LeverUp Weekly Recap — Oct 5–11, 2026
CHOG competition rewards were fully distributed after $99.08M in trading volume, and the Clash of Perps competition entered its final days before its Oct 14 close.
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Market Weekly
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Weekly market intel — price action, protocol data, and what's moving in perp markets.
LeverUp Weekly Recap — Sep 28–Oct 4, 2026
The CHOG PnL & Volume Competition ended with $99.08M in trading volume, $LV reached a new all-time high, and the Clash of Perps competition kept running.
Deep Dive
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In-depth analysis of LeverUp's mechanism, the LP-free model, and the Monad perps landscape.
Robinhood Chain vs. Native On-Chain Perp DEXs: A Four-Question Evaluation Framework
How to evaluate perpetual futures on Robinhood Chain against a native perp DEX: custody, settlement path, leverage limits, and liquidity source. What is publicly documented, what is not, and how LeverUp answers each question.
Monad's Private Settlement, Explained: What Confidential Execution Domains Mean for Perp Markets
Category Labs unveiled a design called Monad Private Settlement at OPEN Singapore — confidential execution domains that still settle into Monad's shared environment. Here's what's known, what isn't, and why it matters for trading infrastructure.
What Is OpenAI Dots? The Always-On ChatGPT Agent, Explained
OpenAI Dots are always-on agents powered by GPT-6 Astra, each with its own cloud computer and plugin access to 4,000+ apps. Here's how Dots work, who can get one, how purchases and approvals are handled, and what it all means for traders.
Manus Cue Explained: Personal AI Agents With Their Own Phone, Email and Wallet
Manus Cue is a new app from Manus that gives each personal AI agent its own email, phone number, wallet and computer. Here's what Cue does, what changed in Manus 2.0, how to get access, what pricing is known, and whether it can trade crypto.
Education
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New to perps? Start here — how leverage works, liquidations, funding rates, and more.
Spot vs Perp Trading: What's the Difference?
Spot and perpetual futures are the two main ways to trade crypto. One gives you ownership of the asset; the other gives you leveraged price exposure. Here's how they differ in mechanics, costs, and risk — and when to use each.
Perp DEX vs CEX: Where Should You Trade Perpetuals?
Perp DEXes and centralized exchanges offer perpetual contracts but differ in custody, liquidity, fees, and transparency. Here's how to choose.
Announcements
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Protocol updates, new features, and product launches from the LeverUp team.
Cross-Exchange Markets: Early Access Is Live on LeverUp
LeverUp's Cross-Exchange markets route orders to external order books through the LeverUp Perps aggregator, adding access to new markets alongside LeverUp's existing pool-based trading. Now in Early Access.
$CHOG Is Now Live as AnyCollateral on LeverUp
CHOG holders can now use CHOG as trading margin on LeverUp, settle eligible positions in CHOG, and access up to 1,001x leverage on eligible markets.
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.
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