edgeX 

EDGE Price

What is the edgeX crypto exchange?

edgeX is a decentralized perpetual futures exchange offering a 24/7 trading layer for crypto perps, tokenized stocks, commodities, and indices. The project runs as an app-specific Ethereum execution layer built for high-frequency and quantitative traders who need CEX-grade latency. Amber Group incubated edgeX, and the EDGE token launched on March 31, 2026. DropsTab classifies edgeX under DEX, with additional categories in DeFi and Perpetuals.

How does the edgeX EDGE Stack work?

The edgeX stack has two core components: edgeVM, an engine handling matching, liquidation, and risk, and edgeEVM, which executes general DeFi logic. A two-lane design called FlashLane separates fast-lane order placement from slow-lane withdrawals and governance. Transaction execution is sharded per market and runs in parallel. Settlement converges into a single state-root commitment to a rollup layer, so batches are independently replayable and inherit Ethereum security.

What is EDGE tokenomics: total supply and allocation?

EDGE has a maximum and total supply capped at 1,000,000,000 tokens, per DropsTab data. The official allocation assigns 30% to an airdrop, 30% to a future reserve for awards, campaigns, and liquidity incentives, 25% to team and investors, 5% to liquidity, 5% to the foundation, and 5% to ecosystem and community. The airdrop and liquidity buckets were unlocked at TGE. The remaining buckets vest on multi-year schedules.

How does the EDGE buyback and burn mechanism work?

Exchange revenue funds a buyback and burn program. edgeX repurchases EDGE on the market and permanently removes the tokens from supply, which makes the remaining circulating supply deflationary over time. Cumulative burning has passed 5% of the total supply. The program runs continuously, and the official tokenomics page tracks the running total.

What does EDGE's vesting and unlock schedule mean for sell pressure?

The vesting schedule concentrates a large share of EDGE supply under insider control and releases it over roughly four years. Team and investor tokens (25%) follow a 24-month cliff, then 24 months of linear vesting. The future reserve (30%) unlocks after an 18-month cliff. Foundation and ecosystem buckets (5% each) unlock after 12 months. Full vesting completes around February 2030, with the largest single unlock scheduled for March 31, 2028. This structure creates predictable future sell pressure as locked allocations release.

Who backed edgeX?

Amber Group incubated edgeX and led its pre-seed round in December 2024. Circle Ventures joined a strategic round announced on February 10, 2026, alongside plans for native USDC integration on the edge chain. DropsTab fundraising data records two rounds for edgeX: the incubation and the strategic round. Raise amounts and valuations were not disclosed for either round. The backer mix signals market-making depth from Amber Group and stablecoin infrastructure ties from Circle Ventures.

What did edgeX's points campaigns and airdrop involve?

edgeX ran two points campaigns ahead of its token launch. Alpha Season ran from December 11, 2024 to May 7, 2025, rewarding users for actively trading on the platform. The points pool was capped at 7,310,000 points, and TGE distribution targeted points and NFT holders. Open Season began on May 28, 2025, extending earning to trading plus deposits into vaults. Both campaigns have ended, and no earning campaign is active.

Why did edgeX's token launch draw community criticism?

edgeX's token launch drew community backlash over airdrop distribution and transparency. The team responded by having liquidity partners voluntarily accept a 12-month lock-up on their airdrop tokens, implemented through an OpenZeppelin vesting contract. The 30% airdrop allocation itself was unlocked at TGE.

Where can EDGE be traded - exchanges and DEX venues?

EDGE trades on centralized and decentralized venues in parallel. Spot markets run on Bybit, OKX, Bitget, MEXC, KuCoin, Gate, Coinbase, HTX, Bitrue, and Poloniex, with USDT the dominant quote currency. Perpetual futures trade on Binance Futures, OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, MEXC, Gate, BTSE, and BVOX. On-chain liquidity sits in Uniswap v3 and v4 pools on Ethereum, so trading does not depend on thin DEX pools. Gate and Coinbase list the token under the ticker EDGEX; other venues use EDGE.

Is EDGE a coin or a token?

EDGE is a token. It exists as an ERC-20 contract on Ethereum at 0xb0076de78dc50581770bba1d211ddc0ad4f2a241, verifiable on Etherscan, with 18 decimals. edgeX operates its own execution layer for trading, but the token itself settles on Ethereum infrastructure.