The Second LeverUp Fair Launch: How $GONE Raised 4,500 BNCB on Monad
Guess One's $GONE raise reached its 4,500 BNCB target, completing LeverUp's second Fair Launch and linking a bStock contribution asset to a live Monad product.
From Tokenized Securities to Launch Capital: bStocks Come to Monad
LeverUp's Wormhole-powered bridge brings supported bStocks from BNB Smart Chain to Monad, where BNCB is already being used as the contribution asset for a Fair Launch.
LeverUp Weekly Recap — Sep 7–13, 2026
Weekly reported volume rose 5.3% to $55.68M as the Layer3 Trading Milestones Campaign concluded and the LeverUp × Zealy Trading Sprint continued.
AI Trading Agents Need Scoped Permissions, Not Just Deterministic Execution
AI agent platforms like Grok Bot are already running finance-adjacent tasks from a cloud computer with a terminal. Trading is the obvious next step — but it raises a question execution quality alone doesn't answer: what can the key actually do?
How to Build a Grok Bot Trading Agent on LeverUp (Gasless, No Wallet Popups)
Grok Bot can run named agents with their own tools, memory, and a cloud terminal. Here's how to wire one up to trade perps on LeverUp using gasless intent signing, with a scoped key that can't transfer tokens or withdraw collateral.
LeverUp Weekly Recap — Aug 31–Sep 6, 2026
ONDO/USD joined LeverUp's market lineup this week, while the LeverUp × Layer3 Trading Milestones Campaign and LeverUp × Zealy Trading Sprint: Season 1 both remained active. Meanwhile, busy.land — the first LeverUp Fair Launch project — continued expanding its ecosystem presence.
LeverUp Weekly Recap — Aug 24–30, 2026
Two new perpetual markets (AAVE/USD, PUMP/USD) went live this week, the LeverUp × Zealy Trading Sprint: Season 1 kicked off, and $LV reached a new all-time high as the LeverUp product stack continued expanding across perps, staking, buybacks, and Fair Launch.
Borrowing to Leverage vs. Trading Perps: Two Different Ways to Get Leveraged Exposure
Recursive borrowing on a lending protocol and opening a perpetual position both produce leveraged exposure — but they get there through completely different mechanisms, with different costs, different liquidation behavior, and different capital requirements.
What Are the Hidden Costs of Perp Trading?
Leverage numbers and fee percentages don't tell the whole story. Here's a full breakdown of what actually eats into perp trading returns: open/close fees, holding fees, funding, slippage, and the cost structure of liquidation.
The DeFi Investor's Guide to Perpetual Futures
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.
What Is MEV? How It Affects Your Trades on a Perp DEX
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.
Going Short on a DEX: How Perp Traders Profit When Prices Drop
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.
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