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Deepstate

High-speed minimalist AMM founded by former Sushi CTO Joseph Delong on Hood L2

Data completeness
70%
Confidence
60%
Sources
4
Last reviewed
4 Sept 2026
The take

What to know

Deepstate is an ultra-minimalist automated market maker on Robinhood Chain founded by veteran DeFi architect Joseph Delong (former SushiSwap CTO), designed for bare-metal gas optimization and instantaneous swap routing.

Best for

  • Degen and retail traders demanding instant execution with rock-bottom gas overhead
  • MEV searchers and arbitrage bots requiring predictable bytecode execution paths
  • Builders looking for clean, unbloated AMM smart contract interfaces

Watch out

  • Minimalist design avoids complex features like limit orders or automated vault compounding
  • Focused on high-velocity community tokens and newly launched assets
  • Team operates with pseudonymous crypto-native ethos
The record

Key facts

Founder
Joseph Delong (former Chief Technology Officer at SushiSwap).· 60%§
Core thesis
Radical gas minimization through clean bytecode, zero extraneous state writes, and instant finality.· 60%§
Chain native
Engineered specifically for Robinhood Chain's Arbitrum Nitro block structure.· 60%§
Capabilities

Key features

Bare-Metal Gas Optimization

60%

Custom assembly routing paths reducing execution costs to the theoretical minimum on Arbitrum Nitro.

Instant Token Swapping

60%

Streamlined single-call swaps with zero approval friction using EIP-2612 permit signatures.

Immutable Pool Contracts

60%

No admin keys, no upgrade proxies, and zero protocol-fee rent extraction on liquidity pools.

Ecosystem on X

Key builders & influencers

Joseph DelongFounder & Lead Architect
@josephdelong

Veteran DeFi executive and engineer; former CTO at SushiSwap; founder of Deepstate AMM.

Deepstate FinanceOfficial Protocol Account
@deepstatefi

Minimalist, uncompromised automated market maker on Robinhood Chain.

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