ZENDEX, a decentralized exchange designed for professional capital and private execution, has launched its public testnet following a comprehensive security audit by Hacken and Dual Defense. The platform relies on a zero-knowledge framework unifying a shielded ZK-AMM and a private limit order book to reduce front-running, sandwich attacks, and other extractive MEV practices. The ZEN-denominated fee engine, anchored by Horizen’s legacy utility asset, ensures permanent conversion of all collected fees distributed to liquidity providers, treasury operations, and the existing ZEN Staking Contract. ZENDEX also integrates compliance controls via AMLBot and PureFi to introduce privacy-preserving compliance signals without compromising self-custody and open access principles. The roadmap includes a private mainnet, followed by V2 and V3 phases toward private EVM liquidity aggregation and advanced on-chain ZK-DeFi execution functionality.
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