✈️Introducing $ROLL

Introducing $ROLL: The token designed to connect everything we’ve built so far (trading, liquidity, vaults, and community programs) into one shared ownership and governance layer. Over the past year, users have traded on RollX v1, stress-tested the vaults, and participated across quests, campaigns, and points programs, helping push more than $22B of cumulative volume through a fully non-custodial perp engine on Base. The ecosystem has grown to ~158k traders, $39M+ TVL, and peak daily volumes around ~$700M on active days. $ROLL is built to be the utility token for the RollX perp layer today, and the governance token for what comes next: RollX v2, a Base-native, verifiable CLOB that unifies spot + perps with CEX-grade execution, while preserving DeFi security, self-custody, and composability.

RollX v2: A Base-Native, Verifiable CLOB for Unified Spot + Perps

RollX v2 is built around a TEE-secured Layer-3 appchain (the RollX AppChain) on top of Base. It targets a verifiable central limit order book (CLOB) and hybrid match engine with:

• High-performance execution (CEX-like UX)

• Self-custodial settlement and cross-venue liquidity

• An escape-hatch withdrawal mechanism designed for resilience

The design uses Trusted Execution Environments (AWS Nitro Enclaves) via Base’s OP Enclave framework to enforce correct off-chain execution while keeping non-custodial guarantees. RollX also targets multi-asset cross-margin (e.g., USDC, cbBTC, ETH/LSTs, yield stables, and tokenized RWAs) within one margin account, each with risk haircuts.

What $ROLL Powers

$ROLL is the coordination layer for traders, LPs, builders, and governance stewards:

• Trading benefits: holding or staking $ROLLcan unlock fee discounts, VIP tiers, and stronger referral rebates. Premium tooling (e.g., TWAP/VWAP execution, higher API limits, upgraded order types) can be gated by $ROLL balances or stake.

• Liquidity and safety: LPs in RLP/BRLP-style vaults can earn fees plus $ROLL incentives. $ROLL can also be staked into an on-chain insurance backstop to support protocol safety (with real downside risk in black-swan events).

• Builder alignment: strategy builders and copy-trade vault managers can stake$ROLLto launch strategies and unlock priority routing or higher API limits.

• Governance:$ROLL holders can vote on listings, risk haircuts, funding parameters, fee schedules, incentive budgets and key parameters. Governance is intended to start off-chain (Snapshot-style) and progressively move on-chain, with specialist councils (e.g., Risk/Liquidity) proposing parameter changes.

• AppChain security (future): when the AppChain launches,$ROLL is intended to become the staking asset for validators/sequencers, linking trading activity to network security and fee capture.

$ROLL Tokenomics: Built for Community Ownership

Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 $ROLL (fixed and capped) RollX is structured to launch as a community-owned perp layer:

• No private token sale

• No SAFT

• No investor allocation

1. Protocol & Community Users, 54%

• Genesis Airdrop: ~18%

• Future community Incentives: ~36% (future liquidity mining, trading rewards, referrals, campaigns over ~3 years)

2. Team (Founders & Core Contributors), 10%

• 0% unlocked at TGE

• 12-month cliff, then linear vesting over 24 months

• Locked tokens cannot stake or farm rewards until vested

3. Ecosystem & Partners, 14%

• 2% unlocks at TGE

• Remaining 12% vests over 24 months

4. Treasury & Insurance Reserve, 16%

• 2% unlocks at TGE

• Remaining 14% vests linearly over 24 months

5. Exchange Partnerships & Liquidity, 6%

• Reserved for CEX listing airdrops/reserves and listing-venue campaigns (designed to end up with users)

Token Release and Circulation

At TGE, approximately ~15.5% of supply is expected to be in circulation or immediately claimable, with 0% of team allocation circulating. The indicative components include:

• ~4.5%: Genesis airdrop claimable at TGE (25% of the ~18% genesis allocation)

• 6%: CEX listing airdrops and reserves

• 1%: Future community incentives

• 2%: Treasury initial unlock

• 2%: Ecosystem fund initial unlock

Exact circulation figures, contract addresses, and on-chain allocation labels will be published with the final TGE announcement and MiCA-compliant whitepaper/listing documentation.

After TGE:

• The remaining 75% of the genesis airdrop unlocks linearly over 6 months.

• Ongoing incentives scale with real usage rather than front-loading emissions.

• Team tokens remain locked for 12 months, then release monthly over the next 24 months.

How to Get $ROLL

1. Claim the Genesis Airdrop at TGE (25% claimable; 75% vests over 6 months).

2. Trade and provide liquidity on RollX (vault incentives and trading rewards distribute $ROLL to active users).

3. Join Base ecosystem campaigns that continue converting contribution into ownership.

4. Post TGE access expands via coordinated CEX listings and Base DEX pools (e.g., Uniswap/Aerodrome).

Closing: Ownership Has a Ticker Now

RollX v1 proved that high performance, non custodial perps can scale. RollX v2 is building what comes next: a Base native, verifiable CLOB that unifies spot + perps with CEX grade execution and DeFi grade security and composability.

Base is entering the millions of assets era. The winners will be the protocols that can turn that issuance into real markets – tight spreads, deep books, resilient price discovery, and always on hedging, without sacrificing self-custody. RollX v2 is built to deliver Base’s “Hyperliquid moment” as an outcome: a unified spot + perp CLOB, a single margin and risk engine, and a market structure layer that scales from retail flow to institutional liquidity.

$ROLL is how the community owns that outcome. It is the utility and governance layer that aligns traders, LPs, builders, and long-term stewards, coordinating liquidity incentives, risk parameters, listings, and the rollout of RollX v2 and the AppChain. In short: if Base is becoming the distribution and settlement layer for everything, $ROLL is your stake in the perp layer that makes those assets tradable, hedgeable, and liquid on Base.

In 5 days, $ROLL goes live, and the RollX perp layer moves one step closer to being community owned by the people who trade, provide liquidity, and build on it.Disclaimer: This post is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice. Trading involves substantial risk, including the risk of loss.Information is accurate at the time of publication. Certain details may evolve over time, and any updates will be shared with the community in advance.

Disclaimer: This post is for informational purposes only and is not financial advice. Trading involves substantial risk, including the risk of loss.

Information is accurate at the time of publication. Certain details may evolve over time, and any updates will be shared with the community in advance.