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MAINNET LIVE · NOV 24, 2025

How StandX actually works

Not a whitepaper. Not a thread. Just the mechanics — DUSD, the SIP system, the fees, and the team behind it — in one scroll.

DUSD Yield SIP-1 – SIP-5B Fees & Leverage The Team
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WHO BUILT THIS

Not a random anon team

StandX is built by the core team behind the original Binance Futures launch, with members who also came from Goldman Sachs.

The project is fully self-funded — no external investment, no VC pulling strings on the roadmap.

🔒Mainnet went live on November 24, 2025 at 16:00 UTC. Alpha and testnet tDUSD are discontinued — trading now happens with real funds, on BNB Chain and Solana.
THE FOUNDATION

Your margin can earn while it trades

On most perp platforms, the USDC you deposit as margin just sits there — dead weight securing your position.

DUSD is StandX's native stablecoin. It keeps earning yield the entire time it's backing your trades, generated from delta-neutral hedging plus funding fees — no separate staking step required.

⚠️DUSD's yield is variable, not fixed — it has historically ranged roughly 3%–30% APY depending on funding-rate conditions. Check the live rate on the StandX dashboard before relying on any number.
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SIP-1 · EXECUTION

One order, two chains, zero friction

Block Trade is StandX's cross-chain execution engine. It connects source chains — BNB Chain and Solana — directly to StandX's settlement layer, so orders get matched fully on-chain. No bridging, no manual chain-hopping.

⚙️Two matching modes: Flexible fills incrementally as liquidity allows, FullMatch executes all-or-nothing.
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SIP-2 · REWARDS

Get paid for holding, not just trading

Most platforms only reward volume — trade more, earn more, churn your capital.

Position Yield flips the incentive: simply holding an open position earns rewards over time. Conviction gets paid, not just activity.

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SIP-3 · YIELD ENGINE

Trading fees flow back to you

DUSD Native Yield Expansion routes a share of net trading fee revenue straight into the DUSD yield pool — across on-chain wallets, DEX liquidity providers, and the Perps Wallet/Vault.

🔄It's a closed loop: platform activity → fee revenue → DUSD yield → more reason to hold DUSD.
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SIP-4 · SMART EXITS

Turn your TP/SL into a tradeable right

Block Options doesn't bolt on a separate options market. It rebuilds take-profit and stop-loss as optional, reservable execution rights on top of Block Trade.

With Block TP, you can sell your planned take-profit exit to a counterparty for a fee. With Block SL, you pay a fee to buy a protective exit you can choose to execute before expiry — no more getting wicked out by a stray candle.

🧩If your counterparty doesn't execute before expiry, you keep both the fee and your position. The reservation itself has value either way.
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SIP-5 · OPEN ACCESS

Anyone can list a market

Universal Markets makes listing permissionless — anyone can create a new market, provide liquidity, and earn long-term fees from it. As StandX puts it: "Universal Markets. Universal Yield."

🏷️SIP-5B — Community Vaults pushes this further: anyone can create and manage on-chain trading strategies and help secure markets. Still in alpha testing, expect the mechanics to keep evolving.
THE NUMBERS

What it actually costs

MAKER FEE
0.01%
Adds liquidity to the book
TAKER FEE
0.04%
Removes liquidity, fills instantly
MAX LEVERAGE
25x
Across 10 markets
FUNDING BASELINE
0.01%/8h
Paid peer-to-peer, not a StandX fee
Funding is exchanged directly between longs and shorts to keep the perpetual price converged with spot — it isn't revenue for StandX. Positions are monitored in real time; if margin drops below the required maintenance level, the protocol closes the position to protect the liquidity pool.
POINTS · LIVE ON MAINNET

You don't have to trade to earn

Points continue on Mainnet, following a system similar to the Alpha phase — with one key change.

DUSD holders earn points just by holding DUSD in their wallet, even without actively trading. Active traders climb the leaderboard through a mix of volume, position holding (SIP-2), and community contribution.

THAT'S THE WHOLE SYSTEM
Now you actually know how it works

DUSD yield, cross-chain execution, position rewards, smart exits, permissionless markets, and points that don't require trading. That's StandX.

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