Auction Mechanics
Time-based auction where users bid for a specific quantity of tokens at a specific price.
Auction Supply
250K
Auction Opens
Place your bids to secure $EXO tokens. The stronger your bid is, the more confident you’ll be as the price evolves.
Dynamic Pricing
As demand increases, the clearing price adjusts in real time. Bids below the current price are phased out, while winning bids remain active.
Auction Ends
At the close of the auction, winning bids receive $EXO tokens at the clearing price. All excess SOL is refunded.
Tokenomics
Breakdown of token allocation across different categories.
TOTAL SUPPLY
10M $EXO
Foundation
4,025,000 Tokens
Ensures long-term sustainability, growth, and continued development (unlocked, managed by the Foundation).
Community
2,000,000 Tokens
Rewards organic users and directs attention to new platform features through airdrops + incentives (unlocked, managed by the Foundation).
Seed (SAFT) Investors
1,800,000 Tokens
Sold via SAFT with a lock-up period (99% is 6 months, 1% is 1 month after TGE) and a linear distribution for 24 months afterwards
Team
1,500,000 Tokens
Lock-up period (6 months after TGE) and a linear distribution for 24 months afterwards.
Genesis Auction
250,000 Tokens
Initial auction token allocation. 100% of net proceeds used to seed liquidity.
Onchain Liquidity
225,000 Tokens
Provisioned for DEX liquidity (e.g., Raydium), ensuring a healthy market for trading (unlocked at TGE).
Advisors
200,000 Tokens
Strategic partners providing expertise and guidance (3 month locked up after TGE, 12 month linear distribution afterwards).
Frequently Asked Questions
Exotic Markets is a DeFi protocol built on Solana that specializes in structured products and options trading. It allows users to:
- Earn yield without impermanent loss
- Trade options on SOL, BTC, JUP, PYTH, and more
- Profit in any market condition (up, down, or sideways)
It brings Wall Street-level sophistication—like advanced options strategies—to the blockchain.
Unlike standard options platforms, Exotic Markets lets users customize and automate strategies. With defined risk/reward, no margin calls, and no liquidation risk, it gives traders smarter ways to manage risk and earn sustainable yield.
Exotic Markets is built on Solana, chosen for its speed, scalability, and ultra-low transaction costs—perfect for complex financial instruments. Anyone with a Solana wallet can use the platform.
Step 1: Connect your Solana wallet to Exotic Markets and create a profile.
Step 2: Choose whether to earn yield or trade options. We have an assistant to help you.
- Yield Strategies: Pick a trading pair (e.g., SOL/USDC), select your risk/yield profile, and deposit tokens.
- Options: Buy a call (price increase) or put (price decrease), with your max loss defined upfront.
Step 3: Confirm your transaction and start trading.
- Perpetuals = liquidation risk. One sudden wick can wipe out your position.
- Options = defined risk. Max loss is known upfront—no surprises.
- Staking = limited yield. Exotic Markets offers customizable strategies, premium income, and even principal protection.
With Exotic Markets, you can trade smarter, manage risk better, and make your crypto work harder.
- Mainnet is live now, but scaling is ongoing.
- Options are limited and first-come-first-served—capacity will expand over time.
- Q4 2025: new products, new tokens
- Continuous UI/UX improvements and strategy upgrades.
$EXO is the utility and incentive token of Exotic Markets. It provides:
- Priority access to scarce options products
- Reduced Fees and redistribution of platform fees to stakers
- Staking benefit: Most of the fees of the protocol will go back to token holders
- Enhanced Strategies & Tools for traders
It's more than governance—it's your trading edge.
Yes. $EXO will be available on DEXs like Raydium and may later expand to major centralized exchanges (CEXs) to ensure liquidity and accessibility.
Yes. Team and investor allocations are locked with vesting schedules (6 months cliff, with very few at 1 month, and 24+ month linear from TGE) to align incentives and ensure long-term growth.
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Seed Investors: 99% locked for 6 months (1% with 1 month lockup), followed by 24+ month linear vesting after TGE.
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Team: 6 month lockup followed by 24 month linear vesting after TGE.
The total supply of 10,000,000 $EXO tokens is distributed as follows:
Foundation (40.25% - 4.025M tokens): Ensures long-term sustainability, growth, and continued development. Unlocked after TGE.
Community (20% - 2M tokens): Rewards organic users and directs attention to new platform features through airdrops + incentives. Unlocked after TGE.
Seed (SAFT) Investors (18% - 1.8M tokens): Sold via SAFT with a cliff (95% is 6 month cliff) and a linear vesting of 24+ months. Unlocked after TGE.
Team (15% - 1.5M tokens): Reserved for contributors ensuring the platform's continued development. Vesting over 24+ month linear with a 6 months cliff from TGE.
Genesis Auction (2.5% - 250K tokens): Initial auction sale allocation.
Onchain Liquidity (2.25% - 225K tokens): Provisioned for DEX liquidity (e.g., Raydium), ensuring a healthy market for trading
Advisors (2% - 200K tokens): Strategic partners providing expertise and guidance
This allocation ensures sustainable growth through treasury funding, ecosystem development, community rewards, and strategic partnerships.
A total of 250,000 $EXO will be available for purchase via Uniform Price Auction. This amounts to 2.5% of the total supply.
The Auction will begin on September 10th at 10am PST and remain open for at least 48 hours (September 12th at 10am PST). Bids placed at the end of the auction will extend the end time.
A Uniform Price Auction is a token sale mechanism designed for organic price discovery and limited sniping or front running. Here’s how it works:
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A specific quantity of tokens is allocated for sale in the Auction contract.
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Users place bids designating their desired price per token and amount of tokens (e.g., 100 tokens for 0.1 SOL each).
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The auction fills in real-time, ranking bids from highest to lowest. Users can see in real-time whether their bids are winning or losing.
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Once full, the lowest winning bid sets the clearing price.
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When the Auction ends, all winners pay the same price (the lowest winning bid price) and can claim an overbid refund.
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Bids placed during the final moments of the auction will extend the timer by a few minutes to avoid last minute sniping, giving other bidders a chance to respond.
After the Auction ends, all participants will see whether their bids won or lost. Winning bids will receive the number of tokens requested at the clearing price OR the clearing bid (lowest winning bid) may be partially filled depending how much supply is available at that offer.
All purchasers will be able to claim their share of $EXO approximately 6 hours after the Auction ends on September 12th by returning to this website.
All users who overbid will be able to claim their resulting refunds after the Auction ends.
If a user’s bid is not a winning bid, the user can reclaim their losing bid amount in real time during the Auction. Users don’t have to wait until the end of the Auction to reclaim losing bid amounts.
No lock-up period.
The only currency accepted will be SOL.
$EXO is not marketed, offered, or solicited to any persons operationally based or domiciled in the United States, United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, or a country or territory in which sanctions imposed by the United States (OFAC), United Kingdom (OFSI) and/or the European Union. All such persons are prohibited.