidating its status as the largest decentralized exchange aggregator on Solana based on monthly processed volume, which is already in the billions. The emphasis on security, predictive technology and low fees in the protocol represents the new benchmark for decentralized trading infrastructure.
The launch follows Solana’s meteoric rise in terms of developer activity and user adoption, cementing its position as one of the leading blockchains for fast, low-cost DeFi transactions.
