TL:DR
- RISE launches a shared order book for on-chain markets.
- The network enables low-latency on-chain trading.
- RISE unifies liquidity across exchanges to improve prices for traders.
RISE, an Ethereum layer-2 network focused on high performance, announced the launch of RISE Markets and RISEx, redefining its role as a foundation for global onchain markets. The company acquired BSX Labs, whose perpetual exchange technology on Base will power the new offering.
The initiative transforms an execution engine into a platform for onchain financial trading. RISE introduces a shared order book core, called RISE MarketCore, which connects buy and sell orders while automatically pooling liquidity. With this design, developers can launch spot or perpetual markets with reduced friction, and over time, add derivatives such as options and prediction markets.
The team claims that low-latency performance allows fully onchain order book operations, a feature traditionally considered incompatible with blockchains due to synchronization challenges. Therefore, RISE aims to combine deep liquidity, composability, and programmable execution within DeFi.
RISE drives onchain markets with RISE Markets and RISEx
RISEx functions as the project’s main exchange and seeks to deliver the experience of a centralized platform while operating transparently onchain. During its closed mainnet phase, the team is testing order flow, matching mechanisms, and risk management safeguards. After this stage, the expected public deployment will open the market to users and creators.
Sam Battenally, CEO of RISE, stated that the goal goes beyond speed; the network aims to enable a new market structure for the web economy. Indeed, RISE intends for the shared order book to reduce liquidity fragmentation across exchanges and provide better pricing for traders.
Analysts note that adoption will require capital depth and regulatory compliance, since high-volume markets demand oversight and safeguards. However, the technological blend of fast execution and onchain order book infrastructure offers a path to integrate traditional markets with decentralized finance.
With the new toolkit, RISE enters direct competition with other Ethereum-based and layer-2 platforms. Its progress will be measured by gathered liquidity, execution quality, and sustained participation from professional and retail actors.
If RISE manages to attract institutional market makers and secure sufficient capital, traders could access better prices and lower execution costs, driving real activity and utility across global onchain protocols.
