How THE BASKET works
BASKET turns trading activity into holdings. A fee on every trade is collected in USDC, spent on the launchpad tokens with the most volume on Arc, and sent to the wallets that hold BASKET.
Overview
Every BASKET trade carries a 3.3% fee, taken in USDC. The treasury spends what it collects on the highest-volume launchpad tokens on Arc, weighted by each token's share of that volume, and the tokens it buys go to eligible holders in proportion to what they hold.
Nothing is sold to do this. The treasury only ever buys, and it hands out what it bought — so what a holder receives is the tokens themselves, not a share of a profit.
How it works
- Trade. Every BASKET buy and sell carries a 3.3% fee, collected in USDC.
- Monitor. Trailing 24h volume is tracked across the launchpads on Arc.
- Buy. The treasury buys the leaders, weighted by volume share.
- Distribute. Purchased tokens go to holders' wallets, pro-rata to their BASKET balance.
Weighting methodology
Each token's share of the purchase is its share of the tracked volume:
weight(i) = volume(i) ÷ Σ volume(top 5)
Recalculated every 4 hours from trailing 24h volume, so the composition follows where trading actually is rather than where it was at launch.
A cap limits how much of one purchase any single token can take. Weighting by volume means a launchpad can raise its own share by trading its own token; the cap does not prevent that, it bounds what it wins.
Distribution mechanics
Distribution is pro-rata and automatic. There is no staking, no lock-up and no sign-up: holding BASKET above the threshold is the whole qualification.
Entitlement is recorded on chain the moment a purchase is credited, and it is yours from then on. Whether it is delivered to you or you collect it yourself, the amount is the same and it cannot expire.
Eligibility is measured when a purchase is credited, not when it is collected. Buying in after a credit earns from the next one.
Chain & contracts
BASKET runs on Arc, where the native currency is USDC — so fees, purchases and the treasury are all denominated in the same asset, with no conversion in between.
| Contract | Address |
|---|---|
| BASKET token | 0xA276aCFE08668EFFeBb0671A3760D0350306441f |
| Distributor | 0xD4DFa2D79737Da9876FE249e414eab96856E9c78 |
| Treasury | 0x141a8a95Fb66B8278Ce38c39c3265A74Af5e2F39 |
Roadmap
Today, the basket holds only launchpad tokens. As Arc-native tokenized stocks become available, THE BASKET is designed to expand to support them, widening the pool of assets the fee can buy and distribute.
FAQ
- How do I receive distributions?
- Hold BASKET above the threshold. Entitlement accrues automatically and the tokens reach your wallet without you doing anything.
- Why USDC?
- It is Arc's native currency. Fees are collected, held and spent in one asset, so nothing has to be converted and no conversion can move against the treasury.
- Will stocks be supported?
- THE BASKET is designed to expand to Arc-native tokenized stocks as they become available.
- How often does the basket change?
- Every 4 hours.