Catenaa, Friday, November 21, 2025-RISE, the fastest Ethereum Layer 2, announced a major expansion into global onchain markets with the launch of RISE MarketCore and RISEx, following its acquisition of BSX Labs. The development positions RISE as a foundation for fully composable, onchain orderbooks for spot and perpetual markets.
RISE MarketCore introduces base-layer infrastructure with shared liquidity, native orderbook primitives, risk engines, and APIs, enabling builders and institutions to deploy new markets and exchanges permissionlessly. RISEx, the ecosystem’s flagship perpetuals DEX, delivers synchronized onchain order execution, margin updates, and settlements, combining DeFi capabilities with CEX-grade performance.
The move overcomes latency and complexity challenges that previously limited blockchain-based market structures, offering deep liquidity, transparency, and programmability for financial instruments. Future updates will support options, structured products, and prediction markets, all operating natively on RISE’s shared orderbook framework.
CEO Sam Battenally emphasized that RISE’s mission extends beyond speed, providing a programmable foundation where liquidity, risk management, and market innovation converge. Developers and institutions can leverage the high-performance EVM to launch custom products and integrate with the platform’s SDKs and APIs.
RISEx will enter a closed mainnet phase this quarter, with a public mainnet launch and full MarketCore deployment planned for early 2026. The expansion marks RISE’s evolution from a high-performance execution layer into a comprehensive engine for global onchain financial markets.
