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Jul 7 β€’ 11 tweets β€’ 12 min read
Okay anon, it's announcement time!

Today we are unveiling @rage_trade , the first liquid, composable, and omnichain ETH Perp Swap.

πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ So why build another perp? πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
Well there are 3 key problems in decentralized perps today:

- CLOB perps have bad incentives
- Fake volume driven by fake liquidity
- Bad payoffs for LPs
How do we solve the issues with CLOB perps?

CLOB perps use token incentives to bring MMs leading to down only tokens (see thread).

Rage is built ontop of @Uniswap v3. This allows passive LPs to provide concentrated liquidity just like on the spot market

How do we solve the fake liquidity problem?

We invented recycled liquidity to enable real LPs to LP into our perps.

Say, for example you LP in:

- @CurveFinance
- @GMX_IO
- @SushiSwap / @Uniswap v2

Then you can use your LP shares to LP in @rage_trade

What about bad LP payoffs?

The worst part of UNI v3 perps - LP payoffs

We designed 80-20 vaults to replicate a UNI v2 payoff while providing concentrated liquidity on UNI v3.

All the while we are composable with @CurveFinance @GMX @SushiSwap @Uniswap

Who is backing us?

(1/3)

Our favorite VCs/hedge funds: @cmsholdings , @KyleLDavies , @zhusu , @robotventures , @mgnr_io , @ZeePrimeCap , @PENTAGONXYZ , @ResearchKronos
Join our Discord: discord.gg/S2FxMMM3HS

And try out our working testnet: testnet.rage.trade
Read the full announcement post here:

medium.com/@ragetrade/rag…
*Correct Discord Link: discord.gg/88xj8vPwGe

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More from @crypto_noodles

May 3
You can't talk about perps without talking about the king: @dYdX

Wonder why $DYDX has been down only?

πŸ‘‡ πŸ‘‡ Come at the king, best not miss πŸ‘‡ πŸ‘‡
So what did we find?

- A stablecoin farm for pro MMs
- MMs inflate volume to maximize token yield
- As stable yields compress, tokens dump
- Chicken-egg problem solved via token
How does $DYDX work?

Each trader is given a score (w), weighted by:

- Trading fees (f), weight: 0.67 (a)
- Open Interest (d), weight: 0.28 (b)

Each epoch (28 days), traders earn a share of $DYDX emissions (3,835,616 $DYDX per epoch) weighted by their score (w). Image
Read 10 tweets
Apr 27
If you follow my perp threads, you've probably asked yourself:

"How does @GMX_IO make so much $$$?"

@0xCrema and I did the research for you

πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ A Quant's review of @GMX_IO πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
So what did we find?

- No ponzi / fake trading volume
- GLP depositors make real money
- Arb'ers make money too but LPs make more
- 1 arb'er made nearly $4.2M
- Real retail usage (and its growing)
First off how does @GMX_IO really work?

- LPs depo into a basket of ETH+BTC+USD
- Margin traders trade at chainlink price
- $0 fee swaps help rebalance the LP basket
Read 13 tweets
Apr 18
The most common response to our previous thread on the vAMM ponzi was:

"What about @perpprotocol v2?"

@0xDosa, @0xAthanase, and I went digging.

And the answers will surprise you!

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What did we find?

- Its hard for LPs to make money
- 10 traders make up most volume
- Team is losing money by LPing + trading
So how is Perp v2 different than v1?

- In v1, liquidity is fake.
- In v2, liquidity is real.

Essentially, in v2 there are real LPs.

Problem solved, right? Not exactly...
Read 12 tweets
Apr 15
You've seen the overnight success, big volume, and big fees of vAMM perps like @perpprotocol v1 and @DriftProtocol

But what if I told you it isn't real?

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So last month I got into a debate on this with @wireless_anon on @DriftProtocol and @perpprotocol v1 mech design

Soon after @0xtuba nersnipped me and @0xDosa into digging through the data.
In our research we found:

1. Most volume is arb
2. Arb traders are playing a PvP ponzi
3. High funding rates = High APY ponzi
4. The protocol's aren't actually making profit
5. The protocol's can blowup
Read 16 tweets
Sep 16, 2021
When @0xtuba nerdnipes, you gotta oblige.

All credit goes to @134dd3v for the thorough code review.

So how is Sushi's Trident different from UNI v3?

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On ranges,

Lower ticks are assumed to be even while upper ticks are odd. This allows for code optimizations because a lower tick of one position can't overlap with an upper tick for another.
On net and gross liquidity,

Because of the above requirement for lower/upper ticks, Trident ticks only keep track of gross liquidity. Whereas UNI v3 ticks keep track of gross + net liquidity.

One less state variables means gas savings for swaps + add/remove liquidity.
Read 11 tweets
Dec 3, 2020
As we approach crypto ATH, it's worth asking yourself what's changed since 2017?

Well here's a brief history of people/events that brought us from 2017 to today

(A newcomers guide to the last crypto bear market)

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(1)

It all began with the perpetual swap in late 2017 - conceptualized/popularized by @CryptoHayes & @Bitmex co.

This one instrument has minted a handful of crypto billionaires, so it plays a pivotal role in our story!
(2)

But what made @BitMEX perp swap so successful?

1) As prices fell through 2018, $BTC whales/bagholders had nothing *useful* to do with their $BTC but HODL

2) So when $BTC margined perp contracts w/ MM rebates came along, the yield seeking $BTC HODLers came too.
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