Panora, the leading Move-based DEX aggregator on the Aptos blockchain, has taken a significant step forward in improving user experience by integrating sponsored swaps through Shinami’s Gas Station.
Known for its high-performance products—Panora Swap and Panora Trade—the platform offers users optimal swap rates by aggregating liquidity from AMMs, LSDs, and on-chain order books. Built on Aptos, Panora leverages the network’s low-latency and high throughput to deliver an experience comparable to centralized exchanges while maintaining DeFi’s core principles of transparency and decentralization.
A major hurdle for DeFi users on Aptos has been the requirement to hold APT, the network’s native gas token, in order to execute swaps. This posed a barrier, particularly for new users bridging stablecoins into the ecosystem. By integrating Shinami’s Gas Station, Panora has effectively eliminated this friction point. Now, users can swap tokens without needing APT in their wallet, enabling “any-to-any” swaps without gas fee concerns.
The collaboration didn’t stop at integration. In partnership with Aptos Labs, Panora and Shinami worked to enhance the sponsored transaction experience across the Aptos Explorer and Petra Wallet, improving UX not only for Panora users but the broader Aptos ecosystem.
Panora has also praised Shinami for its transparency and performance tracking tools, particularly its dashboard metrics for sponsorship spend, transaction success, latency, and error reporting—insights that help optimize the platform further.
By removing technical barriers and minimizing gas costs, Panora continues to redefine what’s possible in DeFi trading, making blockchain-based finance more accessible and user-friendly than ever.