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EmpireDEX Review 2026: A Closed Multi-Chain DEX

EmpireDEX was a multi-chain decentralized exchange with a 0.3% swap fee, a stablecoin vault and per-chain tokens. Public reporting now describe it as a closed exchange, so this page is a record of how it worked rather than a recommendation.

By the DappsAtlas editorial team · Updated Nov 4, 2026

DappsAtlas score

3.0/10

Weak

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Our verdict on EmpireDEX

3.0/10

EmpireDEX is mainly of interest to people who still hold its LP or EMPIRE-family tokens, or who study how AMMs with locked liquidity and stablecoin vaults were designed. The documentation is clear and the 0.3% fee was standard. The main caveat is that public reporting describes the exchange as closed with its website gone, and no audits are listed. Do not plan to trade or farm here, and be careful with any site claiming to be EmpireDEX.

Score breakdown

How EmpireDEX scores

Security: 3.0/10
Ease of use: 2.0/10
Fees: 7.0/10
Features: 5.0/10

Scores run from 0 to 10 and are based only on facts we could verify. Where information was missing we mark the score n/a rather than guess.

What is EmpireDEX?

EmpireDEX was a multi-chain decentralized exchange that launched on BNB Chain (BSC) and later expanded to other networks. DefiLlama lists it under DEXs, shows it across BNB Chain, Cronos, Ethereum, Gnosis, Avalanche, Fantom, Polygon and Kava, and has tracked it since November 2021. Its token is listed as EMPIRE.

Status: third-party public reporting describes the Ethereum and BSC deployments as a closed exchange whose website is gone. Only the documentation site, a GitHub repository and data listings remain. We treat the project as inactive. DefiLlama still shows a TVL of about $2.7 million, but that figure may be stale or reflect locked liquidity rather than live usage.

The documentation presents the product as a non-custodial exchange with token swaps, liquidity providing, yield farming, a Stablecoin Vault and locked initial liquidity. Each network had its own token with the same structure. The project's X account lists about 1,600 followers, which suggests a small community.

How EmpireDEX works

EmpireDEX was an automated market maker. Instead of an order book, traders swap against pools of two tokens that liquidity providers fund. The Router handles swaps, each Pair holds a pool, and the Factory creates new pairs.

Liquidity providers received LP tokens that represented their share of a pool. They earned a share of the 0.3% swap fee and could stake LP tokens in farming pools to earn the network's EMPIRE-style token. The best-performing pairs were eligible for rewards on the Prism Network.

The design added some unusual features. DEX/COIN liquidity, for example EMPIRE/BNB on BSC, was permanently locked so that it could be used for Liquidity Sweeping, which bootstraps COIN rewards. Those LPs also had exclusive access to the Stablecoin Vault, funded by 0.05% of every trade. New networks launched through a Liquidity Generation Event.

7 features

Key features

Non-custodial swaps

Users swapped tokens and provided liquidity from their own wallets, with the exchange never holding funds.

Multi-chain deployments

Each network used a separate EmpireDEX deployment with its own token, such as EMPIRE on BSC, FDEX on Fantom and ADEX on Avalanche.

Stablecoin Vault

0.05% of every trade was sold into a stablecoin and sent to a vault, claimable by EMPIRE/COIN LP providers.

Yield farming

Liquidity providers could stake LP tokens in yield-farming pools to earn rewards, with the top pairs eligible for rewards on the Prism Network.

Time-locked initial liquidity

Initial liquidity for new launches was time-locked, and the docs describe a Liquidity Generation Event for each new network.

Router, pair and factory

The documented contracts were an Empire Router, Empire Pair and Empire Factory, following the common pair-based AMM layout.

Web3 wallet support

The docs list MetaMask, Trust Wallet and WalletConnect as supported wallets.

Pros and cons

What we like

The documentation clearly explains the fee split, pool structure and token model.
Swaps were non-custodial, so traders kept control of their funds in their own wallet.
The 0.3% swap fee was in line with common AMM pricing, and most of it went to liquidity providers.
The Stablecoin Vault gave LPs a stablecoin-denominated reward stream.
The code is published under the Apache License 2.0 and a public repository exists.

Watch out for

Public reporting describes the exchange as closed and say its website is gone, so it is not a usable venue.
DefiLlama lists no audits for the protocol.
Each chain has its own separate token, which splits liquidity and makes the system harder to follow.
Permanently locked liquidity and the Liquidity Sweeping mechanism are unusual designs that were never widely tested.
Remaining liquidity-pool tokens only give a share of whatever tokens are left in each pair contract, which may be thin or illiquid.
Reward and vault features depended on the EMPIRE tokens and the Prism Network, which add token-price risk.

EmpireDEX fees

The documentation lists a 0.3% fee on swaps. 0.25% was passively rewarded to liquidity providers, and 0.05% was sold into a stablecoin and sent to the Stablecoin Vault for EMPIRE/COIN LP providers.

Network gas fees on each chain were paid on top of that. Fees for the Prism Network rewards or LGE participation are not published publicly. Since the exchange is reported closed, these rates are of historical interest only.

Is EmpireDEX safe?

DefiLlama lists no audits for EmpireDEX. The documentation emphasises time-locked and permanently locked liquidity, which can limit some rug-pull risks, but that is not a substitute for an independent smart-contract review.

The biggest risk now is that the exchange is described as closed with its website gone. Any site, app or support channel that claims to be EmpireDEX should be treated with suspicion. Remaining LP tokens only give a share of what is left in the pair contracts, and interacting with old contracts carries smart-contract and phishing risk. Regulatory status is not stated publicly.

6 steps

How to get started with EmpireDEX

1
Confirm the current status first: third-party sources describe the exchange as closed and its website as gone, so do not expect a working trading interface.
2
Read the documentation pages on the exchange, liquidity pools and staking to understand how the system was designed.
3
If you hold EmpireDEX LP tokens, identify the chain and pair contract they belong to.
4
Check the remaining token balances in that pair contract on a block explorer before taking any action.
5
Only interact with contracts directly if you understand the risks, and never approve unknown sites or tools claiming to recover funds.
6
Use a separate wallet with a small balance for any experiment.

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Who EmpireDEX is for

This page is for holders of EmpireDEX LP or EMPIRE-family tokens who want to understand what they own, and for researchers looking at multi-chain AMM designs. It is not for anyone looking for an active exchange to trade or earn yield on.

EmpireDEX FAQs

Is EmpireDEX still active?

Public reporting from third-party sources describe EmpireDEX on both Ethereum and BSC as a closed exchange whose website is gone. Only the documentation site and some data listings remain. Treat it as inactive.

What were EmpireDEX's trading fees?

The documentation lists a 0.3% fee on swaps. Of that, 0.25% went passively to liquidity providers and 0.05% was sold into a stablecoin and sent to a Stablecoin Vault for EMPIRE/COIN LP providers.

Which blockchains did EmpireDEX run on?

DefiLlama lists BNB Chain, Cronos, Ethereum, Gnosis, Avalanche, Fantom, Polygon and Kava, plus a custom chain entry named Empire. The docs say it launched on BSC first.

What happens to my EmpireDEX LP tokens?

Third-party pages say LP tokens still give a share of the tokens in the pair contract even though the site is gone. Redeeming them would mean interacting directly with the contracts, which carries risk and may return little. Check each pair's remaining balances first.

What was the EMPIRE token?

Each network had its own token with the same tokenomics. EMPIRE was the BSC token, FDEX on Fantom and ADEX on Avalanche. DefiLlama tracks the token as EMPIRE.

What was Liquidity Sweeping?

The docs describe Liquidity Sweeping, also called Weaponised Liquidity, as a feature tied to permanently locked DEX/COIN liquidity. That locked liquidity was used to sweep the COIN side and bootstrap COIN rewards for the DEX/COIN pair.

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