Nolus is built to work without fragmenting liquidity. Instead of pulling assets into a hub chain first, the protocol connects directly to the network where the liquidity already lives, so it can borrow and trade on an integrated exchange in one flow.
Live networks
Nolus currently runs on Solana. You connect with a Solana wallet, either Solflare or Phantom.
The collateral behind a position is held in an account controlled by the protocol for the life of that position, and assets move between your Nolus account and Solana over the protocol’s transfer channel.
Assets on Solana
The assets available on Solana are cbBTC, HYPE, JLP, NLS, SOL, USDC, wETH and ZEC.
See Fund & Withdraw Assets for the step-by-step transfer flow.
Assets available for leverage
On Solana you can open long positions on cbBTC, HYPE, JLP, SOL, wETH and ZEC, up to 5x, with the down payment made in SOL or USDC, except that cbBTC, JLP, wETH and ZEC open with USDC only.
Short positions are currently available on Solana for cbBTC, SOL and wETH.
For an asset to be accepted for leverage it needs deep enough liquidity on an integrated exchange and listings on several trading venues, so arbitrage can keep its price in line during sharp moves. Assets with smaller market capitalisation and thin liquidity can become temporarily unavailable.
Assets available in Earn
The pools listed in Earn: cbBTC on Solana, SOL on Solana, USDC on Solana and wETH on Solana. A pool that has reached its Supply Cap stops taking new supply until the cap moves or liquidity is withdrawn, so check the Earn page for what is open right now. See Earn on Idle Assets for how supplying works.
Assets accepted for gas fees
NLS, cbBTC, HYPE, SOL, USDC, USDC_NOBLE and wETH. You can pay Nolus network fees with the Solana assets themselves, so you do not need to hold NLS. Fees for transactions on Solana itself are paid in SOL from your own wallet.
You do not choose which asset pays; the protocol decides the fee and the asset before your wallet shows you the prompt. See Fee Structure for how that works and what happens when nothing you hold covers it.
What can change between sessions
The offering is managed by the protocol, so an asset or a whole market can be taken off the pickers without an app update. If that happens, existing positions stay manageable and closable, and withdrawing your own funds is never blocked.
A Solana session does not get the Swap tab in the transfer dialog: it sees Fund and Withdraw only.
For the exact token denominations used on Solana, see the technical documentation at docs.nolus.io.