Bulk Trade
Airdrop (Retrodrop)

On August 22, 2026, the BulkTrade team announced that DEX trading goes live during the upcoming week. Everything committed during the pre-deposit campaign automatically converts into usable margin, so you can start trading on day one without any extra deposits or bridging.

❗Important: As of August 2026, the team hasn't disclosed how AURA points will be allocated for trading activity — there's no published formula, weekly trading pool, or split between the pre-deposit and trading seasons yet. Everything below is a framework based on how points campaigns have played out on other perp DEXs, such as Variational, Nado, and Extended. The CoinLaunch team assumes trading volume and average open interest (OI) will be the two main criteria, and we'll update this guide once the official rules are out.

Here are the two main ways to farm the potential BulkTrade airdrop once trading opens:

• Active perp DEX farm

The most straightforward option is regularly opening and closing perp positions on BulkTrade to build up trading volume. You can do this aggressively to chase points, or less aggressively by simply switching to BulkTrade as your main perp trading venue and accumulating natural volume there. 

Keep in mind that volume alone is rarely the only metric perp DEXs reward, since it's cheap to inflate artificially - BulkTrade may also weigh average OI, how long positions are held, the pairs traded, and maker vs. taker share, especially given the platform is built around a CLOB and needs orderbook depth rather than wash volume. Trading with limit orders and holding meaningful size instead of scalping in and out is the safer way to farm here.

• Passive (delta-neutral) farm

Since active farming burns fees and isn't necessarily linear in points, there's an alternative: delta-neutral farming. The idea is to open positions on BulkTrade and hedge them on another perp DEX - Extended, Variational, Nado, Hyperliquid, etc., and keep them open long enough to look natural and to build OI on both accounts.

Pick the right pair and venues, and you can also collect funding rate spreads on top, plus points from the second exchange. To push liquidations further away, open opposite-direction positions on two correlated assets (for example, long BTC and short ETH on BulkTrade), then mirror them inversely on the hedge venue (short BTC, long ETH). This keeps both balances stable through market moves for far longer and lets you hold larger OI on each side. Just check your margin occasionally - correlation isn't perfect, and liquidation on either leg kills the whole position.

• Pre-Deposit campaign

Every week, BulkTrade distributes 1M points across all users participating in the points farming campaign until the exchange goes live on the mainnet for trading. 

According to a crypto Twitter creator, there are rumors that the project may run a 30-week farming campaign. In that case, the project launches at $100M FDV, the estimated value of points is approximately $1 and $2 if it launches at $200M FDV. 

At the current 25M cap, each $1 deposited generates approximately 0.04 AURA per week, equivalent to roughly $0.04. This would result in approximately $1.2 earned per dollar deposited over 30 weeks, or around a 200% APR. 

❗Important: But keep in mind that there are still risks of points inflation due to an extension of the farming timeline, an increase in deposited funds, and other variables.

The main way to acquire AURA points on BulkTrade is by committing funds to its pre-deposit campaign, launched in parallel with Season 1 points farming on June 1, 2026. According to the X post, the most points will be allocated directly for the pre-deposit campaign.

To participate, all you need is $USDC in your Solana wallet. Connect it to the app and commit funds. The funds can be withdrawn at any time with no points penalty.

• Referral program

Boost your AURA earnings by inviting other users to participate in BulkTrade's pre-deposit campaign. Keep in mind that to receive a points bonus from your invitees, they must deposit at least $100 per account.

• BulkSOL liquidity staking

Another way of earning AURA points from BulkTrade is $SOL liquidity staking on the platform. This way, you will earn boosted yield compared to native staking while earning AURA points and keeping liquid assets in your wallet that can be used across Solana DeFi apps for additional yield.

• Mainnet trading (coming soon)

As of June 2026, there is no live mainnet trading, with the pre-deposit campaign running until then. However, once trading is live, it is almost guaranteed that you will earn points for trading on this perp DEX as well.

Considering the experience with points farming campaigns on Variational, Nado, Extended, and other perp DEXs, the main criteria for earning points will be your trading volume, time of positions held, and OI.

When trading is live, you can also try the delta-neutral points farming strategy using other perp DEXs to hedge your positions. The idea here is to open long and short positions on two assets to move your liquidations away when the market moves in either direction, and hedge your open positions on another perp DEX.

This way, you will earn points from two perp DEXs without losing any funds from trading and potentially earn some gains from funding rate spreads across the exchanges.

Good Luck! 🍀