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RISE is proud to announce the strategic acquisition of BSX Labs, the team behind BSX. This is a pivotal step in advancing the next generation of on-chain transaction infrastructure.
This move marks a significant step toward providing the industry’s first natively integrated and synchronously configurable order book infrastructure that combines perpetual and spot trading on a single high-throughput platform.
Strategic rationale: Accelerating on-chain market infrastructure
BSX Labs has previously been backed by leading investors such as Blockchain Capital and Coinbase Ventures, and brings deep expertise from operating hybrid order book systems with over $15 billion in cumulative trading volume since its launch in 2023. The BSX team, comprised of alumni from Coinbase, Kraken, Jump Trading, and FalconX, will join RISE to co-develop EVM-native order book primitives designed for seamless integration with DeFi applications and tradfi workflows.
Commenting on the acquisition, Sam Battenary, CEO of RISE, said:
 “The BSX team has built an excellent trading engine that attracts high volumes and a loyal user base. Integrating their technology and talent is an important strategic step for us. It accelerates our roadmap towards launching a native, best-in-class orderbook infrastructure on RISE.”
Leadership perspective: A shared vision for on-chain transactions
BSX Labs CEO Avi emphasized the alignment of both teams’ long-term goals while discussing the strategic rationale behind the acquisition. He said joining RISE is a natural progression of the company’s mission to develop high-performance and transparent trading infrastructure.
According to Avi, RISE’s strong technology foundation and vast ecosystem will allow the combined team to extend their shared vision far beyond the limitations they previously faced as independent projects.
Market Opportunity: Bridging DeFi and TradFi
Current on-chain order book solutions remain fragmented and often lack the scalability, configurability, or consistency of execution required for mainstream adoption. RISE’s unified order book aims to solve this problem by enabling synchronous composability and allowing DeFi protocols, asset issuers, and brokers to interact with a unified liquidity layer in real-time. This infrastructure is expected to create new revenue opportunities, improve execution quality, and support the growing demand for tokenized assets and stablecoins.
Retail brokers will have access to deeper and more efficient liquidity pools. Asset issuers will be able to natively list both spot and permanent products. Traders will then be able to benefit from lower spreads, faster settlements, and new DeFi-enabled strategies, all within a transparent, non-custodial environment.
Community migration and token holder support
As part of the transition, the BSX DEX will officially close with a one-week structured termination period starting November 11, 2025 at 15:00 UTC. Users are encouraged to close open positions and withdraw their assets following the guidance provided on the BSX Blog.
To recognize early community support, BSX token holders will receive an airdrop equal to 1.5% of RISE’s total native token supply at future launches, ensuring continuity of value and participation in RISE’s next growth phase.
About BSX Labs
BSX Labs developed the BSX Protocol, a decentralized perpetual exchange on Base, with the support of investors such as Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and prominent industry figures such as Arthur Hayes. The team has incorporated institutional-level trading experience from top fintech and crypto companies to build one of the most active permanent trading venues on Base.
About Rise
RISE is a high-throughput Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain purpose-built to enable programmable, globally accessible markets fully on-chain, combining institutional-grade performance with native configurability. By combining CEX-level performance with full EVM configuration capabilities, RISE enables developers, traders, and institutions to build and connect unified order books within a robust DeFi ecosystem. RISE is redefining fintech infrastructure for a transparent, interoperable, and decentralized future.