Talus x ZO: Unlocking Smarter Perpetual Trading on Sui

We're partnering with ZO, an intelligent perpetual protocol on Sui. This collaboration brings Talus AI Agents to ZO's trading platform to help make trading more accessible and efficient. By integrating our technologies, we're developing tools that can work continuously to support traders in decision-making and risk management.

The Real Problem: Trading Is Hard

Let's face it – trading perpetuals isn't easy. Even experienced traders struggle with:

• The Constant Babysitting: Having to check your positions day and night to avoid liquidation is exhausting
• Making Bad Calls: We've all been there – making emotional trading decisions that we regret later
• Strategy Complexity: Those sophisticated trading strategies you read about? They're often too complex for most of us to implement consistently
• The Liquidation Fear: That nagging worry that a market swing while you're sleeping could wipe out your position

These aren't just minor inconveniences – they're real barriers that keep many people from succeeding in DeFi trading. And they're exactly what we're tackling with this partnership.

What's ZO All About?

ZO is reimagining how perpetual trading works with three key components:

1. A Lightning-Fast Perpetual DEX: Built on Sui, it offers zero slippage, great pricing, and transactions that settle in less than a second.
2. The Brains of the Operation: An intelligence module with Talus Agents that help simplify trading through personalized advice and automation.
3. Tools for Builders: An Agent SDK that makes it easy for developers to build on top of ZO.

ZO is built for speed and intelligence, making it a strong platform for integrating Talus Agents.

Talus Agents: Bringing Intelligence to ZO

Our partnership is bringing three types of agents to ZO's platform:

Your Personal Trader

Think of this agent as the execution specialist on your team. It can:

• Follow your playbook (like "buy when BTC hits the 30-day low, sell when it reaches the 7-day high").
• Keep an eye on your positions and add collateral automatically if they get close to liquidation.
• Handle the complex, repetitive parts of trading so you don't have to.

Your Market Analyst

This agent is like having a research analyst who never sleeps:

• It watches market trends and conditions 24/7.
• Provides insights based on what's happening now and your own trading history.
• Flags opportunities you might miss and warns you about potential risks.

Your Strategy Coach

This agent helps you level up your trading game:

• Suggests strategies that match your risk tolerance and goals.
• Tests those strategies against past market data to show you how they might perform.
• Puts winning strategies to work automatically, adjusting as markets change.

How It Actually Works

Behind the scenes, we're using our Nexus framework to make these agents work seamlessly with ZO. Here's the simple version:

1. The agents follow clear workflows to get specific jobs done.
2. ZO's trading tools are registered in the Talus ecosystem, so agents can use them directly.
3. Everything happens onchain, making it faster and more transparent.

For example, when you set up a Trading Agent, it might:

• Take your instructions (like when to buy or sell).
• Keep tabs on prices using real-time data feeds.
• Place orders directly through ZO when conditions look right.
• Manage your position based on the risk rules you've set.
• Let you know what it's doing and how things are going.

An advantage of this integration is that Talus Agents can interact directly with ZO's trading platform onchain, which can reduce delays and improve trading execution timing.

Future Possibilities

The integration of AI agents into trading platforms represents an emerging trend in DeFi. As this technology develops, we may see increasing trading volume on perpetual platforms coming from agents that can operate continuously, execute consistent strategies, and potentially manage certain risks systematically.

ZO is developing its platform for agent-powered trading by building tools for developers interested in creating trading assistants. Through Talus, these tools and agents will be available to developers, contributing to an ecosystem of trading agents designed for various needs and strategies. This partnership with ZO is one of several collaborations we’re exploring in the trading space, and it marks an important step toward making sophisticated trading tools more accessible to a broader audience — including those without years of experience or expensive setups.

About Talus

Talus is a next-gen blockchain platform for building onchain multi-agent systems. Talus empowers visionaries to create innovative consumer apps that combine blockchain and AI agents to reshape digital experiences. Through Talus’ agent-powered applications, users can enhance every aspect of their digital lives, helping them achieve their fullest potential in a transparent, decentralized ecosystem.

To learn more about Talus, follow us on Twitter, check out our GitHub, visit our Discord, and read our blog

About ZO

ZO is the first intelligent perpetual protocol built by the Sudo Finance team. Following a trader-to-pool model like GMX/Jupiter Perps and leveraging the best technology from Sui Network, ZO Perpetual DEX is one of the fastest perpetual platforms onchain. ZO features fully on-chain settlement, zero slippage, best pricing through decentralized price feeds, and subsecond finality.

For more information about ZO, visit their website and follow them on Twitter