Correction, October 7 Earlier versions of this page said Pacifica distributes 500,000 points a week and that a September 3, 2025 snapshot covered earlier activity. Pacifica's docs now state 10,000,000 points a week and describe no pre-launch snapshot, so we dropped that claim.
Pacifica, a Solana perpetuals exchange founded by former FTX COO Constance Wang, has paid weekly points since September 4, 2025 and has not confirmed a token. Its documentation now sets the weekly pool at 10,000,000 points. No snapshot date, tokenomics or conversion rate has been published, so we keep it at speculative.
Where it stands
Wang founded Pacifica in January 2025 with a team from Binance, Coinbase and Jane Street. It launched on Solana mainnet in June 2025 and, MEXC's guide says, passed Jupiter as the chain's top perp DEX by daily volume within three months. Cumulative volume had crossed $100 billion by January 2026, with TVL above $40 million. CoinLaunch lists an Android app among its latest features as of July 2026.
No token has been announced. Airdrops.io, updated July 23, and UseTheBitcoin, updated July 14, both report no token, TGE date, tokenomics or conversion ratio. The only allocation figure in circulation, a possible 25 percent community share, is a community projection, not a statement from the team.
How the points work
The program started on Thursday, September 4, 2025. Pacifica's docs say 10,000,000 points are distributed weekly among eligible users. Snapshots run every Thursday at 00:00 UTC, and distribution follows within 24 hours. UseTheBitcoin's guide says weekly pools have ranged from roughly 500,000 to 10,000,000, which explains why older guides cite the lower figure.
Points come from organic trading through the Pacifica app or API. The docs call the formula opaque by design and updated weekly. They say self-trading, sybil and other manipulative activity earns nothing, and that 100 accounts give no advantage over one. MEXC's guide adds smaller streams from referrals, verified bug reports and trading competitions.
Top Solana perp DEX, $100B+ cumulative.
The Hyperliquid precedent everyone cites.
No announcement, no snapshot, no date.
Liquidations can dwarf any future drop.
On a venue where points follow volume, the obvious exploit is to trade with yourself. Pacifica's answer is to exclude that volume and to slash points retroactively when it finds wash trading. The practical rule is real trades, real size and steady weeks.
Risks and open questions
Hyperliquid ran a points program on a self-funded perp DEX with no venture allocations, then converted points into one of the largest airdrops ever distributed. Pacifica matches the structure: self-funded, no VC round, points instead of a token. That is rational pattern-matching, and it is also an assumption. Our Hyperliquid season 2 entry shows how the original handled its sequel. Nothing obliges Pacifica to follow either script.
Volume is not the same as conviction. SolanaFloor, in an analysis undated in our copy and written while Pacifica was in private beta, put its share of Solana perp volume at 51.59 percent but its share of open interest under 5 percent. It warned that wash trading could easily inflate volume, and the gap suggests farmers may drive part of it.
The farm is not free. Perpetual futures carry fees, funding and liquidation risk. If you already trade perps, routing that activity through Pacifica costs little extra, and our farming guide covers sizing. If you do not, learning leveraged trading to farm points is backwards, because expected losses can exceed any plausible allocation.
A program this watched attracts fake claim pages before any token is confirmed. There is nothing to claim today, so any page, DM or ad saying otherwise is hostile until Pacifica's verified channels say it first.
What to watch:
- A token, snapshot or conversion statement on Pacifica's verified channels. None exists today.
- Any change to the 10,000,000-point weekly pool in the docs.
- Pacifica's share of Solana open interest, not only volume.
How to position yourself
- Trade on Pacifica only with size and leverage you would use anyway; points follow genuine volume, and perps losses can dwarf any airdrop.
- Show up every week. Snapshots run each Thursday at 00:00 UTC, and steady activity builds a cleaner profile than one burst.
- Do not wash trade or mirror positions across wallets. The docs exclude self-trading and sybil activity, and points can be slashed retroactively.
- Treat any Pacifica token claim page as a scam: there is no token, no snapshot date and nothing to claim.
Reality check None of these steps guarantee an allocation. Teams change criteria late, add anti-sybil filters, and sometimes never ship a token. Only spend time and gas you are fine writing off.
