Arcus is one of the buzziest new launches in crypto right now, and if you landed here you're probably trying to get past the waitlist. Good news: you can. Sign up with invite code BESTRADER and you skip the line.
Here's the code and the link, then everything worth knowing about what Arcus actually is.
Arcus invite code
Invite code: BESTRADER
Open Arcus, and when onboarding asks for an invite or referral code, type BESTRADER. Your account gets created without waiting for a waitlist spot. That's the whole trick. The code is what moves you to the front of the line while Arcus is still invite-only.
What is Arcus?
Arcus is a decentralized exchange for perpetual futures, and the part turning heads is what you can trade on it. Not just crypto. You can trade equities as perps, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Stocks normally only trade during market hours on weekdays. Arcus lets you trade them around the clock, weekends included, on-chain. It also supports spot trading, so you're not stuck with derivatives only.
It's built on the Robinhood Chain, and that's a big reason for the attention. Robinhood already has tens of millions of users, so a venue for trading stocks as perps sitting on its chain is the kind of thing that pulls a mainstream crowd on-chain for the first time.
So in one app you get:
- Perpetual futures on stocks, tradeable 24/7
- Crypto perps
- Spot trading
- Everything on-chain, built on the Robinhood Chain
Why traders care about it
A few reasons this launch is getting so much hype:
24/7 stock exposure. Reacting to news on a Sunday night instead of waiting for Monday's open is genuinely new for most retail traders. Earnings, macro headlines, and weekend surprises no longer have to wait for the bell.
On-chain and self-custody. You trade from your own wallet instead of handing funds to a broker. Your keys, your positions.
It's early. Arcus is still in its invite-only phase. Being early to a venue that could ride Robinhood's distribution is exactly the window active traders look for. It's also the riskiest window, which we get into below.
How to sign up with the code
1. Go to Arcus. 2. Start the sign-up and connect your wallet. 3. When it asks for an invite or referral code, enter BESTRADER. 4. That skips the waitlist and activates your account. 5. Fund a wallet you're comfortable trading from, and keep your first positions small while you learn the interface.
If the code box isn't obvious, look for wording like "invite code," "referral," or "have a code?" during onboarding.
Be honest with yourself about the risk
Arcus is brand new. New venues carry real risks: smart-contract bugs, thin liquidity on some markets, and the general uncertainty of software that hasn't been through a full market cycle yet. Trading stocks as 24/7 perps is also uncharted ground. Prices can move on a weekend when the underlying stock market is closed and can't react, which cuts both ways.
None of that means avoid it. It means go in small, only deposit what you can afford to lose, and treat the early phase as exactly that. If you want to size positions properly, our position size calculator does the math for you, and if you use leverage, check your liquidation price before you open anything. For the wider picture on funding and liquidation costs, the funding rates page is worth a look too.
Bottom line
If you want into Arcus without waiting, the invite code is BESTRADER. Use it at Arcus, sign up, and you're past the waitlist. Just go in with your eyes open. It's early, it's high-risk, and small size is your friend while everything is new.