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    Phoenix

    What is Phoenix?

    Phoenix is an on-chain perpetuals exchange on Solana, currently live in private beta. It is built by Ellipsis Labs, the same team behind the original Phoenix spot orderbook DEX. The new product brings perpetual futures trading to a similar on-chain orderbook design, with execution settled directly on Solana rather than through off-chain matching engines.

    Ellipsis Labs has raised $44.3M across multiple funding rounds, backed by several well-known crypto venture funds. Their earlier work on the Phoenix spot DEX informs how the perpetuals exchange handles order matching and latency on Solana.

    Ongoing

    Phoenix Airdrop Details

    Phoenix has not announced a token or points program, and the team has publicly said no points system is active. The only confirmed reward right now is a referral program that pays fee rebates in USDC. Perpetual DEXes with this level of funding have a history of running retroactive token distributions for early users, so building volume now is a reasonable hedge if Phoenix moves in that direction.

    The referral program is the only confirmed reward mechanism and token airdrop is speculative only. Traders who hit $10,000 in lifetime volume can generate a personal referral code with a custom name.

    How to Farm the Phoenix Airdrop

    Step 1: Visit the Phoenix platform

    Go to the Phoenix website and review the markets and interface.

    Step 2: Connect a Solana wallet

    Click “Connect Wallet” and link your wallet. Approve the connection request in your wallet extension.

    Step 3: Get USDC for trading

    Phoenix uses USDC on Solana as the primary collateral. Ensure you have USDC in your wallet. If you don’t have any, you can buy USDC from an exchange like Binance and withdraw directly to your Solana wallet, or swap and bridge funds using the widget below.

    Step 4: Deposit USDC on Phoenix

    Bridge funds

    Swap and bridge across 30+ chains without leaving this page.
    Fast routes, low fees.

    Opens an interactive bridge widget

    In the Phoenix app, open the deposit screen and transfer USDC from your wallet into your trading account.

    Step 5: Trade perpetual markets

    Open the markets page and start placing trades on the perpetuals you want exposure to. Spreading activity across several markets and using moderate leverage helps you build volume steadily without taking on liquidation risk that can wipe out the capital you need to keep trading.

    Step 6: Unlock your referral code

    Once you cross $10,000 in lifetime trading volume, the rewards page becomes available and you can generate a personal referral code with a custom name. Codes have usage caps at launch that expand over time.

    Step 7: Share your code and claim rewards

    Share your referral code with other traders to earn 20% of their fees as a direct referrer. Anyone they refer gives you an additional 10% as a second-tier reward. Rewards update weekly and can be claimed once they pass the $1 minimum, depositing directly into your USDC spot balance on Phoenix.

    Latest Update: Phoenix Launches Flight Club Rewards Program

    Phoenix has opened Flight Club, a four-week rewards program distributing 420,000 USDC to traders from July 27 – August 23, 2025. A fixed 15,000 USDC is paid out each day, with rewards calculated and sent daily in USDC directly to your Phoenix account. There are no lockups, cliffs, or vesting.

    Earn Daily Rewards

    1. Sign in at Phoenix with a Solana wallet or email
    2. Trade on Phoenix to earn a share of the day’s rewards, with larger open positions earning more
    3. Share your referral link so referred volume counts toward your rewards, giving your referrals a fee discount
    4. Claim your rewards from the rewards page in the app, updated to show Flight Club balances

    Tips for Maximizing Phoenix Allocation

    Build volume steadily, not in single sessions. Consistent weekly activity tends to weigh more in retroactive distributions than one large trading day, and it gets you to the $10,000 referral threshold without burning through fees on a single bet.

    Trade across several markets. Spreading volume across multiple pairs looks more like real usage than farming, which is the kind of pattern retroactive scoring models filter against.

    Refer real traders. Self-referrals are blocked, and wash trading or other abusive patterns can get the referral relationship revoked. Focus on bringing in users who will actually trade.

    Conclusion

    Phoenix gives Solana traders a way to earn USDC fee-share through its referral program, while also building activity that could matter if Ellipsis Labs runs a retroactive distribution down the line. The path is simple enough: deposit USDC, trade perpetuals consistently, cross the $10,000 volume mark, and start referring other traders.

    You're interested in more projects that do not have any token yet and could potentially airdrop a governance token to early users in the future? Then check out our list of potential retroactive airdrops to not miss out on the next DeFi airdrop!

    Funding

    $44.3M

    Difficulty

    Medium

    Cost to Farm

    Medium

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