What is Rubicon?

Rubicon brings ETF perpetual futures to Hyperliquid's battle-tested order book infrastructure.

Trade semiconductor and thematic ETFs with leverage, 24/7 market access, and instant settlement—all on-chain.

The Problem

Traditional ETF exposure comes with friction:

  • Brokerage accounts — KYC, geographic restrictions, account minimums

  • Market hours only — Can't react to overnight news

  • T+2 settlement — Capital locked for days

  • No easy shorting — Complex borrowing requirements for retail

  • No leverage — Limited to 1x exposure without margin accounts

Meanwhile, DeFi offers 24/7 crypto trading but lacks exposure to traditional financial instruments like sector ETFs.

Our Solution

Rubicon enables perpetual futures trading on ETFs with:

Feature
Benefit

Up to 3x leverage

Capital efficient exposure

24/7 access

Trade anytime, prices freeze at market close

Cash settlement

No physical delivery, settled in USDH

Non-custodial

Your keys, your funds

No KYC

Permissionless access

How We're Different

Direct ETF Price Tracking

We fetch ETF prices directly from authoritative sources—never constructing synthetic baskets from component stocks.

Why this matters:

  • ETF providers handle rebalancing and corporate actions

  • No drift between our price and the actual ETF

  • Simpler, more reliable oracle infrastructure

Built on Hyperliquid

Rubicon uses HIP-3 to deploy perpetual contracts directly on Hyperliquid's infrastructure:

  • Battle-tested matching engine

  • Deep liquidity from Hyperliquid ecosystem

  • Sub-second execution

  • On-chain order book transparency

Current Markets

  • SOXX — iShares Semiconductor ETF

  • Korean Semiconductor ETFs — KODEX, TIGER, HANARO exposure

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