If you already understand LP positions, pool ratios, and APY, you have most of the mental model you need for perp trading — it just points at different variables. Here's how the concepts map, and a practical path to opening a first position.
MEV — maximal extractable value — is the profit that can be extracted by reordering, inserting, or censoring transactions on a blockchain. Here's how it actually works, and why the mechanics change depending on whether you're trading against an order book, an AMM, or oracle-referenced pricing.
A short position gains value when an asset's price falls. Here's what actually happens when you open a short on a perpetual DEX, how it differs from a long, and what to watch for — liquidation, funding, and leverage risk in both directions.
The first LeverUp Fair Launch project, busy.land ($BUSY), successfully launched this week with its full 2.5M LVMON allocation filled during the whitelist phase, while the LeverUp × Layer3 Trading Milestones Campaign continued and $LV posted a strong weekly gain.
LeverUp introduced Fair Launch, a new mechanism for backing Monad-native tokens before they launch, and announced busy.land ($BUSY) as its first project. The LeverUp × Layer3 Trading Milestones Campaign also went live, and LeverUp crossed $4B in cumulative trading volume.
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.
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