RiseX

RISEx is a fully on-chain perpetual futures exchange on RISE Chain, offering CEX-level speed with self-custody and DeFi composability. Its Season 1 “Ignite” points program has been running since 20 July 2026 and is expected to continue into Q2 2027, distributing 200,000 points per week (usually Tuesdays, with snapshots around Sunday 23:59 UTC).

Points come from maker and taker volume, open interest and how long positions are held, fees, slippage and markouts, overall trading quality, XLP liquidity provision, and referrals (10% of what your referees earn). Occasional RWA boosts add roughly 20% on select markets like XAU, XAG, CL, SPY and QQQ. Volume alone won’t carry you — position duration and trade quality matter, which keeps plain wash trading from working well.

No TGE date, conversion rate, or airdrop has been confirmed. Check the official RISEx platform and RISE Chain docs for the latest rules.

A few things to keep in mind

Perpetual futures carry real risk, and a delta-neutral setup reduces price exposure but doesn’t remove risk altogether:

Liquidation risk. Each leg sits on a separate exchange with its own margin. If one side moves sharply against you and that account runs low on collateral, it can be liquidated even though your overall position is balanced. Keep leverage low and hold spare margin on both sides.
Funding costs. Rates change constantly. A trade that looks profitable today can bleed if funding flips against you.
Execution and slippage. Opening and closing both legs at different times or prices leaves you briefly exposed and costs you on the spread.
Platform risk. These are new protocols. Smart contract bugs, outages and withdrawal issues are all possible — only deposit what you can afford to lose.
No guaranteed reward. There’s no confirmed TGE, conversion rate or airdrop. Points may end up worth nothing.

Not financial advice — do your own research.

Tips: Funding rates on both legs will eat into your returns, so check them before you size up — ideally you want the funding to be in your favour, or at least small. Also keep positions open for a while rather than flipping in and out, since position duration counts toward your points.

xStocks

xStocks brings real US stocks and ETFs onchain. Built by Backed Finance and now owned by Kraken (Payward), every xStock token, from AAPLx to NVDAx to SPYx, is backed 1:1 by the underlying share held with a regulated custodian. You can trade them around the clock, hold them in your own wallet, and use them across DeFi on Solana, Ethereum, Ink, and other supported chains.

The team is running the xPoints program, rewarding users who hold xStocks, add liquidity to supported pools, use lending and borrowing markets, and complete quests. Liquidity provision earns the highest multipliers, while lending is the lower-risk route. Early users can also lock in a points boost by connecting their wallet.

There’s a second opportunity too. Kraken has confirmed an $INK token airdrop for active Kraken users and participants in its Ink Layer 2 ecosystem. Since xStocks live natively on Ink and trade on Kraken, using them may also count toward INK eligibility, giving you a chance at two rewards from the same activity.

Neither xStocks nor INK has confirmed exact eligibility criteria yet, but with Kraken behind both and a Nasdaq partnership in motion, this is one of the strongest RWA farming plays right now. This guide walks you through every step to start stacking points.

Tip for the guide body: add a warning about fake “INK claim” sites. There are already unofficial portals claiming you can check eligibility and claim now, which is a classic wallet drainer setup. Readers should only trust claim links from Kraken or Ink’s official channels.

A word of caution: YT trading is high risk. Your deposited funds go to zero at maturity, so only put in what you’re comfortable losing. The upside is that with xStocks, you’ll usually still receive dividends along the way.