LeverUp Fair Launch gives every contributor the same per-token price — the minimum price of the launch — with no private allocation entering below it. Here's how the mechanism works, and why it's built on Nad.Fun rather than a parallel launch stack.
When a trader opens a LeverUp position with USDC collateral, the protocol mints LVUSD to settle it — rather than routing the trade through USDC directly. Here's the design reasoning behind that extra step, and how LVUSD holds its peg.
Trading fees on a perp DEX have to go somewhere. On LP-based venues, part of that revenue compensates external liquidity capital first. LeverUp's protocol-managed virtual liquidity architecture removes that layer — here's what changes about where the revenue goes instead.
Gold is one of the oldest hedges in traditional finance, and it's now tradeable on-chain as a perpetual contract. Here's what an on-chain gold perp is, how it differs from an ETF or futures contract, and how it works on LeverUp.
Hyperliquid and LeverUp are both on-chain perpetual venues, but they're built on different chains, different execution models, and different liquidity architectures. Here's an objective look at how the two designs actually differ.
Trading on LeverUp doesn't happen in isolation — it sits inside a broader Monad ecosystem of wallets, bridges, stablecoins, portfolio tools, and other DeFi protocols. Here's how the pieces around your trading activity fit together.
LeverUp V2 continues to run smoothly post-launch, with reported 7D volume up 651.2% WoW to $279M+ as trading activity picked up sharply following the upgrade.
LeverUp V2 is officially live — a full rebuild of the trading experience with a new UI, merged positions, multiple TP/SL, gasless 1-click trading, Agent Wallet, and Mera passkey account support.
Eight months after mainnet, Monad has crossed $1.4B in TVL, 150+ apps, and top-15 DEX volume rankings. A look at the numbers behind the ecosystem — and the growing role perpetuals are playing in it.
Yield farming and perp trading are often treated as separate worlds — passive capital versus active speculation. They're better understood as two different answers to the same question: what are you actually getting paid for?
Perp DEX volume hit record highs in 2026, but market leadership keeps changing hands. That instability is a signal about what actually determines who wins — and it's still unsettled.
Passive LP pools and protocol-managed liquidity aren't the only two ways to run a perp DEX. A third architecture — professional market makers operating a privately-run pricing engine — is emerging on Solana. Here's how it works, and why it answers a different question than the other two.
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