Is there an Imperial airdrop?
None has been announced. Imperial has no token, and nothing it has published says its points will turn into one. The points page is plain about it: "Points track your activity and standing. They are not a guarantee of any payout."
There are hints. Imperial's chief executive wrote on 30 June 2026 that with only 20,000 points issued a week, "you can imagine there might be a solid plan for future uses." The docs give points one concrete job so far, which is to set how much collateral you can borrow in a product called Prime.
Warning You may read that Imperial "teased a 30% token allocation". A Solana news site and several promoters on X say so. We found no statement from Imperial behind it, so treat that figure as unconfirmed.
What Imperial is
Imperial is a router for perpetual futures on Solana. You trade from one screen, and it sends each order to whichever venue is cheapest. Its own material names Phoenix, Jupiter, GMTrade and Flash Trade. It is a live product that runs on real USDC.
Imperial also has its own market maker, Armada, which the docs call "a proprietary perpetuals AMM built on Solana". Armada is in an early-access beta that needs a creator code. Its trades are hedged on Lighter, an exchange outside Solana.
How Imperial Season 1 points work
Season 1 began on 20 May 2026. Imperial's launch article sets the budget at "20,000 points per week", shared among traders in proportion to their activity and credited every Monday. Volume, fees paid and trading streaks all count. Since 8 June, 5,000 of the weekly points go to referrals, and in some recent weeks 7,000 went to a paid card-pack feature.
Multipliers stack on top. Linking X or Telegram adds a temporary boost, clans add another and are invite only, and one bonus goes to traders whose results are negative. Imperial says the details "are subject to change", and Season 1 has no end date.
Imperial airdrop step-by-step guide
- Check your region. The app shows this notice to blocked users: "This functionality is not available in your region (US, UK, Canada, and Singapore)." People there can view markets only, and the terms prohibit using a VPN to get around it.
- Open imperial.space and log in with an email address, a social account or a Solana wallet. Accept the terms.
- Read the trading-session request before you sign it.
Warning The app asks you to approve a 30-day trading session, and its own text says: "This grants session access, not just proof of ownership." Check what your wallet shows before you approve.
- Deposit USDC on Solana into your trading account.
Warning The deposit screen says: "Send only USDC on Solana to this address. Sending another asset or using another network may lose your funds."
- Trade perps. Imperial picks the venue for you, and you can override it.
- Keep a daily and weekly streak, link X and Telegram, and share your referral link if you want the multipliers.
- Check the Points page after Monday's drop. Balances update once a week, not after each trade.
Open ImperialOpens imperial.space
Imperial costs and fees
Points only come from trading, so this costs money. Outside Armada, Imperial charges 0.10% of your collateral when you open a position and again when you close it. On Armada the fee is 0.01%. The venue's own fees, funding payments and slippage come on top. No fixed minimum deposit is published.
Imperial risks and eligibility
- This is leveraged trading, and you can lose your whole deposit. Even Imperial's docs on borrowed collateral say: "Prime is not free money."
- No audit of Imperial's own programs has been published.
- The terms bar users in "Prohibited Jurisdictions" and never define the term. The four countries above come from the app's notice.
- The terms don't mention points, referrals or rewards, so nothing binding covers the program.
- Chasing points with volume means paying fees on every trade, and the terms ban wash trading.
Who is behind Imperial?
The About page names two co-founders, Jordan Prince and Hunter Simmons. It says Prince built trading tools at Citadel and was an early employee of Solana Labs. The company in the terms is Imperial Labs Pte. Ltd. On 6 October 2026 Imperial announced a $1.5 million seed round led by Foundation Capital.
Sources
- Imperial Points Imperial
- Imperial Season 1 Points Imperial on X,
- 5,000 of the weekly points go to referrals Imperial on X,
- Week 17 points Imperial on X,
- A solid plan for future uses Imperial's chief executive on X,
- Imperial has raised $1.5M in seed funding Imperial on X,
- Overview Imperial docs
- Routing Imperial docs,
- Armada Imperial docs,
- Prime Imperial docs,
- Imperial Terms of Use Imperial Labs Pte. Ltd.,
- About Imperial Imperial
- Imperial raises $1.5M seed round SolanaFloor,
This guide explains how the program works. It isn't financial advice, and no airdrop is guaranteed. Check Imperial's official channels before you connect a wallet or deposit funds.
