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AI vs 1,076 human traders, battle results: if the 69% who lose let AI trade, would the top 1% make less?
A Reddit poster compared an AI trader against 1,076 human traders, finding the AI beat most of them on gains and drawdown. Methodology and sample details are unclear.
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Walt Plans AI Perpetuals Trading Through Mira, ChatGPT and Claude
Walt plans AI perpetuals trading via Mira, ChatGPT and Claude, with execution off by default; a product plan, not a completed use.
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Telegram’s Walt App Now Lets AI Agents Open and Close Perp Trades for Users
Telegram's Walt app lets AI agents open and close perp trades from user-funded accounts, with order execution off by default. This is a product launch, not a documented use case.
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Aster Sets PAPER Perp Delisting After Transferability Decision
Aster is delisting the PAPER perp after Papertrade ruled out token transfers; open positions settled at $0.026296.
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Arcus Adds Stock Tokens and WETH as Perpetual Collateral
Arcus added stock tokens and WETH as perpetual collateral in early access, with USDG auto-loans at 50% LTV and a $20,000 cap on non-USDG deposits. A product update with modest significance.
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Binance Lets All Users Run AI-Built Trading Strategies Following Successful Beta
Binance is opening its no-code AI trading agent to all users after a paid beta, including paper trading and futures strategies.
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Lighter Launches BTC and ETH Binary Options on Core
Lighter launched fully funded BTC and ETH binary options on Core, with no leverage or liquidations.
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Chip-stock bets lost $52 million in 10 minutes with Wall Street shut
A 10-minute liquidation cascade hit round-the-clock chip-stock contracts while US markets were closed, wiping out $52 million.
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Boros launched native spread markets for BTC and ETH funding rates to earn fixed or floating funding APR
Boros launched fixed-rate spread markets on BTC and ETH funding gaps between Hyperliquid and Gate, a three-leg structure.
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Pump.fun Adds Leveraged Perps via Hyperliquid
Pump.fun has integrated Hyperliquid to offer leveraged perpetuals trading to memecoin traders. Brief news item with few details in the snippet.
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Papertrade Pays Traders to Lose
Galaxy Research piece on Papertrade, a model where traders are paid to lose; worth a look for incentive design in crypto markets.
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Trade futures without the wallet-hopping: Unified Wallet is now available in the EEA
Kraken's Unified Wallet lets spot, margin and earn balances serve as futures collateral without transfers, now live in the EEA.
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Ripple Prime Opens 24/7 Swaps on Stocks, Metals and Currencies, With Virtu Already Trading
Ripple Prime launched 24/7 swaps on stocks, metals and currencies, tracking Hyperliquid perpetuals and accepting RLUSD as collateral.
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S&P 500 options are the hottest bet on this Hyperliquid exchange
Hypercall, built on Hyperliquid, reports most of its $640M volume since June came from S&P 500 options, a notable product-market signal.
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BitMEX Sued in UK for Return of $27M in Bitcoin Over Unlicensed Derivatives
A UK lawsuit seeks return of $27M in Bitcoin from BitMEX over 1,053 unlicensed perpetual swap trades, alleging deceit by the closed exchange.
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Standard Chartered unlocks direct bitcoin and ether trading for affluent UAE clients
Standard Chartered will offer direct bitcoin and ether trading to affluent UAE clients using in-house custody and settlement, with no separate wallets needed.
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Parlays Drive Kalshi’s $3.9 Billion Trading Days, Analysis Finds
An analysis attributes about 70% of Kalshi weekend notional volume to parlays, though the metric is notional rather than cash spent or new users.
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MNX Launches Futures on AI Lab IPOs and Revenue
MNX launched leveraged futures settled on AI lab IPO filings, private valuations, and revenue estimates, a niche product launch.
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Crypto exchange MNX takes on OKX, BitGet offering pre-IPO futures for AI giants
MNX offers pre-IPO futures on private AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic, a niche product with some novelty.
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Binance VIP head says hedge funds are actively exploring arbitrage opportunities on crypto venues
A Binance VIP executive says hedge funds are exploring arbitrage on crypto venues, citing deeper liquidity and 24/7 trading. Mostly an executive comment, not hard data.
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Tokenized SanDisk bets saw more liquidations than XRP as Asia’s chip rout wipes out $800 million
About $800 million in leveraged positions were liquidated in 24 hours during an Asian chip-stock selloff, with tokenized SanDisk bets seeing more liquidations than XRP.
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CFTC’s new crypto framework could face 2028 election deadline, says TD Cowen
TD Cowen argues proposed CFTC rules for leveraged and margined crypto trading may arrive too late for the 2028 election cycle.
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Bybit Launches USDC-Funded Trading in More Than 1,000 US Stocks and ETFs
Bybit launched USDC-funded trading in over 1,000 US stocks and ETFs, with Alpaca executing trades and holding the underlying shares.
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Australia proposes leverage caps for crypto-settled derivatives
ASIC proposes extending leverage caps and negative-balance protections to derivatives settled in digital assets in Australia.
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Papertrade Trader Losses Reach $32.4 Million Two Days After Launch
Papertrade, a loss-funded trading venue, booked $32.4M in trader losses within two days, with revenue data compared to Pump.fun and Hyperliquid.
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Trader nets $1.28 million on new 1,000x exchange Papertrade by moving Hyperliquid’s ETH prices
A trader reportedly made $1.28M on the new Papertrade exchange by moving Hyperliquid's ETH price, then lost $450K when 30 shorts were liquidated. A useful look at manipulation and risk on a new venue.
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Alpha Arena: six AI models each traded $10,000 of real money on Hyperliquid
Nof1 gave six AI models $10,000 each to trade crypto perps on Hyperliquid with no human input and public trades; results swung widely, and several models lost more than a quarter of their stake.