RISE Labs Acquires BSX Labs to Scale Onchain Orderbooks
RISE Labs has acquired BSX Labs, the team behind the BSX perpetuals DEX on the Base network, integrating a proven hybrid onchain orderbook engine that processed over $15 billion in trading volume since 2023 into its high-speed Ethereum Layer 2 platform. The acquisition fast-tracks development of fully onchain orderbooks with CEX-grade performance for spot and perpetual markets, enabling synchronous composability and deeper liquidity and strengthening onchain orderbooks as a bridge between DeFi and traditional finance. Retail brokers will access consolidated liquidity pools, asset issuers can seamlessly list spot and perpetual instruments, and traders gain best execution and new yield opportunities. BSX DEX operations will wind down over a week starting November 11, 2025; BSX token holders will receive a 1.5%-supply airdrop of RISE’s upcoming token and should close positions and withdraw assets per BSX blog instructions.
Bullish
The acquisition accelerates RISE Labs’ roadmap for native onchain orderbooks with CEX‐grade performance, integrating a proven $15 billion‐volume engine and bridging DeFi with traditional finance. This strategic move should drive positive sentiment for RISE’s upcoming token and enhance protocol adoption, offering deeper liquidity and new yield opportunities. In the short term, traders can anticipate heightened interest ahead of the token launch; in the long term, the strengthened infrastructure and composability could support sustainable growth and market confidence.