Arcus Airdrop & Points Guide
Arcus has no token yet, but its points programme is live: Season 1 hands out 250,000 points every week to active traders, and many farm them hoping for a future airdrop. Join with referral code GETREF and pay 5% less on the fees your farming volume costs.
- Airdrop status
- Points live
- Season 1 since Sep 30, 2026
- Token
- Not announced
- Points are not a promise of a token
- Next points drop
- Wed, Oct 21, 19:00 UTC
- Weekly pool
- 250,000
- points a week, shared by all traders
- Addresses earning
- 14,429
- wallets with points this season
- Programme ends
- by Jun 30, 2027
Season numbers live from the Arcus points dashboard, Wed, Oct 21, 01:26 UTCStatus checked Oct 20, 2026Official announcement
What your farming volume costs
1.13 USDT
back to you every month
You save 1.13 USDT
≈ 13.5 USDT a yearat this volume
How it's calculatedFutures · Taker
- Standard fee (Futures · Taker)
- 0.0225%
- Estimated rebate
- 5%
- Assumptions: Futures, Taker, base rate Base.
An example at the selected trading volume. Actual fees depend on your volume and fee tier. Verified Oct 20, 2026
Arcus airdrop: where it stands
Arcus Points Season 1 started on 1 October 2026 and runs no later than the end of H1 2027. A fixed 250,000 points are distributed every Wednesday at 3 PM ET and split among active traders, so each week's share shrinks as more people join. Season 0 rewarded the private beta (1 July – 30 September); those points are still hidden. Arcus has not announced a token or an airdrop: it calls points a participation metric allocated at its sole discretion, and it can cut points for wash trading or other gaming.
How to farm Arcus points
What counts, from the DEX's own rules. Gaming the system gets points cut.
- 1
Trade spot and perpetuals on Arcus
Points follow how you trade, not just how much: wash trading and self-matching earn little or nothing.
- 2
Trade Stock Tokens and other real-world assets
They currently earn boosted points.
- 3
Trade RWA perpetuals outside US market hours
8 PM to 4 AM ET, weekends and US holidays — for the off-hours boost.
- 4
Keep collateral on Arcus
Retained deposits earn points, while deposit-trade-withdraw cycles don't.
- 5
If you market-make, quote tight, deep and consistent prices
That earns points too.
- 6
Check your weekly points and rank on the Arcus Points dashboard after every Wednesday drop.
How to join with code GETREF
Open Arcus through the Getref link and trade with lower fees from your own wallet.
- 1
Open Arcus through the link
Click “Start farming”: the Arcus referral page opens with code GETREF filled in.
- 2
Connect your wallet and redeem GETREF
Connect a wallet or sign in with e-mail, enable trading and press Redeem. Already trading? You can still redeem it if your wallet has no code yet.
- 3
Trade with lower fees
Arcus takes 5% off your perpetuals trading fees automatically — nothing to claim.
Fees on your farming volume
- Futures · Maker
- 0%0%
- Futures · Taker
- 0.0225%0.0214%
The DEX applies the discount itself — your fees are simply lower. Fees on the Arcus site
Good to know
Forgot to enter the referral code?
You can add the code later: as long as your wallet is not yet linked to another referral code, open the referral page in Arcus and redeem GETREF there. A wallet stays linked to the first code it redeems.
How does the discount work?
Applied automatically: Arcus charges your wallet 5% less on every positive maker and taker fee — nothing to claim.
Availability by country
Not available in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom and other restricted regions — check Arcus's terms.
About the exchange
Arcus is a perpetual futures DEX on Robinhood Chain. One self-custodial account trades perpetuals on crypto, single US stocks, commodity ETFs and index ETFs around the clock, with leverage and cross or isolated margin. Orders are matched off-chain on a fast order book, while validators re-check every trade and funds settle on an EVM chain, so no exchange holds your coins. You sign in with a wallet or with e-mail, deposit from most major chains or by card, and everything settles in USDG, a dollar stablecoin issued by Paxos. Arcus is not available in the US, Canada, the UK and other restricted regions.
Who it suits
Arcus is worth your time if you want to be early in a live points programme from a team incubated at dYdX Labs, and you would trade stocks, ETFs or crypto perps anyway. The pot is fixed at 250,000 points a week, so the earlier weeks are shared by fewer traders. No token is announced, so farm only with volume whose fees you are happy to pay — the GETREF discount cuts that cost by 5% — and skip wash trading, which Arcus filters out. Not available in the US, Canada or the UK.
Pros
- Live points programme: 250,000 points every week
- Still early: the weekly pot is fixed while users keep joining
- Boosted points for Stock Tokens and off-hours RWA trading
- Team incubated at dYdX Labs, on Robinhood Chain
- GETREF cuts the fees of your farming volume by 5%
Cons
- No token or airdrop announced yet
- Points are discretionary and can be cut for wash trading
- Not available in the US, Canada and the UK
Changes to the terms
- Oct 20, 2026Rebate: — → 5%
Guides and articles
How fees, rebates and referral codes work — explained step by step.
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