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Market Weekly

Weekly market intel — price action, protocol data, and what's moving in perp markets.

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LeverUp Weekly Recap — Aug 3–9, 2026

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 Weekly Recap — Jul 27–Aug 3, 2026

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.

Deep Dive

In-depth analysis of LeverUp's mechanism, the LP-free model, and the Monad perps landscape.

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The LP Tax: Why Perp DEX Market Structure Keeps Shifting

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.

PropAMM Enters the Picture: A Third Liquidity Architecture for Perp Markets

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.

FTX, Self-Custody, and How DEX Trading Reduces Custodial Risk

FTX collapsed because customer funds ended up in accounts a centralized exchange could move at will. On-chain trading is built to remove that specific failure mode.

Oracle Integrity: Why Permissioned Validators and Protection Triggers Matter for Perp DEXs

A recent incident involving Ostium brought oracle security back into focus. Here's how LeverUp's oracle design addresses price integrity at two layers: permissioned validators and reference-based protection triggers.

Education

New to perps? Start here — how leverage works, liquidations, funding rates, and more.

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How a Perp DEX Works: What Makes It Different from a Spot DEX

A spot DEX lets you swap one token for another. A perp DEX lets you trade a price direction without holding the asset at all. The two run on genuinely different mechanics — here's how.