Our plans for $frens

$frens is the planned access token for the platform's infrastructure: holding it is what unlocks programmatic use of frens.markets — the API, the SDK, and the rails underneath them.

The access model

The interface you're using stays open to everyone. $frens gates the layer below it: builders, market makers and power traders who want machine access to the same engine. Access scales with holdings — larger positions unlock higher tiers — rather than with per-call billing, so infrastructure access is something you hold, not something you subscribe to.

API usage

Holding $frens will grant API access for:

• Trading — place and manage orders programmatically against the same live books the ticket uses, with the same protections (slippage caps, minimum sizes).
• Market data — full catalog, order-book depth, price history and fills, at rate limits that scale by tier.
• Account — balances, positions, transfers and notifications, so bots and dashboards can see exactly what the portfolio page sees.

Infrastructure access

Beyond the raw API, tiers will unlock the platform's tooling:

• SDK — typed client libraries that wrap authentication, order signing and routing, so a strategy is a few lines, not a protocol implementation.
• Streams & webhooks — push delivery for fills, price moves and transfer statuses instead of polling.
• Embeds — drop-in market cards and tickets for external sites, powered by your API tier.

Everything in the app is usable without it — get started here.