Is the PERPTools airdrop confirmed?
Yes. PERPTools runs a points program, and its docs say the points turn into its token. The token page lists this among the token's jobs: "points accumulated pre-TGE convert proportionally into $PERP at launch". The FAQ asks "Will points convert to tokens?" and answers: "Yes. Proportionally to the airdrop allocation at TGE."
The launch is targeted for late Q4 2026, with no exact date. What nobody can tell you yet is how much a point is worth. The total supply, the airdrop's share and any vesting are unpublished, and the distribution page says of itself: "This page is intentionally a placeholder."
Warning The token doesn't exist yet. The docs say: "Pre-TGE listings or claims of pre-TGE markets are not officially associated with PERPTools." They also warn that "TGE timing can shift" and that "Points programs may be adjusted."
What PERPTools is
PERPTools is an exchange for perpetual futures. Its docs call it "An AI-native perpetual futures DEX built on the Orderly liquidity layer", which means orders are matched on Orderly Network's shared order book. Leverage goes up to 100x depending on the market, and there is no account to create: "No email, no signup, no KYC."
Three other products sit beside the perps. AI Arena lets you fund trading agents that are set up without code. Tap Prediction is a price-guessing game played with points. Spot trading was added on 17 September 2026. The project's profile on X calls it "The official perp DEX of @DEXToolsApp".
How PERPTools points work
Season 1 ended on 2 October 2026 at 12:00 UTC, and Season 2 began the same day. The docs still describe Season 1. In that season PERPTools shared "a fixed pool of 1,000,000 points each week" among everyone who was active, with the payout "every Friday at 13:00 UTC".
Your share depends on what you did compared with everyone else that week. The docs name "volume, open interest, AI Agent participation, and referrals" as factors and keep the formula private. A separate pool of 50,000 points goes to traders who meet a hidden weekly target. Social tasks, content and community help earn nothing.
For Season 2, PERPTools has said points come from "Perps, Spot & other activities". When we opened the Points page on 9 October 2026, without connecting a wallet, it showed a pool of 500,000 for the week, half the Season 1 figure, and a countdown to 12:00 UTC the following Friday. We found no statement on how Season 1 and Season 2 points will be weighed against each other at launch.
Warning Tap Prediction is played with your points, and up to 100 a day can be moved into it. The docs say "Remaining or won points can be transferred back to your main Points balance", so points you lose there appear to be gone. Those are the same points the airdrop is tied to.
Tickets are a separate program. They buy entries into draws for a trading agent funded by PERPTools, and the docs say they "cannot be traded, transferred to another user, withdrawn, or exchanged for USDC". The docs tie only points to the airdrop.
PERPTools airdrop step-by-step guide
- Open app.perptools.ai and check the address in your browser.
Warning PERPTools' risk page says "fake PERPTools sites, fake support, fake airdrop announcements are common in crypto". Its community page tells you never to trust direct messages that claim to come from the team and ask for funds, signatures or seed phrases.
- Connect a wallet and sign the one-time registration. It creates your trading account and costs only gas.
- Deposit USDC from Arbitrum or Solana. The docs say other networks "are not supported at this time". There is no minimum for trading.
- Trade perpetuals. A limit order that rests on the book pays 0.01%, and an order that fills at once pays 0.046%. The docs list both volume and open interest among the things that count.
Warning This is leveraged trading with real money. The risk page puts it this way: "A 1% adverse move at 100x leverage wipes out collateral".
- Trade spot as well if you like. PERPTools says spot counts toward Season 2 points, and it advertised 0% spot trading fees on 5 October 2026.
- Fund a trading agent in AI Arena if you want to. This part runs on Solana only and takes USDC only. An agent needs at least $30 to trade, and creating one without funding it earns no points.
Warning The FAQ asks "Can I lose money with an AI Agent?" and answers "Yes." Money in AI Arena sits in an internal balance that the docs describe as "not a separate external wallet you control with your own keys". Each withdrawal from an agent costs 1 USDC and can take up to 24 hours.
- Share your referral link if you want to. You get points equal to 10% of what the people you refer earn, plus a USDC reward on their trading at a base rate of 10%. Self-referrals and bot accounts are banned.
- Open the Points page after each Friday payout to see what you received.
Open PERPToolsOpens app.perptools.ai
PERPTools costs and fees
Taking part costs money, because points come from trading and from funding agents. On standard markets the fee is 0.01% for maker orders and 0.046% for taker orders. Markets on real-world assets charge 0.05% either way. The fee is charged on the full size of the position, not on your collateral.
The docs give an example. Opening and closing a 10,000 USDC position with taker orders costs 9.20 USDC, and doing both with maker orders costs 2.00 USDC. Funding payments between long and short traders come on top, every 1, 4 or 8 hours depending on the market. Deposits and registration cost only network gas.
PERPTools risks and eligibility
- You can lose everything you deposit. The risk page says: "Trade only with capital you can afford to lose entirely."
- The weekly pool is shared out by a private formula, so you can't work out in advance what a trade will earn. On the value of a point, the FAQ says: "We don't speculate on dollar values."
- PERPTools' own advice is: "Don't allocate to PERPTools based primarily on token speculation."
- The program can change. The docs promise only that past points won't be cut: "we commit to not retroactively reducing historical accruals".
- We found no terms of use and no list of blocked countries. The docs say "PERPTools is not a regulated venue" and leave compliance with local law to you.
- While you trade, your funds sit in Orderly's vault contracts, and the docs admit that "no contract is provably bug-free".
- PERPTools' pages don't fully agree with each other. The docs still describe Season 1 and call the token $PERP, while the Points page in the app has a panel titled "$TOOLS Token Utility".
Who is behind PERPTools?
The docs say PERPTools raised a $3 million seed round co-led by Orderly Network and DEXForce, which they describe as the venture arm of DEXTools. The homepage shows both in its list of backers, together with Animoca, NEAR, Shima Capital, Sfermion, DEXTools Ventures and BigBrain Holdings.
The only person the docs name is Wael Rajab, the chief marketing officer, who is also a co-founder of DEXT Ventures. The pages we read name no founders and no operating company.
Sources
- $PERP token overview PERPTools docs
- $PERP distribution PERPTools docs
- Points overview PERPTools docs
- How to earn points PERPTools docs
- FAQ PERPTools docs
- Risk disclosures PERPTools docs
- What is PERPTools PERPTools docs
- Quick start PERPTools docs
- Fees PERPTools docs
- Self-custody PERPTools docs
- AI Arena deposits and withdrawals PERPTools docs
- Tap Prediction PERPTools docs
- Tickets overview PERPTools docs
- Referral program PERPTools docs
- Community PERPTools docs
- DEXTools PERPTools docs
- Points Program PERPTools app
- Season 1 is coming to an end PERPTools on Telegram,
- Season 2 is live PERPTools on Telegram,
- How to maximize your points in Tap Prediction PERPTools on Telegram,
- Zero fees on spot PERPTools on Telegram,
- Spot trading is live on PERPTools PERPTools on Telegram,
- PERPTools profile PERPTools on X
- PERPTools homepage PERPTools
This guide explains how the program works. It isn't financial advice, and no airdrop is guaranteed. Check PERPTools's official channels before you connect a wallet or deposit funds.
