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➥ Project Spotlight - Week 45/2026 Here are 9 handpicked projects you'll want to explore. ➢ @Textileprotocol ➢ @tradeparagon ➢ @elysium_machine ➢ @eqxlabs ➢ @MontraXYZ ➢ @heliosliq ➢ @quoted_xyz ➢ @tradecraftfi ➢ @motiongame_ Below you will find brief summaries for each. Let's dive in! … — 📌 | Textile Textile lets you swap local stablecoins like cNGN to USDT/USDC. Its edge is early volume in emerging-market currency pairs. … — 📌 | Paragon Paragon lists perps on @HyperliquidX for indexes, stocks, and unusual payoffs like HYPE² power perps. It runs its own price feed and moves first on new markets, but it depends entirely on Hyperliquid. … — 📌 | EQX EQX issues tokenized US stocks and ETFs on Hyperliquid and @Enter_Elysium, each backed one to one by real shares. Its edge is real custody and no issuer fees. … — 📌 | Elysium Machines Elysium Machines is 4,444 hybrid token/NFT "machines" (ERC-404) that you can convert into permanent NFTs that earn fees in HYPE. … — 📌 | Montra Montra is Elysium's launchpad. It creates a token and a locked Uniswap v4 pool in one step, with no bonding curve and it has a 25% $MONTRA airdrop plan. … — 📌 | Helios Helios is a tool for managing concentrated-liquidity positions on Elysium. It has pool screening, Discord alerts, and the $HELIOS token. … — 📌 | Quoted Quoted lets you launch leveraged tokens priced in stocks or real-world assets, including 3x versions of SPY, QQQ, and gold. It went live on Uniswap v4 and routing through @NestExchange liquidity. … — 📌 | Trade Craft Trade Craft is the main swap and liquidity venue on the @CantonNetwork, with about $2.4M across 45 pools. Latest is that it powered the first tokenized US stock trades under the SEC's Innovation Exemptio. … — 📌 | Motion Motion is a fantasy sports game where you draft creators and score them on attention. The moat is unclear until it launches, which is planned for November. Wave 1 seat eligibility opened Nov 4.

If you thought perps couldn’t get more degen, @tradeparagon is building Power Perps on @HyperliquidX. Starting with HYPE², the idea is straightforward: it tracks HYPE’s price squared, so the payoff accelerates as $HYPE rises. If HYPE doubles, a fully collateralized $1,000 HYPE² long would be worth $4,000 before funding and fees. Here’s how a regular HYPE perp at 2× compares with HYPE² at 1×, using $1,000 collateral each: • HYPE +20%: $400 profit vs $440 profit • HYPE +100%: $2,000 profit vs $3,000 profit • HYPE −20%: $400 loss vs $360 loss P.S.: These examples assume fixed positions, index tracking, no liquidation, and exclude funding and fees. You get options-style upside without choosing a strike or expiry. But there’s still a cost to holding that exposure. Longs usually pay funding to shorts. HYPE can rise and you can still lose after costs if the move isn’t enough to cover what you paid along the way. You could go long HYPE² to back a strong rally. Pair it with a correctly sized short HYPE perp, and you can trade a large move in either direction. On the other side, traders can short HYPE² and hedge with long HYPE exposure to collect funding. That hedge needs adjusting as prices move, and losses can exceed the funding received. Adding leverage brings liquidation closer, too. Imo, Paragon’s potential edge is having one persistent order book per asset and power, with Hyperliquid’s spot and perp markets available for hedging. Traders don’t have to spread their activity across dozens of strikes and expiries. Pretty interesting stuff to try if you know what you're doing, :)

One smart contract. Every customer deposit still traceable. That’s the most down-to-earth shift in @StellarOrg’s Bell upgrade (Protocol 30). Here’s what the three changes actually deliver ↓ • One contract, many customers The new W addresses pair a contract address with a customer ID. Funds can land in the same contract, while the ID shows up in the transfer event, so the app knows exactly who to credit. In this pooled setup, the business keeps per-customer balances offchain. • Quantum-hardened contract verification Smart accounts can choose ML-DSA signatures, a standard built to hold up against quantum threats. Bell validates these within Stellar’s core software. Transaction signatures at the network layer still rely on Ed25519, so the entire network isn’t suddenly quantum-safe. • More precise timekeeping Ledger timestamps move to millisecond accuracy, eliminating a technical constraint that’s been in the way of shorter intervals. This sets the stage for future throughput gains, but Bell itself doesn’t speed up ledger close times. For exchanges, custodians, and payment apps, the immediate win is simpler operations: far fewer customer-specific contracts to juggle. Builders will need refreshed SDKs, W-address support, and ledger decoders that understand the new format. Mainnet vote: November 23, 2026 at 17:00 UTC. Goes live only if validators approve.