RISE has announced a strategic shift with the launch of RISE MarketCore and RISEx, moving beyond its positioning as a high-performance Ethereum Layer 2 and toward a broader role as infrastructure for global onchain markets. The company also said its recent acquisition of BSX Labs adds key technology to this new markets offering.
The pitch centers on orderbooks. RISE argues that major traditional markets, including equities and foreign exchange, rely on orderbook-based structures, but those systems have been difficult to bring onchain because of latency and complexity. According to the project, its performance gains now make it possible for fully onchain orderbooks to operate in a practical way, opening the door to deeper liquidity, programmability, and composability in one environment.
MarketCore targets shared infrastructure for spot and perps
Built on RISE’s ultra-low-latency EVM, MarketCore is designed as a new orderbook infrastructure layer with shared liquidity. The platform is intended to let users deploy fully onchain spot and perpetual markets quickly and permissionlessly. RISE said future support is planned for other orderbook-based products, including options and prediction markets.
The stack includes native orderbook primitives, risk engines, and APIs at the base layer. In RISE’s description, builders will be able to connect to liquid books, founders will be able to list tokens without prior approval, and asset issuers will be able to launch their own markets or complete exchanges on top of the system.
RISEx enters closed mainnet this quarter
RISEx is presented as the flagship application in the ecosystem and the first integrated perpetuals DEX in RISE’s lineup. The platform is built on the EVM and is designed to offer deep liquidity, tight spreads, and fast execution. RISE said every order, margin update, and settlement on RISEx will occur synchronously onchain, with transparency for both traders and market makers.
The rollout schedule is already set. RISEx will enter a closed mainnet this quarter, followed by a public mainnet launch in early 2026. After that, RISE MarketCore is expected to open for permissionless deployment of new spot and perpetual markets. The roadmap also includes expanding the Markets SDK to support options, structured products, and prediction markets, all running natively on RISE’s shared orderbook infrastructure.
In a statement, RISE CEO said the company’s goal is not only to build a faster chain, but to turn the chain itself into a base layer for onchain markets where liquidity, risk, and product innovation exist in the same programmable system. RISE describes this evolution as a foundation for developers, traders, and institutions building global market infrastructure onchain.