edgeX (EDGE) is the native token of edgeX, a decentralized perpetual futures exchange. EDGE is an ERC-20 governance/settlement token on Ethereum mainnet, while trading itself executes on EDGE Chain, edgeX's own app-specific rollup built on Arbitrum that settles to Ethereum Layer 1.
edgeX is incubated by Amber Group and received a strategic investment from Circle Ventures ahead of the EDGE token's March 2026 launch, which integrates native USDC and Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol.
edgeX differentiates itself by running its perpetual-trading engine on its own purpose-built rollup, EDGE Chain, rather than a shared general-purpose chain. This app-specific Arbitrum rollup settles to Ethereum L1 and natively integrates Circle's USDC and CCTP, including a 1:1 USD redemption guarantee for USDC on the exchange.
The EDGE token anchors this infrastructure as its governance/settlement asset. edgeX's trading activity is large relative to its EDGE token market cap of roughly $132 million as of 2026-09-01, though on-chain DEX liquidity for the token itself remains thin.
EDGE is edgeX's native ERC-20 token, used as the governance and settlement asset for the exchange.
The token is deployed on Ethereum mainnet and denominates governance and settlement activity on EDGE Chain, edgeX's Arbitrum-based rollup that powers its perpetual trading engine.
EDGE has a fixed total/max supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens, with 350,000,000 (35%) circulating as of 2026-09-01.
Locked allocations follow 12-24 month cliffs and subsequent 24-month linear vesting. No further minting is reported, and a buyback-burn mechanism has removed 4.78% of supply, contributing to a net circulating figure of 30.22%.
EDGE launched via a Token Generation Event on March 31, 2026, at 20:30 Beijing time. This followed a pre-seed round led by Amber Group in December 2024 and a strategic investment from Circle Ventures in January 2026.
The Ethereum token contract was deployed on 2026-02-19, roughly six weeks before public trading began. Initial distribution included a 30% airdrop unlocked at TGE, alongside locked allocations for investors, team, and reserves.
The EDGE token is an ERC-20 asset on Ethereum mainnet, which secures the network via proof-of-stake consensus.
edgeX's trading engine runs on EDGE Chain, the exchange's own app-specific rollup built on Arbitrum; EDGE Chain in turn settles to Ethereum Layer 1, inheriting its security guarantees rather than operating an independent validator set.
edgeX's team reportedly includes professionals with prior experience at Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Goldman Sachs, and Bybit, combining traditional-finance and crypto-derivatives backgrounds.
edgeX is incubated by Amber Group, a crypto market-making and trading firm that led edgeX's pre-seed funding round in December 2024.
Circle Ventures made a strategic investment in January 2026 ahead of the EDGE token launch to integrate native USDC and Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol into EDGE Chain.
edgeX's tokenomics designate a Foundation allocation intended to support the project's long-term operational mandate, including research and governance functions.
edgeX's most concrete recent milestone is the migration of its exchange infrastructure to EDGE Chain, its Arbitrum-based rollup, reported as EdgeX V2.
The migration integrates Circle's USDC and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) into EDGE Chain, with claimed improvements to security and tokenomics. Following community concerns over token-allocation transparency around the March 2026 TGE, edgeX moved 14% of EDGE supply into a one-year-locked vesting contract.
edgeX has been audited by RigSec, SlowMist, and PeckShield, and maintains an ongoing security collaboration with CertiK for its DEX protocols, staking contracts, and liquidity algorithms.
A Halborn audit of the core settlement layer was completed before a mid-2024 launch, predating the EDGE token's 2026 deployment. On-chain concentration is high: the top 10 holders control 85% of supply, and quant scoring flags high liquidity risk, with DEX liquidity equal to only 0.04% of market cap.