Nine early-stage projects that hit our radar this week, real products rather than memecoins. The theme is money rails: private credit, telecom settlement, card networks and treasury APIs are all moving onchain, with tokenized pre-IPO stocks and a Solana derivatives venue rounding out the list. Follower counts are small on purpose, you are seeing these early. With a link to each.

1/ Tare (RWA / Private Credit)

An onchain back office for private credit: originate, service, fund and invest in loans from a single platform. Raised a $13.25M seed led by Blockchain Capital, with Janus Henderson among the investors. Personal loans are already live.

2/ Iris (Telecom Payments)

The financial network for telecom operators. Carriers plug in the billing, identity and distribution they already run and switch on new revenue modules, all settled in USDi, a dollar-backed stablecoin. VIVA, a licensed LatAm carrier, is already live on it. Public launch at Avalanche Summit in New York this month.

3/ Colossus (Stablecoin Payments)

A new card network that settles in stablecoins. It works with the same cards and terminals, running alongside Visa and Mastercard: transactions route through Colossus where supported and fall back to legacy rails where not. Built by Joseph DeLong, former CTO of SushiSwap.

4/ Deriverse (Derivatives DEX)

A fully onchain, non-custodial Solana DEX for spot, perpetuals, options and futures, built for algorithmic traders. $2.32B all-time volume across 23.4M trades, per the project's own dashboard.

5/ Pelagos (Cross-chain Infra)

An execution layer where multichain actions settle as one: every step commits everywhere, or nothing executes. No bridges, no wrapped assets. Private testnet is live across Bitcoin, Solana, Polygon and BSC test networks.

6/ Otim (Treasury & Payments)

An orchestration layer for finance platforms: hold funds, route yield and move money across rails through one API. Built on EIP-7702, so any Ethereum wallet can delegate automated, policy-bound actions.

7/ OpenPond (AI Agents)

An open-source workspace where people and AI agents complete real tasks in local or cloud sandboxes. Its Refiner learns from finished work and, when the evidence supports it, trains task-specific models with reinforcement learning.

8/ OpenStocks (Tokenized Pre-IPO)

Trade tokenized exposure to private companies before they go public: Anthropic, Figure AI, Neuralink, Anduril and more, with prices streaming 24/7. Built on BNB Chain and backed by YZi Labs.

9/ Loans.fun (Lending)

Lending against tokenized stocks, reduced to one token. No vault, deposit or share token: lenders buy a single token on Robinhood Chain, and borrowers earn it back as they pay interest. Brand-new, the project appeared this month.

The pattern this week: the plumbing of finance is moving onchain from the edges in. Not just DeFi-native tools, but private credit desks, telecom carriers and card networks settling in stablecoins, while pre-IPO equity keeps getting wrapped into tradeable tokens. These are early-stage projects, several pre-token or pre-launch, so higher upside comes with higher risk. Do your own research; nothing here is financial advice.

Which one are you watching?

Nine early-stage projects that hit our radar this week, real products rather than memecoins, most launched in the last few months. The theme is onchain markets: prediction-market tooling, tokenized equities, and a cluster of fresh builds on Robinhood Chain. Follower counts are small on purpose, you are seeing these early. With a link to each.

1/ pve.trade (Trading Intelligence)

An all-in-one market terminal for active traders: options flow, gamma exposure (GEX), stock data, news and alerts in a single dashboard. Early and still rolling out, with parts of the terminal marked coming soon.

2/ SpreadCore (Prediction Arbitrage)

A Polymarket versus bookmaker arbitrage terminal. It scans 9+ sportsbooks against Polymarket in real time, locks the spread, and executes on your own funded accounts from one interface.

3/ Synthdata (Forecasting Infra)

A Bittensor subnet (SN50) producing probabilistic price forecasts, full distributions rather than single points, exposed via API. It powers Polymarket and Kalshi bots and vol-mispricing dashboards; Mode's AI Quant is built on it.

4/ Omnibook (Prediction Markets)

"Putting markets back in prediction markets." One order book for binary contracts on any asset, from one minute to one year, where the venue holds no position. Backed by Entrepreneur First.

5/ Starcap (Space RWA)

The tokenized layer for private space equity, launching Q4. It holds real equity in top private space companies, normally oversubscribed and inaccessible, and represents it onchain through one token, $SPACE. Pre-launch, so treat the timeline as a plan.

6/ Pink Sheets (Tokenized Stocks)

The first OTC trading desk on Robinhood Crypto. An off-pool block desk where thin stock tokens and large positions settle atomically between counterparties via quoted auctions. Powered by $PINK. Very early: no public website yet, just the X account.

7/ Cerebro (AI Infrastructure)

An economic layer for AI inference: a share of every trading fee is converted into AI credits holders can spend across models, agents and apps, expanding from inference rewards into a launchpad and an open compute marketplace. Live on Robinhood Chain ($CEREBRO).

8/ Brim (Onchain Treasury)

A (3,3) treasury with a floor that never dilutes and a redeem button: premium funds the yield, reserve funds the floor, nothing mints unpaid. Fair genesis via "First Fill", no presale, no VCs, no team allocation. A Ripe DAO ecosystem project on Robinhood Chain.

9/ Nomu (Web3 Commerce)

Spend-to-earn commerce on Solana: buy products and earn as they sell, with every sale funding onchain buybacks. Real brand collaborations (MonkeDAO, Rekt, Raposa Coffee), backed by Colosseum, no VC allocations.

The pattern this week: onchain markets are maturing fast, from prediction-market arbitrage and forecasting infra to tokenized equities and private-market access, with another cluster of builds landing on Robinhood's new chain. These are early-stage projects, several pre-token or pre-launch, so higher upside comes with higher risk. Do your own research; nothing here is financial advice.

Which one are you watching?

Every day brings a hundred "don't miss this" airdrops, and most aren't worth the gas. We cut through the noise and picked six that are actually live right now: real backing, clear mechanics, or a hard deadline. Here's what each one is, and exactly how to get in.

1. Antarctic · Perp DEX · Trade-to-earn

Chain: Arbitrum (+ Ethereum) · Funding: $7M · Airdrop: confirmed

CEX-style perpetual futures with full self-custody. Season 1 points are live and will convert into the future AX token, so trading now is a direct allocation.

How to participate:

1. Go to antarctic.exchange and connect your wallet.

2. Deposit collateral (USDC).

3. Trade perps: every $1,000 in volume = 1 AX Point (base). A Contribution Score multiplier stacks on top.

4. Boost with staking, quests, and referrals. Referrals pay 16% of your invitees' points (up to 500 AX/day).

Why it's here: airdrop is confirmed and allocation tracks real trading volume, one of the few "do a real thing, get a real reward" plays on the list.

2. N1 · Layer 1 · Points farm

Chain: N1 (own L1) · Funding: $7.5M, Multicoin Capital, IMC

A high-performance trading L1 running a weekly points program that's still under the radar (~1,400 active farmers when we checked).

How to participate:

1. Open the N1 App (n1.xyz) and connect your wallet.

2. Trade perpetuals on the N1 orderbook: this is the primary points source.

3. Add market-making (limit orders) and social activity (X/Discord) for extra points.

4. After $1,000 volume, referrals unlock: 10% of referral fees.

The numbers: Season 1 distributes 1,987,000,000 N1 Points, 75M/week for 26 weeks. Fewer farmers = bigger share per user right now.

Risk note: N1 has not confirmed a token or TGE, points-to-airdrop is speculative.

3. Melee Markets · Prediction markets · Testnet beta

Chain: Solana · Funding: $3.5M

Permissionless prediction markets, a mix of Polymarket and pump.fun, with outcomes priced on a bonding curve that rewards being both early and correct. Beta is free (no real funds).

How to participate:

1. Go to melee.markets (or alpha.melee.markets) and sign up for beta access.

2. Connect your Solana wallet and claim your first badge.

3. Trade the free beta, odds behave like a live market, to build your Melee Score.

4. Join discord.gg/meleemarkets for whitelist/creator access.

Why it's here: zero cost, real product, and an on-record score for early testers ahead of a potential airdrop.

4. 4Dlabs · Physical AI · Quest (FCFS)

Chain: TBA · Backers: YZi Labs

The real-world embodied-data layer for physical AI. Running a first-come, first-served badge quest with a hard cap, a cheap and fast early-position play backed by a top-tier fund.

How to participate:

1. Open the Galxe quest: app.galxe.com/quest/4Dlabs/GCJxRtZjhh

2. Connect wallet + socials, complete the tasks.

3. Claim your badge (OAT).

Timeline: 20,000 spots total, ~4,000 already gone, the window is closing.

Why it's here: free, minutes to complete, YZi Labs (ex-Binance Labs) backing, potential future airdrop.

5. Minara.Fun · Launchpad · Testnet

Chain: Arc (Circle's L1), testnet

Reality check: this is a testnet, tokens have no value and the chain can be reset. You're farming OG status and Arc-ecosystem position, not profit.

6. Jumper · RWA raffle · Swap

Chain: Base · By: jumper.xyz (LiFi) · Reward: share of $10,000 USDC + 30 XP

Established cross-chain aggregator running a raffle around Coinbase's tokenized stocks on Base. Low protocol risk, real RWA exposure.

How to participate:

1. Go to jumper.xyz/missions/coinbase-rwa-raffle-1, then "Visit Jumper RWA".

2. Swap $250+ cumulative volume into eligible Coinbase RWAs on Base through Jumper RWA.

3. You get raffle tickets based on your Jumper Pass Level x a cumulative-volume multiplier, more volume plus a higher Pass Level = more tickets.

Prize pool: share of $10,000 USDC (+30 Jumper XP).

Not financial advice. Always DYOR and verify links before connecting a wallet.

Arc goes live Sep 16. Circle's USDC-native L1: gas paid in USDC, $222M raised from a16z, BlackRock, Apollo, ICE, ARK, hundreds of millions of testnet transactions already through.

Two things decide if a chain lives: where you trade, and how money moves. Here is the full DEX and payments map of Arc before mainnet.

Native DEXs

Tower Exchange: stablecoin DEX aggregator, Arc's first Builder Spotlight

Synthra Finance: concentrated-liquidity spot plus USDC perps

Hibachi: ZK-verified FX and perps venue, backed by Dragonfly

XyloNet: StableSwap, bridge and vaults, featured on Arc's blog

Achswap: multi-version DEX with bridge and aggregator

Lunya: AMM plus bonding-curve launchpad

Radar DEX: token scanner and v3 launcher

ViFi Labs: on-chain FX for emerging-market currencies

Major DEXs

Uniswap: v4 at mainnet

Aerodrome: ve(3,3) venue by Dromos Labs

Curve: stablecoin-optimized AMM

Fluid: Instadapp's unified DEX and lending hub

Payments, Circle grant cohort

Blockradar: stablecoin wallet infrastructure, $950M processed

Myaza: pan-African neobank, 21 currencies

Payrit: cross-border USDC wallet

Avenia: Brazil's PIX to USDC rail, $1B+ moved

Payments majors

Rain: stablecoin card settlement

Thunes: cross-border network across 130+ countries

Wirex: regulated consumer card platform

Yellow Card: largest licensed African on and off-ramp

20 teams. One chain. Sep 16.

Arc, the USDC-native Layer 1 built by Circle, goes live on mainnet on September 16, 2026. Gas is paid in USDC, the testnet already cleared 244M transactions, and the project raised $222M at a $3B valuation from A16Z, BlackRock, Apollo, ICE, Standard Chartered, ARK Invest and others.

Before a single institution moves in, the trenches are already forming. The most crowded corner of early Arc is the launchpad category: at least 18 teams are competing to become the Pump.fun of Circle's chain. Here is every Arc launchpad we have verified, sorted alphabetically.

The Launchpad Wars

AKA — Launchpad merging NFTs and memecoins, RWA-backed MemeFi.

Archemist.fun ($ARCH, live) — Launchpad plus native AMM, 80% of fees to creators.

arcpad.meme — Memes launched into locked Uniswap V3 liquidity, holders earn fees.

Arcer.fun — Launch tokens via bot, RWA meets degen, zero friction.

Arcfun — Community token launcher built for builders.

Argus ($ARGUS, live) — Launchpad and AMM combo, every idea gets a seat.

Bozo (waitlist) — Memecoin launchpad on Arc.

eve.fun — Simple launch and trade tokens on Arc.

Flipt.fun — Bonding-curve pad, stay bonded and earn your share.

Flutch — Launch infrastructure for builders, no token of its own.

Lolpad (waitlist) — Stocks and memes launchpad.

Minara.Fun (testnet) — Launch and trade with USDC-native liquidity.

NebulaPad — Launchpad and DEX on Arc.

Onmifun — Bonding-curve meme playground for new chains.

Sashimi.fun — Launch, discover, trade tokens on Arc.

Tolly — Trading terminal, launchpad and onchain intelligence.

UBI.fun — The only Uniswap v4-powered launchpad on Arc, 0% launch fee, creator UBI.

Warp — Launchpad and terminal, zero-fee CCTP bridging.

Most of these are pre-mainnet. Some are still on a waitlist (Bozo, Lolpad) or testnet (Minara), and a couple run on repurposed old X accounts (Arcer, NebulaPad), a common trust signal worth checking. Verify contracts, do not confuse a good narrative with a working product, and remember that on Arc, even the gas is a stablecoin.

Every day brings a hundred "don't miss this" airdrops, and most aren't worth the gas. We cut through the noise and picked six that are actually live right now, with real backing, clear mechanics, or a hard deadline. Here's what each one is and exactly how to join.

1. Jupiter Vaults · DeFi Yield

Curated onchain yield vaults run by professional DeFi managers, early whitelist access before they open to the public.

By: Jupiter (Solana's leading DEX aggregator)

How to join:

1. Go to jup.ag/earn/join.

2. Connect your Solana wallet.

3. Join the whitelist to lock in early access before the public launch.

2. bStocks · Tokenized Stocks / RWA

BNB Chain's "BNB Stonks Szn", a multi-week campaign where meme tokens paired with bStocks compete on a leaderboard. Week 1 splits a $400K pool, scored by the Diamond Hand (HODLer) Index.

By: BNB Chain · $4M total campaign

How to join (Sep 4-12; Week-1 results Sep 11):

1. Hold at least $100 in an eligible bStocks-paired meme token on BNB Chain.

2. Keep holding, the Diamond Hand Index scores by size and duration (tracked from Jul 27; selling midstream cuts your score).

3. Top holder communities unlock the airdrop, paid in BNB directly to your wallet. Details.

3. Alphea Network · AI L1 / DePIN

An AI-native Layer 1 with DePIN compute, built for autonomous AI agents to run, store data, and settle value.

Backers: MH Ventures, IBC Ventures, Titan Ventures, Becker Ventures · $5M

How to join (redemption open Sep 5-10):

1. Go to hub.alphea.ai.

2. Log in with Google.

3. Connect your EVM wallet.

4. Check your points and redeem your rewards before the window closes. Free. Guide.

4. Bullbit · Perp DEX

A perpetual DEX pairing CEX-grade speed with onchain security. Currently on Base, migrating to its own Layer 1 (BullChain). Fast to try, airdrop potential.

By: Bullbit · Docs

How to join:

1. Open the app at app.bullbit.ai.

2. Connect your wallet.

3. Place a few perp trades to register activity (~10 min).

4. Airdrop is potential, not confirmed.

5. Polaris · DeFi Stablecoins

An onchain "Stablecoin OS" on Ethereum: an ETH-backed dollar (USDp) plus a forkable CDP for gold/FX stablecoins (GOLDp).

By: Polaris Finance · Docs

How to join (public testnet, Sepolia):

1. Open the testnet at polarisfinance.io and connect your wallet with Sepolia ETH.

2. Swap on the testnet.

3. Mint USDp and GOLDp stablecoins.

4. Take a loan via the Loan feature.

5. Provide liquidity for vePOLAR, farming toward a potential $POLAR airdrop.

6. Base · Creator Grant

Base is backing independent creators with grants of up to $4,000 for content about Base, its ecosystem, and its builders, plus weekly "Creator of the Week" bounties up to $500.

By: Base (Coinbase's L2)

How to join (applications open since Sep 2):

1. Read the program details on Base's announcement.

2. Prepare a content pitch, what you'd make about Base and its ecosystem.

3. Apply for a grant of up to $4,000.

Not financial advice. Always DYOR and verify links before connecting a wallet.

Nine early-stage crypto projects that surfaced on our radar this week. With a link to each one.

1/ Anchored (RWA)

1:1-backed tokenized Nasdaq stocks and funds, live on Monad. Each token is held against real shares through licensed brokers, so you can trade Apple or a fund onchain on a weekend, no market hours. TradFi equity exposure on crypto rails, on one of the fastest new L1s.

2/ Exotic (Perpetuals)

Perps on pre-IPOs, RWAs and commodities, assets with no public market. Take a leveraged position on a private company or a barrel of oil straight from a wallet, 24/7. The frontier of perps: exposure to things you literally cannot buy on any exchange.

3/ Hadron (Infrastructure)

Programmable prop AMMs on Solana for professional market makers, no token yet. Pools quote around a price feed the operator pushes, routed through Jupiter and OKX, so a desk brings only its quoting logic and skips the chain-specific plumbing. Boring infra, but the layer serious liquidity runs on.

4/ Murk Finance (Privacy)

Swap, lend and earn onchain without exposing your positions. It routes trades through Matcha, lends on Morpho and moves funds without revealing balances or counterparties, launching first on Monad. The privacy layer DeFi has been missing for users who don't want every move public.

5/ Piku Finance (Stablecoin)

A yield-optimized stablecoin backed by market-neutral vaults. Its USP token appreciates instead of holding a flat $1, with backing split across FX arbitrage and blue-chip DeFi strategies. A stablecoin built to earn, not just sit.

6/ Tribeca (Exchange)

A 24/7 global exchange for tokenized assets, built on Base. Stocks, crypto and commodities with private order-matching, instant settlement and round-the-clock price discovery. One venue for every asset class, always open.

7/ Trigr (Trading)

Build, backtest and auto-run trading strategies on Hyperliquid. Design a strategy, test it against history, then hand it to a non-custodial agent that trades it for you. Fund-grade systematic trading in a consumer-simple app.

8/ Trustware (Payments)

Pay any asset on any chain, auto-routed to any destination. Its routing engine finds the optimal path across 70+ chains and thousands of assets, then swaps, bridges and settles in a single transaction, fully non-custodial. The universal deposit layer that hides all the cross-chain mess.

9/ URnetwork (DePIN)

A decentralized VPN that pays you USDC for your bandwidth. Share your connection and earn weekly in USDC on Solana, while traffic routes peer-to-peer through community devices with Tor-like anonymity. Privacy you use and get paid to provide.

The pattern this week: tokenized equities, pre-IPO exposure, private DeFi and paid infrastructure. Nine names betting the next cycle runs on real-world assets and real privacy.

Which one are you watching?

Most "early" plays in your feed have no funding and no product. We filtered for one signal: real capital behind the token, and wrote out exactly how to get into each. Six live activities, with links and steps.

1. AllScale · Payments

Self-custody stablecoin rails: invoicing, payroll and checkout in USDC/USDT.

Backers: YZi Labs (lead), Animoca Brands, Amber Group · $6.5M

How to join:

1. Go to allscale.io and click Launch App.

2. Create your one-click self-custody wallet.

3. Open the Rewards section, complete tasks (confirming email = 100 ASP).

4. Return daily for check-ins to stack AllScale Points (ASP) toward the airdrop.

2. Melee · Prediction Markets (Solana)

Permissionless prediction markets on any topic.

Backers: Variant, DBA · $3.5M

How to join:

1. Go to melee.markets and connect a Solana wallet.

2. Claim the OG badge.

3. Complete the available tasks to earn Melee Score (tied to future rewards).

3. Axis Robotics · Physical AI (BNB Chain)

Browser sim network crowdsourcing physical-AI robot-training data. $AXIS TGE targeted Q4 2026. ~$12M raised.

How to join (two paths):

Binance Wallet campaign (1.5M points, 30 days): open Binance Wallet, find the Axis Robotics campaign, complete tasks to earn Axis Points (eligible Keyless Wallet users).

Main Hub: go to axisrobotics.ai, sign up (email / Google / X / MetaMask), open the Alliance section, join the campaign, complete simulation tasks, track in Portfolio.

4. TermiX · AI Agents (BNB Chain)

On-chain marketplace where AI agents post, bid, execute and get paid. $TMT TGE + airdrop confirmed.

Backer: YZi Labs · $1M

How to join:

1. Go to termix.ai and connect.

2. Complete social tasks: link your X, submit eligible posts.

3. Register your .agent Agent ID, activate a Client or Supplier.

4. Earn TermiX Points (TP) through market activity; referrals pay up to 20%.

5. Chomp · Social

Q&A game: bet the gap between your private view and public opinion. Lowest-effort play here.

Backers: Jsquare, Blueyard, Accomplice · $3.6M

How to join:

1. Go to chomp.fyi (via @chompdotfyi).

2. Submit your email for early access. That's it, you're on the list.

6. ORO · AI DeFi

AI agent that turns plain-language prompts into on-chain DeFi transactions.

Backers: MH Ventures, Mapleblock Capital · $3M

How to join (deadline Sept 3):

1. Go to app.askoro.ai/campaign.

2. Start the "Clarity for Ondo" campaign, chat with ORO to learn how Ondo works.

3. Complete tasks to earn ORE Points (pool doubled to 40M; starter tasks give up to 8,500). No referral needed.

Not financial advice.

Ten early-stage crypto projects that surfaced on our radar this week. Ranked, with a link to each one.

1/ QFEX (Perpetuals)

24/7 perps with up to 50x on US equities and commodities. Trade Apple or oil onchain on a weekend, no broker, no market hours. TradFi exposure with crypto rails.

2/ OneSwap (DEX)

A DEX and AMM built on the Canton Network. Canton is the privacy-focused chain used by real institutions, so this is onchain trading aimed at regulated capital, not just retail.

3/ twyne (Lending)

Lets you double your leverage on Aave through borrowed credit. A layer on top of blue-chip DeFi for users who want more size without leaving the safest lending markets.

4/ Creator Capital (SocialFi)

Trade social media accounts like tokens. A friend.tech-style bet on attention as a tradable asset, betting that influence itself becomes a market.

5/ ICME (RWA)

Tokenizes private startup equity for pre-IPO markets. Pre-IPO shares have always been locked to insiders and funds. This opens that supply onchain.

6/ SRC CO (Infrastructure)

A multisig and tooling suite for the smart contract economy. Boring but critical: the plumbing every serious onchain team needs to hold and move funds safely.

7/ Occam (AI Agents)

An automated trading platform that trades while you sleep. Part of the AI-agents wave, handing execution to a bot that runs your strategy 24/7.

8/ Yumi Finance (Stablecoins / Credit)

Stablecoin lending for hard-to-bank assets. Credit for collateral traditional banks reject, one of the clearest real uses for stablecoins.

9/ Flynet (Payments)

Onchain payment rails for thousands of merchants, powering Blackbird. Consumer-facing crypto payments, the underrated corner where adoption actually shows up in real transactions.

10/ fomoscan (Analytics)

A wallet-to-handle index for EVM and Solana. Maps anon wallets to real identities and social handles, the missing layer for onchain research and due diligence.

The pattern: early crypto in 2026 is chasing real-world assets, tokenized equity, payments, and AI-driven trading. Ten names, ten bets on where the next cycle goes.

Which one are you watching?

New onchain activities from the past week, verified, with the exact steps to get in.

Six projects shipped something new this week: a waitlist, an Arthur Hayes airdrop, live RWA perps, a prediction app, an invite-only pre-IPO DEX, and a points program

1. GTE · Waitlist

Onchain exchange (orderbook + AMM + launchpad) on MegaETH. Backed by a $26M round with Wintermute and Maven11 among investors.

How to get in:

1. Go to waitlist.gte.xyz and enter your email.
2. Confirm with the 6-digit code sent to your inbox.
3. Claim a username, connect X and follow @GTE_XYZ, then link and verify Instagram, each action adds points to your position.
4. Share your referral link to climb the list faster.

Tip: if you traded the GTE testnet before, keep that wallet, early activity may be counted retroactively.

2. Flop Labs · Airdrop

Arthur Hayes' network where AI agents pay FLOP for compute, built on its own upcoming L1 ("Flop Network"). 100% fair launch, no presale, no VC.

How to get in:

1. Go to flop.finance.
2. Follow @flop_labs on X. The site states this is the eligibility signal.

That's the only action available right now. The airdrop is targeted for Q4 2026, with chain genesis in Q1 2027. No formal snapshot criteria have been published yet, so treat "follow to qualify" as an early signal, not a guarantee.

3. Meridian · Live

24/7 perpetuals on real-world assets, all settled in USDe. Meridian is the rebrand of Ethereal (Ethena-incubated) and a launch partner on Robinhood Chain.

How to get in:

1. Open app.meridian.xyz and connect a Robinhood Chain wallet.
2. Fund your wallet with USDe (buy on a CEX and withdraw, or bridge and swap in-app).
3. Deposit USDe and open positions on perps or prediction markets.
4. Optional: deposit USDe into the MLP Vault for yield plus a share of Meridian Points.

Used Ethereal before? Migrate your account, your existing Points carry over.

4. Sight · Waitlist

A social app for fast, 15-minute memecoin up/down prediction markets, built on Robinhood Chain.

How to get in:

1. Join the waitlist at sighthood.com.

Early access before the points system formalizes is the edge here. Product details are still rolling out.

5. Entropy · Invite

A perp DEX for pre-IPO and private-market assets (default market: Anthropic), built on Hyperliquid via HIP-3. Team-backed and still in stealth.

How to get in:

1. Sign up through the invite link: entropy.io/?r=cryptodiffer
2. Connect an EVM wallet (MetaMask or Rabby).
3. Fund USDC on Arbitrum and bridge into Hyperliquid.
4. Pick a pre-IPO market, set your leverage (~3x), and place your order.

Access is invite-gated, so getting in early is part of the point.

6. Rialo · Points

A real-world L1 where smart contracts read live data directly, no oracles. Backed by a $20M seed led by Pantera Capital.

How to get in:

1. Open playground.rialo.io and sign in.
2. Get devnet tokens from the faucet.
3. Run transactions across the devnet apps, returning on different days (activity is time-weighted).
4. Join the Discord and verify to earn community roles.

Points here are an early pre-airdrop signal.

Not financial advice. Early-stage projects carry real risk. Waitlists and points programs don't guarantee tokens, and unaudited apps can lose funds. Do your own research before connecting a wallet or depositing capital.