If you're a content creator focused on trading, we'd love to have you in our @popdex_ circle.
🟪💥
PopDEX can be a powerful launchpad for your content and community. Just follow the steps on the website, and we'll be in touch.
creators.pinsider.org
@ZacPrater
I'm looking for Trading focused Creators! We're building a new program at @popdex_ & I'm looking for 10-25 strong traders / creators to work with!
If you love trading, posting on X and have a strong network, I want to talk with you!
DM me your background and passion for perps!
MΞHDI retweeted
Big week at @popdex_!
Open Beta & MegaPop are live with a $150K starting pool! #TimeToPop
First 6 weeks of Open Beta, early users will get a 2x multiplier to their tickets in MegaPop's reward system!
We're bullish on our users, attend our AMA tomorrow- xitter.cf/i/spaces/1nxnRBpQWdLxO…
A $154,033 promotion pool is up for grabs—trade on PopDEX @popdex_ for a week to claim your share. That's what a trader-first Perp DEX should look like.
app.popdex.xyz/en/tools/app-…
MegaPop begins with PopDEX Open Beta on October 19 3AM UTC (October 18 at 11 PM ET & October 19 at 11 AM UTC+8). #TimeToPop
MegaPop is PopDEX's first core rewards system for traders. Every week, an on-chain draw settled by a Bitcoin block hash decides the winners. No one can influence the result, and anyone can verify it.
With many points systems, traders wait months to find out what their trading was worth, and the rules can change along the way. MegaPop pays out every week from a public Prize Pool, funded by 40% of net protocol trading fees under PopDEX's 100% Value Return model.
The more the market trades, the bigger the pool gets. A single Ticket can win far beyond its share of volume, with prizes potentially reaching seven figures over time.
How it works:
- Eligible trading generates Pop Tickets in real time, based on trading activity, not raw volume alone
- Every Ticket automatically enters the weekly Pop Draw
- Each draw uses a predetermined Bitcoin block hash to generate a six-digit Pop Hash
- Tickets are matched against the Pop Hash to decide winners across multiple prize tiers
Launch boosts:
- 2x Pop Tickets for eligible traders during the first six weeks
- The Prize Pool starts with 150,000 USDT funded by PopDEX
- At 300,000 cumulative Pop Tickets, PopDEX adds another 100,000 USDT
Full rules: popdex.xyz/docs/product-docs…
Whenever I come across something interesting, I usually start digging into a few things.
System design and UX are big ones. Then I look into fundraising, who's backing the project, and the bigger picture.
But you know what caught my eye this time?
Yep, that BUG BOUNTY program is practically winking at me.
I also looked into their fundraising but couldn't find much.
Anyone have any clues or alpha to share?
Closed Alpha is live
The terminal is now privately open to a small group of early testers:
- Liquidity from @HyperliquidX
- Unlimited DEMO accounts
- Bug bounty live in Discord
If you’re in, your access code is in your email or X inbox. Put it through its paces and tell us what feels off. Every piece of feedback shapes what we build next. Thanks for testing with us this early!
Drop a comment if you want in 👇
🎙️ What’s Popping? EP2 #TimeToPop
There’s a lot we can’t wait to share with the community. 👀
Join our community AMA as we talk through the story behind Open Beta, give you a closer look at MegaPop, and share what’s coming next.
📅 October 20 · 1 PM UTC
🔗 xitter.cf/i/spaces/1nxnRBpQWdLxO…
Got a question for the team? Feedback before we go live? Quote this tweet. We’ll select community members to come on mic during the Space, and answer as many questions as we can live!
PopDEX is built around fully onchain execution, transparent market data, and publicly verifiable trading activity. MegaPop follows the same principle.
Rewards are not manually selected, adjusted at the last minute, or decided behind closed doors. They are determined by pre-disclosed rules, eligible trading activity, and public blockchain data.
Users will be able to verify everything on the blockchain to understand exactly how each reward was produced.
This is #ProofOfPop.
You've probably seen PopDEX's current TVL (~$62M) on DeFiLlama. But here's something you might not know:
As of today, the PopDEX Vault has only 46 depositors.
These aren't just dashboard numbers. They're early backers and believers in the platform.
You can easily join them. How?
app.popdex.xyz/vaults
Some opportunities fly under the radar. At Pinsider, we make sure they don't stay hidden for long.
insights.pinsider.org/#vault
@popdex_
PopDEX is now live on DeFiLlama! 🦙
Our TVL and protocol metrics are now publicly available on one of DeFi's most widely used analytics platforms.
Traders can track our growth, follow the latest data, and get a clearer picture of how PopDEX is developing.
Transparent data. Open markets.
defillama.com/protocol/popde…
Many of you have been asking what MegaPop is.
MegaPop will launch alongside PopDEX Open Beta as a new way to record real trading activity and return value to the people who create it.
The MegaPop prize pool is designed to grow in public, with no hidden allocation and no fixed ceiling. As more real trading and participation enter the market, the pool has room to grow with it.
But before the market opens, PopDEX is putting real money in first.
$150,000 USDT will be seeded into the MegaPop Prize Pool on Day One, funded directly by the PopDEX team, not from user trading fees.
More details will be revealed soon.
Data-driven fact 👾:
Most liquidations and major price swings happen around the US open (~13:30 UTC).
I'm obsessed with data, so I track everything. You should see the databases I've built for PopDEX & Pinsider.
For now, enjoy the power of data. Might bring them to Pinsider Insights someday, live and public.
MΞHDI retweeted
Yesterday, X suspended more than 100,000 accounts!
One of the biggest purges so far.
And it’s not over...
Crypto accounts have always been at higher risk!
Raid spam, boost spam, random coin tags, looking like a scammer, phishing links, all of it puts you in the danger zone.
But that’s not the only problem:
If you lose the account, getting it back is basically 1 in 1,000.
Better to protect it before that happens.
Most people got suspended with the email and reason in the image:
“Inauthentic behavior.”
X has a full Help section about it.
I fed the whole Help X page to Grok so we could break it down.
These 6 things are what keep the account safe: 👇
(The last one matters most)
1. Don’t run more than one account on the same device.
X allows it, but they definitely watch it harder.
2. Don’t use your other accounts on the same device or IP to boost your main.
3. If you raid, comment, or post for a project, make sure you still have normal daily activity outside of that.
4. Show some lifestyle and real life once in a while.
It helps the algorithm see you as a human.
5. It’s not just posts and replies.
DMs are checked too.
Don’t send a ton of DMs in a short window.
Heavy follow/unfollow is a bad look too.
Spread it out through the day, different amounts, different times, so it doesn’t look like a script.
6. You almost definitely have a pile of sessions and connected apps.
Clean them faster!
X Help is clear:
"you’re responsible for every third party you connect"
Remove them.
Especially the old ones and the ones with weird permissions.
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You can read this article I wrote a year ago.
Most of the rules haven’t changed.
Your account is harder to replace than you think.
Protect it.
🚀 PopDEX is now live on @DefiLlama ! 🦙
Transparent on-chain data is finally public for one of the fastest-growing trader-first perp DEXes.
Current metrics:
• TVL: $67.04m
• 30d Perp Volume: $425.25m
• Open Interest: $38.46m
• 30d Fees: $103.7k
• 30d Revenue: $55k
PopDEX is now live on DeFiLlama! 🦙
Our TVL and protocol metrics are now publicly available on one of DeFi's most widely used analytics platforms.
Traders can track our growth, follow the latest data, and get a clearer picture of how PopDEX is developing.
Transparent data. Open markets.
defillama.com/protocol/popde…
PopDEX is now live on DeFiLlama! 🦙
Our TVL and protocol metrics are now publicly available on one of DeFi's most widely used analytics platforms.
Traders can track our growth, follow the latest data, and get a clearer picture of how PopDEX is developing.
Transparent data. Open markets.
defillama.com/protocol/popde…
MΞHDI retweeted
the penultimate reward round before closed beta ends just dropped!
check your wallets if you did >$300K volume from Sept 20th - Oct 4th.
too bad i missed this again by $50K volume 😭
> if you missed it too, no worries, team says there's a "retroactive megapop recognition" for us.
same applies to every tester, trader and contributor most likely during open beta.
> now there's one more round before the closed beta ends
and if you start now to trade, do $500K-$1M volume, you will most likely be eligible for the reward round.
> i think so cos the first three reward rounds had a $100K requirement. previous round had a $150K requirement.
this round required $300K minimum trading volume, so the next one is most likely $500K.
so keep trading, popping and repeating!
Round 5 of the PopDEX rewards has been airdropped.
For Trader & Contributor Rewards, this round covers activity from Sep 20 to Oct 4. PopDEX web users with $300K+ cumulative trading volume were eligible.
Top trader reward: $8,000 USDT
There’s still one final Closed Beta reward round to go. This round will be bigger than the previous ones, with increased cash rewards and a review of contribution across the entire Closed Beta period.
And early participation will count for more than cash rewards. Eligible traders, testers, and contributors will also receive retroactive MegaPop recognition as we carry PopDEX into the next chapter.
You were early for a reason. 💜
Tell me we are SUPER EARLY without telling me we are SUPER EARLY!
Just 2,396 depositors (active traders) since day 1 of @popdex_ 💥🟪
If you haven't joined yet, do it today and don't fade the chance to be early!
app.popdex.xyz/en/tools/app-…
Source:
insights.pinsider.org/#histo…
We just built another banger at Pinsider:
Where the whales 🐳 are moving
It shows you where the PopDEX whales are moving and what they're doing.
You can access it in two ways: through the TG channel or directly on the web app.
TG: t.me/PopWhales
WebApp: whales.pinsider.org/
On the web app, you get a more interactive experience where you can control and customize the settings yourself. Telegram, on the other hand, is super easy and convenient if you just want the updates right away.

































