Watchlist

Early venues & chains — status, one key metric, one-line thesis.

Updated: Jul 23, 2026manual

Source: manual — own research notes + venue landscape research 2026-07-23

Ostium

live · Arbitrum

venue-wide volume (all assets)

~$300M/day · ~91% of OI in RWA pairs

Onchain-FX narrative leader (10+ FX pairs, $20M Series A) — but per-pair volume lives only in Dune/subgraph, no simple API.

updated Jul 23, 2026link ↗

Synthetix perps

FX slated Jun 2026

stage

CLOB relaunch live (crypto + WTI); FX unconfirmed

If mainnet FX ships, it joins the comparison set — re-check monthly.

updated Jul 23, 2026link ↗

Arc

gated mainnet

USDC onchain vs access burns

≈$49k onchain · ≈$277k burned

Circle rails — demand outside the door, not a live bridge yet.

updated Jul 20, 2026link: —

RISEx

S1 Ignite live · RISE L2

24h volume (all markets)

~$101M · XAU $7M + XAG $2M live

Onchain CLOB by ex-BSX team (Vitalik-backed L2); metals live, FX in stated scope — fee row + XAU benchmark already on boards.

updated Jul 23, 2026link ↗

Arcus

perps beta (gated) · Robinhood Chain

scope + scale

95+ stock tokens · 43 perps · ~$14.5M/24h

dYdX Labs × Robinhood Crypto (not Circle's Arc). Stocks/RWA perps, USDG margin, full launch later 2026 — fee row live from API.

updated Jul 23, 2026link ↗

GIWA

testnet

stage

testnet live

Early chain watch — pre-metrics, presence only.

updated Jul 21, 2026link: —

Manual cards — statuses and metrics are entered by hand and dated per card. A missing link means “not verified yet”, never an endorsement.