Aark Digital Review 2026: 1000x Perpetuals on Arbitrum

Aark Digital is a decentralised exchange for perpetual futures, deployed on Arbitrum. Its homepage advertises trading with up to 1000x leverage, a 0.01% trading fee and zero gas fees, and it describes its model as peer-to-pool.

The listing data shows the protocol has been listed since August 2023 and has a token ticker of AARK. The homepage also says the project is backed by OKX Ventures, a claim public sources present as the project's own statement. The listing data records no total value locked at the time of writing, so there is no public figure for how much capital sits behind the pool.

The product is aimed at traders who already understand leveraged derivatives. The project does not describe a beginner mode, educational material or customer support channels beyond the website.

Aark Digital is a perpetuals exchange. A perpetual contract is a derivative that tracks an asset's price without an expiry date. A trader posts collateral, chooses a position size and direction, and uses leverage to control a larger position than the collateral alone would allow. If the market moves against the position far enough, the collateral is lost through liquidation.

The project calls its design peer-to-pool. In pool-based perps, the other side of a trade is a shared pool of liquidity rather than a matching trader on an order book. The pool's balance changes as traders win and lose, so the pool's depth and risk limits shape how large a position can be. The project does not describe the specific parameters, such as caps, fees or how the pool is funded.

On Arbitrum, the trading and settlement happen on-chain, so each open position, deposit and withdrawal is recorded on the network. The homepage's zero gas fee claim refers to the cost of transactions on the protocol, but the project does not explain how those costs are covered.

The homepage advertises a 0.01% trading fee and zero gas fees on Arbitrum. These are the only fee figures.

The project does not publish funding rates, withdrawal costs, liquidation penalties or VIP reward terms in the material reviewed here. Users would find the full fee schedule in the app or the project's documentation before trading.

The available listing data records zero audits. The project does not name an audit firm or link to an audit report, so readers cannot confirm the contracts have been reviewed by a third party from the material here.

The homepage says the project is backed by OKX Ventures. An investor backing is not an audit and does not show how the contracts or the pool are secured. Custody is non-custodial in the sense that users trade from their own wallets, but smart-contract risk and pool counterparty risk remain.

The project does not state a regulatory status, licence or jurisdiction for Aark Digital, and they record no security incidents. Leveraged derivatives carry a high risk of loss, and trading should be limited to money the user can afford to lose.

Aark Digital is for experienced traders who already use leveraged perpetual contracts and hold collateral on Arbitrum. It is less suited to beginners, to anyone who cannot tolerate rapid losses, or to users who need a published audit or regulatory status before committing funds.