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Day In The Life Of A Memecoin Millionaire While you're studying for midterms, they are literally skipping school for dubai & maldives Past cycle is printing generational wealth. Case in point: Kimchi hit a $40,000,000 PNL on TRUMP token and logged off just as he had told Orangie he would 3 months before token Trump launched Bro started just a year ago. He ground 15 hours a day in front of the screens. Now he's 20, drives a cash-paid $185k Porsche 911, rocks Chrome Hearts, and drops racks on Balenciaga while chilling in a $4k/mo LA luxury apartment
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everyone is comparing Anthropic open interest across Entropy, Binance and tradeXYZ almost nobody is comparing the cost of holding the same position that's the number that can quietly decide which venue wins for an actual trader high OI tells you where capital is positioned it doesn't tell you how expensive it is to stay there funding does and the difference between Anthropic markets can be huge the same bullish thesis can pay funding on one venue while receiving it on another even more interesting: the direction can change quickly as positioning becomes crowded on November 5, one market snapshot showed annualized funding on Entropy near +87% two days later, current trackers were already showing negative funding that means comparing venues once and forgetting about it isn't enough you need to check again before entering and again if you plan to hold through the IPO this matters because traders are no longer opening small experimental positions Entropy's Anthropic market has crossed $100M in OI, with some individual positions worth millions at that size, funding isn't a small detail it can become part of the entire trade so before choosing between @entropyIO, Binance and @tradexyz, i'd compare four things: - liquidity at my order size - spread and slippage - trading fees - current funding the venue with the most OI may offer the best execution but it isn't automatically the cheapest place to hold the position price decides whether your thesis is right funding decides how long you can afford to wait pro.entropy.io/?r=vcdegen
JUST IN: Coca-Cola plans to reduce its stake in its Indian bottler from 60% to about 45% through an IPO, per Reuters.
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Hash Hedge is allocating up to $20 million in trading capital to experiment with a new prop trading model I’ve been so caught up lately that I forgot to share one of the most interesting developments I’ve seen in a while Hash Hedge has launched Instant Funding - funded accounts without having to pass a challenge After a year and a half of following the prop trading market, one thing has become clear: the same model doesn’t work for everyone Personally, I’m still a supporter of traditional challenges. In practice, a systematic approach, discipline and the experience of completing evaluation stages help traders develop the skills needed to trade profitably But there’s another category of traders Imagine you’re already an experienced trader, confident in your abilities, and you spot a unique market opportunity. You need additional capital here and now, rather than several weeks from now That’s exactly what Instant Funding is designed for You get access to trading capital immediately after purchasing an account, without going through evaluation stages, and can start earning from day one The company has decided to test this model with a limited group - just 200 accounts with nominal balances of up to $100,000 each That’s potentially up to $20 million in trading capital The experiment aims to assess demand for this model, how participants trade and whether it’s sustainable from the company’s risk perspective In my view, it’s a very interesting experiment. And if it succeeds, it could open up a whole new direction in prop trading
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One free GitHub repo for getting serious about DeFi 10.9K stars 1.3K forks If your crypto education still comes from random timeline threads, bookmark this In his update, the creator credits @VitalikButerin's support and a small grant from LidoFinance He also reports grants this year from thedaofund and Giveth to keep the work going, with larger updates on the way 0xFireFist helped with the map's design DeFi Developer Road Map by @officer_secret brings together the tools, research and practical resources to go from understanding transactions to building and securing onchain applications The scope is huge: - Ethereum fundamentals, wallets, gas and EVM internals - Solidity, token standards and smart contract development - Foundry, Hardhat and testing workflows - dApp frontends and wallet integrations - AMMs, lending, stablecoins and liquidations - MEV, oracle manipulation and flash-loan attacks - ZK proofs and privacy - Security research, audit checklists and hands-on challenges The useful part is how these topics connect You can learn how a lending protocol works, study why its liquidations matter, then explore the oracle failures that can break it Or write a contract, test it, and work through Ethernaut or Damn Vulnerable DeFi to understand what you missed That's a much better learning loop than collecting another 50 disconnected bookmarks The project also has support behind it This isn't a weekend course or a shortcut to calling yourself an expert It's a resource you can keep coming back to as your skills improve Pick a section Build something Test where it breaks Then go deeper The repo is free The expensive part is another year of being “interested in DeFi” without understanding how it works
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most people trading Anthropic on Entropy are waiting for the IPO but i think many still don't know what happens to their position when ANT opens on Nasdaq the chart will not suddenly fall from around 1,900 to a $100 share price and the perp won't disappear here's how the transition actually works right now, ANTH on @entropyIO represents Anthropic's implied market cap 1,900 means a $1.9T valuation once the stock begins trading, Entropy will take Anthropic's fully diluted share count from its final IPO documents and lock that number in the perp price will then follow: ANT share price × fixed diluted share count so if the fixed multiplier were 16.2B shares and ANT opened at $115, the Entropy contract would trade around 1,863 not $115 your existing position stays open one unit of the perp would simply behave like exposure to 16.2 shares in this example this matters because ANTH already has more than $100M in open interest a lot of capital is positioning for the IPO but the trade is still about Anthropic's total valuation, not guessing what one share should cost before the final share structure is known also, November 13 is not an officially confirmed listing date yet the price range, final share count and exact debut date are still missing everyone is watching the OI i'm watching the moment a private-market valuation turns into a live Nasdaq-linked market without forcing traders to close their positions that's the real experiment pro.entropy.io/?r=vcdegen
Equity perpetual futures in the US are finally legal. Today marks the end of an era of regulatory confusion and inconsistency that restricted the products available to US investors, and marks the beginning of a golden age for financial innovation in the US. Perps, long available outside the US, enabled overnight and off-hours price discovery and simple leverage for any investor. Cutting through many inefficiencies in other asset classes for trading on margin, they have done hundreds of trillions of notional volume. Entropy has listed some of the most innovative perpetuals to date, with a catalog of many single-name equities but also the most liquid and largest Anthropic and OpenAI markets in the world. But until recently, all of this was totally closed to the US. We’re excited for the age of financial innovation in the US.
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How to enter the WSCT qualifier Three spots in the Grand Final are up for grabs - taking place in person in Dubai on December 1 during Blockchain Week Other participants will take home valuable prizes and invaluable experience WSCT - World Series of Crypto Trading Qualifier dates: November 3-25 The TOP 3 qualify for the Grand Final in Dubai The organizers cover flights, hotel accommodation and transfers The ultimate prize: worldwide recognition and the champion’s gold bracelet Entry fee: FREE Who can participate: Anyone How to participate Step 1: Visit the website hashhedge.com?fpr=cryptovcde… Everyone who registers receives one free $10,000 tournament account with 1:5 leverage Trading rules Maximum daily drawdown: 5% Maximum overall drawdown: 10% Where do you get your tournament account? For new users, the challenge becomes available in the Hash Hedge dashboard after registration Existing users can find it directly in their Hash Hedge dashboard What happens if you fail the challenge? You can receive another tournament challenge according to the tournament rules You can trade only ONE active tournament challenge at a time - the next challenge can be activated after the current one is failed
Who’s flying to Dubai on us? The WSCT 2026 qualifier starts TODAY. 3 weeks. One $10K account. The top 3 traders go to the final in Dubai, with travel and accommodation covered by Hash Hedge. Here’s how to get in 🧵👇
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Took a painful loss recently But the most important part is not how you fall - it is how you get back up I am back today with a new midterms prediction on @Polymarket My view -> Democrats outperform across the closest races and take control The outcomes look strongly connected which makes this map especially interesting This is how I see the election playing out What does your map look like
Democrats sweep all 7 key Senate races - except Iowa That map gives Dems a 53–47 Senate majority and a 9.73x payout on Polymarket $10 -> $97.37 if it hits Iowa is the only red state on my map think it ruins the combo or saves it? Build yours and drop it below
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Democrats sweep all 7 key Senate races - except Iowa That map gives Dems a 53–47 Senate majority and a 9.73x payout on Polymarket $10 -> $97.37 if it hits Iowa is the only red state on my map think it ruins the combo or saves it? Build yours and drop it below
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everyone is celebrating Entropy crossing $100m in open interest but the number hides the part i'd pay attention to roughly three quarters of it is concentrated in one market: Anthropic that sounds like a weakness i think it's the clearest sign Entropy found its wedge most new perp dexes launch dozens of markets and hope incentives make traders care Entropy did something different it gave traders liquid exposure to a company they couldn't trade through a normal brokerage account and one market became large enough to carry most of the venue that's how strong products usually start not with everyone using every feature with one use case people suddenly don't want to lose the $100m milestone doesn't prove that every Entropy listing has product-market fit it proves that the demand for a liquid Anthropic market is real now the more interesting question begins can @entropyIO repeat the same playbook with OpenAI, PEARL and the next frontier asset that traders can't easily access elsewhere? if it can, Entropy isn't just building another perp dex it's building the place where a new market appears before traditional finance decides you're allowed to trade it that's the part i'd rather notice early pro.entropy.io/?r=vcdegen
Anthropic Open Interest went up by $20M this weekend. Time and time again, securitized solutions to accessing pre-IPO equities have failed. Perps, by providing derivative access, finally allow true economic exposure to pre-IPO equities. Excited to see where this market goes as IPO approaches
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most traders discover funding after it has already started eating their position Entropy quietly gave funding its own page inside the new Pro Terminal that may be more useful than another chart because your thesis can be right while the position still loses money everyone looks at leverage, entry and liquidation price almost nobody asks: how much will this position cost me if i keep it open? that matters even more on markets like ANTH, OAI and PEARL these aren't always 20 minute trades you might be positioning for an IPO filing, funding announcement or another catalyst that takes days to arrive during that time, funding keeps running the new @entropyIO Pro Terminal makes it easier to track this separately instead of noticing the cost after closing the trade and with the positions overview, you can see whether several different trades are quietly turning into one oversized bet long Nvidia long Anthropic long OpenAI three positions on the screen but they can all depend on the same AI narrative this is the part of Entropy Pro that interests me it isn't just a cleaner trading interface it's starting to show the information that helps you decide whether a position is actually worth holding price tells you if the trade is moving your way funding tells you how expensive patience is most traders only check one of them pro.entropy.io/?r=vcdegen
the #10 biggest HYPE airdrop recipient is now trading on Entropy this guy received 894,106 HYPE at genesis back in November 2024, making him the 10th largest recipient out of ~94k wallets that's a really massive allocation even by hyperliquid OG standards and now his wallet is showing activity on @entropyIO markets check it here - pro.entropy.io/?r=bckfv he's been trading ANTH, OAI and GPRO, with most of his recent activity focused on Anthropic interesting to see someone who was among the earliest and biggest HYPE recipients now exploring these markets HIP-3 is bringing a whole new set of assets to Hyperliquid, and some of the biggest OGs are already getting involved
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MY CHINESE ROOMMATE LEFT HIS PC RUNNING IN HIS ROOM I HEARD ALERTS AND WENT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON ENDED UP LEAKING HIS TRADING SETUP HE HAD AUTOMATED TRADES RUNNING ON HH THE WHOLE TIME Came for the noise, ended up checking the challenge terms myself The $100K, $200K and $300K challenges are currently 25% off with PUMPKINSALE But the scaling caught my attention more than the discount Meet the requirements on your funded account within 60 days - > get a free 25% capital increase, with a scaling plan that goes up to $1M That plan is only available on those three challenge sizes purchased during the October 28-29 promotion There’s also a Stage 1 reward on two-stage challenges: 2% of the profit target, which works out to $300 on a $300K challenge The offer ends October 29 at 23:59 Dubai time Meanwhile my roommate still has no idea his PC noises sent me down this rabbit hole -> hashhedge.com/?fpr=cryptovcd…
MY CALCULUS PROFESSOR CONFISCATED MY LAPTOP IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS IN FRONT OF EVERYONE I STILL HAD BTC & HYPE TRADES OPEN AFTER CLASS, HE PULLED ME ASIDE AND ASKED WHAT THE HELL I WAS DOING SO I SHOWED HIM THE LIQUIDATION CHARTS AND WALKED HIM THROUGH MY TRADING STRATEGY HE LOOKED AT ME, SURPRISED, AND SAID: “PASS THAT DAMN Hash Hedge CHALLENGE AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN AUTOMATIC PASS FOR THE COURSE” I'M HOLDING HIM TO THAT NOW I'M TAKING THE HASH HEDGE CHALLENGE WHILE MY CALCULUS PROFESSOR TRACKS MY RESULTS ON TWITTER -> hashhedge.com?fpr=cryptovcde…
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MY CALCULUS PROFESSOR CONFISCATED MY LAPTOP IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS IN FRONT OF EVERYONE I STILL HAD BTC & HYPE TRADES OPEN AFTER CLASS, HE PULLED ME ASIDE AND ASKED WHAT THE HELL I WAS DOING SO I SHOWED HIM THE LIQUIDATION CHARTS AND WALKED HIM THROUGH MY TRADING STRATEGY HE LOOKED AT ME, SURPRISED, AND SAID: “PASS THAT DAMN Hash Hedge CHALLENGE AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN AUTOMATIC PASS FOR THE COURSE” I'M HOLDING HIM TO THAT NOW I'M TAKING THE HASH HEDGE CHALLENGE WHILE MY CALCULUS PROFESSOR TRACKS MY RESULTS ON TWITTER -> hashhedge.com?fpr=cryptovcde…
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my finance professor keeps me after class I expect a lecture about buying Nvidia instead, he asks: "if everyone agrees AI is the future, who are you actually betting against?" that's the more interesting way to look at Entropy being bullish on AI is easy deciding which part deserves its valuation is harder Nvidia sells the chips Anthropic builds Claude OpenAI builds ChatGPT same broad story, very different businesses with NVDA joining the Anthropic and OpenAI markets on @entropyIO, there's more than one way to express that view maybe you think the chip supplier captures more value maybe you think the model companies eventually justify the bigger expectations or maybe the whole sector is priced for a future that takes longer to arrive that's what makes this interesting to me you can agree with the AI story and still disagree with the price these are perps, so funding and execution matter too if you had to pick one part of the AI trade for the next year, which would it be? trade here -> entropy.io/?r=vcdegen
New listing: Nvidia ($NVDA) at 25x Leverage.
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BTC 1h playbook BTC is trading near $80.7K after bouncing from $79.5K. The recovery is testing $80.84K resistance: yesterday's high and today's rejection zone. The daily sequence of lower highs is still intact. Our read: a recovery inside a broader downtrend until resistance is reclaimed Here's how we'll trade the next move: LONG - breakout and hold Wait for a completed 1H candle above $80,900, then a retest of $80,850-80,900 that holds on a 15m closing basis. Enter only after that confirmation, while price remains in the entry zone Stop: $80,680 Targets: $81,030 - > $81,200 - > $81,500 If the retest fails, cancel the entry. No chasing a breakout that runs without us SHORT - failed breakout If BTC sweeps above $80,850 but closes the hour back below $80,700, look to short a retest of $80,700-80,750 after a 15m rejection close below $80,700 Stop: $80,950; skip if the sweep high reaches that level or higher Targets: $80,450 - > $80,150 - > $79,500 Only enter if price returns to the entry zone after confirmation SHORT - support breakdown If a completed 1H candle closes below $80,400, wait for a failed reclaim of $80,400-80,450, confirmed by a 15m close back below $80,400. Short a subsequent retest into the entry zone Stop: $80,650 | Targets: $80,150 - > $79,850 - > $79,500 Below $79,500, $79,370-79,220 becomes the next downside area. Hold a runner only after a fresh 1H close below $79,500 and a failed reclaim; trail above the latest completed 1H lower high Execution: risk up to 0.5% of equity per trade, one position at a time. Take 25% off at TP1, 50% at TP2, and trail the final 25% behind completed 1H swings. After TP2, protect the remainder at least at entry plus costs. Skip entries unless TP2 offers at least 2R after fees and slippage. Stops stay fixed; never widen them No confirmed trigger, no trade. Reassess in 6 hours or after a stop or final target is hit. Reaching a target alone is not a signal to reverse I trade here with 10k depo - > hashhedge.com?fpr=cryptovcde…
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Your Anthropic thesis can be right and your entry can still be expensive That's why I'd compare execution before choosing where to trade it Entropy's Oct 26 comparison puts some numbers behind this Average market-order fill vs mid, averaged across buys and sells: $10k order Entropy: 0.09% Trade.xyz: 0.39% That's roughly $9 vs $39 away from mid on the same order size, before trading fees At $100k: Entropy: 0.46% Trade.xyz: 1.3% Roughly $460 vs $1,300 That difference matters when entering a position. It matters again when you need to exit The depth chart helps explain it Within ±0.5% of mid, counting both sides: Entropy: $160k Trade xyz: $22k Within ±1%: Entropy: $305k Trade xyz: $84k More liquidity close to the price gives an order more room to fill before walking further through the book These are medians from 25 snapshots on Oct 26, shortly after xyz:ANT launched. Books change, so check live execution before trading But in that sample, @entropyIO offered deeper liquidity and fills closer to mid at every order size shown For me, that's a concrete reason to put Entropy on the screen when trading Anthropic A price target is one part of the trade How much it costs to get in and out deserves just as much attention
$ANTH max leverage has been increased to 12x.
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Everyone talks about where Anthropic will IPO Before comparing price targets, check what the number on your screen actually means That's one detail I like about @entropyIO Its pre-IPO contracts quote company market cap directly 1,000 on the chart = $1T implied valuation Sounds like a small design choice, but here's a simple example A company worth $1T with 10B shares has a $100 share price The same $1T company with 20B shares has a $50 share price Half the price per share Same company valuation That alone doesn't mean anyone lost 50%. The share count matters And before an IPO, the final share structure isn't always clear On Entropy, the question is easier to follow: At what valuation would I long or short this company? You still need to understand the business, funding and execution But at least the chart uses the same units as the thesis Another useful detail: the contract stays denominated in market cap after the IPO So when the listing happens, 1,000 on the screen still means $1T It's a valuation perp, with no share ownership or IPO allocation For me, understanding what I'm trading comes before choosing the leverage My referral link: entropy.io/?r=vcdegen
$ANTH max leverage has been increased to 12x.
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A "$2T IPO" doesn't mean $2T worth of shares are being sold That distinction matters when reading pre-IPO charts on @entropyIO Three numbers often get mixed together: - the valuation of the whole company - the value of shares sold in the offering - the money the company itself receives Here's a hypothetical example A company lists at a $2T valuation The offering represents 5% of its post-listing equity That's a $100B offering, not a $2T offering And even that $100B doesn't necessarily all go to the business Newly issued shares raise money for the company Existing shares sold by employees or investors generate proceeds for those sellers Same IPO headline, very different implications This is where Entropy's contract design gives you a useful starting point Its pre-IPO markets reference company market cap Each $1 on the chart represents $1B of implied valuation So a price of 2,000 means the market is implying a $2T company value It doesn't tell you how much capital the company will raise, how much stock will become available, or how much existing holders will sell Those details still need to come from the offering documents Why I find this interesting A company can reach an enormous valuation while selling a relatively small slice of its equity And two companies with similar valuations can bring very different amounts of stock to market That makes "largest IPO ever" a headline worth unpacking before trading Largest by company valuation? Largest by offering proceeds? Those aren't the same claim What I like about Entropy is having a live valuation market to put next to those documents Read the terms of the offering Compare them with what traders are pricing Then decide whether the numbers tell a consistent story The perp is still a cash-settled derivative, not shares or an IPO allocation But understanding exactly what its price represents makes the chart much more useful Explore Entropy through my referral link: entropy.io/?r=vcdegen
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