Most "early" plays in your feed have no funding and no product. We filtered for one signal: real capital behind the project. This week that means SBI Group, YZi Labs, VanEck, Samsung Next and Robot Ventures. Six live activities, with links and steps.

Fasset · Stablecoin Neobank

An invite-only neobank to receive, hold, spend and invest stablecoins globally. It hit a $1B valuation in August.

Backers: SBI Group (Series C lead) · $119M raised in 2026

How to join:

1. Open fasset.com/early and join the Owners List.

2. Reserve your Fasset Tag, the username friends use to send you money. Enter your email.

3. Join before October 1 to enter the iPhone 18 Pro Max giveaway (one winner, random draw).

Primus Labs · zkTLS

A cryptography layer (zkTLS) that lets apps verify web data without exposing it. It just launched a pre-TGE Kaito campaign.

Backers: YZi Labs; Dispersion Capital, Symbolic Capital, VanEck (seed co-leads), Samsung Next, Alchemy · $6.5M seed + undisclosed YZi Labs round

How to join:

1. Open Kaito and find the Primus Labs campaign. Project site: primuslabs.xyz.

2. Post quality content about Primus to climb the campaign leaderboard.

3. 0.3% of supply is set aside: 0.24% for the top 450 creators and 0.06% for Kaito stakers. Epoch 1 runs until October 22.

SmartX · Social Trading

One app to trade memes, perps, stocks and prediction markets, where every trader is verified by real trades.

Backers: YZi Labs (EASY Residency S4)

How to join:

1. Join the waitlist at smartx.io.

2. Finish the test to get on the list, then share your result on X and invite friends to move up.

3. Early users can unlock up to 50% off fees and a shot at a prize pool of up to 10,000 USDT. App expected in October. No token confirmed yet.

BULK · Perp DEX

A Solana perp DEX that just announced a seasonal ranked league, with a playoff for top traders at the end of each season. Season 1 starts soon.

Backers: Robot Ventures, 6th Man Ventures (co-leads), Anatoly Yakovenko · $8M seed

How to join:

1. Deposit via early.bulk.trade.

2. Trade at least $10,000 in volume to get a rank. Standings update weekly.

3. Top traders at season end qualify for the playoffs.

Ekiden · Perp DEX

The first CLOB-based derivatives exchange on Canton Network, now live on mainnet.

Backers: Unicorn Factory Ventures, P2 Ventures (leads), with participants linked to GSR, Flowdesk, Pyth and Aptos · $2M seed

How to join:

1. Open app.ekiden.fi and connect.

2. Trade any of the 4 live pairs. Points currently run at 1.2x.

3. Volumes are still thin, so competition for points is low. No token confirmed yet.

Forest Road Vault · RWA Credit

Brings Forest Road's specialty-finance loans (media and entertainment, renewable energy, digital assets) onchain on Ethereum.

Backers: The Forest Road Company (lending since 2018) · $3M seed

How to join:

1. Open points.forestroadvault.com, connect your wallet and sign in with X.

2. Complete the social tasks.

3. Deposit stablecoins for USDfr and stake into sUSDfr: points start at 1x and mature to 2x. The team says points are not a token or a claim on one.

Not financial advice.