๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€?

As DeFiโ€™s institutional ecosystem scales increasingly, the demand for high-integrity oracle solutions grows too. DeFiโ€™s very foundation rests on the reliability of on-chain data, given that financial applications live or die by the integrity and accuracy of their data.

โš ๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€“ History reveals how unverified opaque systems have triggered oracle attacks and data manipulation, bringing down entire markets, and eroding billions of US dollars.

1๏ธโƒฃ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ)

Several major banks colluded to manipulate the London Interbank Offered Rate, a benchmark interest rate for loans, mortgages and derivative products, leading to billions in fraudulent profits and distorting global financial markets.

2๏ธโƒฃ ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ซ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ)

Forex traders at leading banks conspired to rig market rates in order to accrue substantial financial gains to the detriment of counterparties, resulting in over $10 billion in fines and eroded trust in financial institutions.

3๏ธโƒฃ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ)

Some notable players in crypto collapsed due to security breaches and misreported asset valuations, triggering cascading liquidations and huge losses for users.

In the wake of these, Web3 emerged in response to these exact risksโ€”aiming to rebuild finance on transparent, trustless rails. Smart contracts canโ€™t run on hope; they need trustless oracles to interact with, sending real-world info like stock or crypto prices.

๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ด-๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ โ€“ they are the lifeblood of DeFi. Yet, most of them still operate like black boxes where data aggregation and computation is sourced from third-parties, and often untraceable.

๐Ÿ” ๐—” ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐——๐—œ๐—” ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€

DIA introduces a brand new, fully permissionless modular oracle stack, Lumina โ€“ built from the ground up so that anyone can verify data on-chain with zero trust assumptions. Builders are empowered with this superior alternate oracle solution that scrapes granular data directly from the originโ€”exchanges, data platforms, and financial APIs, hence eliminating opaque third-party dependencies.

Like a glass pipeline, these data points flow from the source directly to Lasernetโ€”a high throughput, ultra-fast Ethereum L2 rollup, where all oracle logic runs onchain. This architecture elevates transparency and verifiability to a new level.

Auditability from source to Lasernet makes Lumina tamper-proof and well-suited for programmable, regulator-aligned risk engines. Blockchains are becoming more modular, scalable, and transparentโ€”so should oracles. Built with this in mind, Lumina embraces emerging technologies and enables unprecedented transparency, flexibility, and robustness in oracle infrastructure.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด โ€“ DIA oracles are VM agnostic so much that they operate on EVM and non-EVM chains, enabling seamless multi-chain deployment.