Arcus DEX (N/A)

Arcus is a decentralized exchange on Robinhood Chain built by the same team behind dYdX but operating as a completely separate product according to a post on X by the dYdX CEO. It aims to give users access to trade spot and cross-margined perpetuals from one self-custodied account, leveraging the expertise and experience in building spot and futures DEXs of the dYdX team.

Acrus DEX offers users access to crypto and to trade equities with up to 50x leverage, operating in beta since July 2026. According to the project's claims, it can deliver a throughput capacity of over 100,000 orders per second with a 20ms confirmation time. 

One of the core features of the Acrus DEX is collateralized equities trading collateralized by real shares held with a regulated custodian to offer enhanced liquidity and resistance to price oracle manipulations.  This is a core difference from other DEXs that employ synthetic token creation and trading relying on oracle-based price feeds.

 Since July 2026, the platform has been running a beta version of Arcus Perps with waitlist-based access. Less than a month after launching private beta, the team announced crossing the $100M mark in cumulative volume. 

Read more about the project on its docs.

🪙 Arcus crypto token: As of August 2026, there are no confirmations of the team's plans to launch the native token. Nevertheless, there are hints from the team that dYdX holders will receive an allocation of the future token.

In July 2026, the first batch of users gained public access to the beta version, where they can trade on spot markets 24/7 with liquidity provided by top institutional market makers. Arcus Spot allows users to trade crypto, stocks, commodities, and index ETFs with 0% fees on Stock Token trades. To get access to the app in the next batches, users have to join the waitlist.

Keep an eye on the project's official X account for official information about it.
 

Considering this, the CoinLaunch team conducted a full review of the Arcus crypto project and identified the most notable pros and cons:
 

✅ Arcus pros:

• Strong, publicly available team with a lot of experience;
• Multiple security audits from top companies;
• Strategic partnership and investment by Robinhood Crypto;
• Fast-growing metrics;
• Solid perp DEX narrative combined with rising Robinhood Chain activity.
   

❌ Arcus cons:

• A strong dependence on the Robinhood Chain. A loss of interest in the Robinhood Chain will lead to an even quicker loss of interest in Arcus;
• No info on revenue yet;
• The only project investor is Robinhood Chain;
• No info on the project raise;
• Below-average Digital Marketing score;
• No airdrops or incentive campaigns yet.