Hi, I'm Ben. Longtime supporter of #Cardano $ADA and super bullish on $strike Strike referral code: BenRyan (all one word) for 5% off fees

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I've copy traded on @strikeperps every day since August. This is everything I wish I'd known first: how copying works, what it costs, and the trade-offs. Full deep dive 👇
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We'll be launching something at the @strikeperps Hackathon......🚀🚀🚀
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NEW: Viral Growth Engine is now live by community request 🔥 Users now get rewards if the people you refer, refer more people Positive loop of success and expansion Link: 🕹️️️️️️ app.strikefinance.org/referr…
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Ben Ryan retweeted
The inaugural @strikeperps Hackathon begins in a few hours! This 48-hour competition challenges builders to create something that integrates with or enhances the Strike ecosystem. $3000 USD in prizes are up for grabs. Every new app or integration built on Strike has the potential to expand its utility and create value for the whole ecosystem. I'm excited to see what builders come up with! ⚡️
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Adding @Cardano! Appreciate the partnership 🤝
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Big Big Big Big Big Big Big Big Big Big Big 💥
JUST IN: #Cardano $ADA Founder Charles Hoskinson says "Bitcoin DeFi is launching in January on Pogun. It's 1,000x more efficient than BitVM."
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If you copy trade anywhere, this is the part worth reading. I replayed the same trader since July. Copying a fixed amount per trade at 10x, I'd have lost money. At 5x or lower, every version made money. The trader was right. My leverage just got me liquidated before their trades played out. Picking the trader gets all the attention. Picking the leverage mattered more.
At 10x, my replay turned a profitable Hyperliquid trader into a losing copy. So I rebuilt how I pick traders on @strikeperps: every check I run before copying a wallet, plus how I choose the copy mode and leverage 👇
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Flying cars and now this? 🤯🚀 I don’t think people fully understand what possibilities this could unlock... Software that can copy itself, combine with other programs, and create new things we haven’t even thought of yet. We might be looking at the beginning of something truly wild. 🔥
Say hello to Quinelings, self-replicating digital lifeforms made entirely of code
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Ben Ryan retweeted
If you have $aethusdc on @aave , you can deposit on Strike SLP and enjoy double yield!
We’ve barely tapped into how powerful our Aave integration is This integration alone could bring in $1 billion in liquidity to Strike
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Daily #Cardano $ADA News! 🗞️ Strike: "Building A Behemoth." Charles: "Pogun—1,000x More Efficient Than BitVM." 👉 youtu.be/xAN5CosBIx8
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If you've got USDC sitting on Aave, it can do a second job. Strike accepts Aave aUSDC as collateral. You keep earning Aave's supply interest, and you can borrow up to $1 for every $1 of it straight into Strike's vault, with no interest on the loan. Same dollar, two jobs. docs.strikefinance.org/perpe…
We’ve barely tapped into how powerful our Aave integration is This integration alone could bring in $1 billion in liquidity to Strike
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If you’re thinking about trying Strike Finance @strikeperps here’s a little perk for you. 🤝 Use my referral code OdinOdan and get 6% off trading fees. 🔗 app.strikefinance.org/trade/… Appreciate the support! ❤️
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🚨 BREAKING: @strikeperps has generated mora than 1.8 Billion in total trading Volume!
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Ben Ryan retweeted
Strike is Cardano native, and a large share of our users come from the Cardano community. We're very bullish, so it's common to see 90% of traders on our platform going long. Strike V2 is an order book (CLOB) exchange. On an order book exchange there are two prices, the mark price and the index price. The index price is the asset's price on other exchanges. Think of it as the real oracle price. The mark price is the asset's price on our exchange. A perp exchange should keep the mark price as close to the index price as possible. The mark price is calculated from a few things, like the order book, the last traded price, and the index price itself. On an order book exchange there are makers and takers. When takers keep trading in one direction, makers end up holding too much on the other side and need to offload it. To do that, they're willing to buy above market price or sell below market price until their position is back to a manageable size. Right now on Strike, ADA's mark price is a lot higher than its index price. That's because people are giga long, and the MM bot is willing to buy ADA from you above market price to reduce its short positions. Did we build the MM bot? Yes. Do we control the prices it quotes? Yes. Are we going to make it ignore its inventory, ignore risk measures, lose money, and lose its depositors' money? NO. We are just following normal risk measures that every single reasonable MM does. Literally. We have one of the most transparent and detailed docs on how funding rate and prices are calculated on our docs. docs.strikefinance.org/perpe… PS: If you think this is unfair, just open a short on ADA on our platform and long on another. You earn 200% apr right now and help make our market more efficient.
Replying to @sz8ng
Could you stop manipulating the mark price of ADA in favor of the open positions of your vault? It is too much at this point; people will realize it, and your reputation will be gone.
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Ben Ryan retweeted
As part of our treasury management strategy, we have already committed to RealFi (@realfi_co), a great project and initiative by Input Output. 🟢 Today, we are further diversifying our opportunities by allocating a portion of our sUSDrf to Strike (@strikeperps), exploring the growing potential of Cardano DeFi. Special thanks to Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) for showcasing the potential of Cardano DeFi, and to Mauro Andreoli and Lucas Macchiavelli for their support throughout the onboarding process, their step-by-step guidance, and their clear explanations of the available tools.
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Strike should be a billion dollar market cap by then
J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s base case projects Bitcoin to outperform U.S. stocks, bonds and gold over the next decade. Wall Street is doing the math.
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We’ve barely tapped into how powerful our Aave integration is This integration alone could bring in $1 billion in liquidity to Strike
New @Citi research positions Aave as a collateral mobility protocol for tokenized capital markets. It calls collateral mobility one of tokenization’s most important use cases, with Aave able to take on functions that move tens of trillions of dollars in traditional finance.
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RealFi USD stablecoin now closing in on $250,000 on Strike 🔥 @realfi_co
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Ben Ryan retweeted
The core of leadership is accountability. When you encounter a leader in this space who takes accountability for everything, including failures, you've found a winner. I saw that in @sz8ng, the founder of @strikeperps immediately! He has absolutely no problem owning shortcomings and acknowledging gaps and opportunities. That's the standard you should expect from any leader you invest your hard-earned money in. Do not accept someone who gaslights or deflects, those are red flags and bad signs. Do not accept lack of transparency. If you ask a question, you better get a clear answer. There may be exceptions to this, but it should be just that, an exception. It's easier to win in this space than you think, if you're willing to stay open and curious and not marry your bags.
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Ben Ryan retweeted
@realfi_co returns, just a swap away 🗣️ ADA → sUSDrf is now live on @SundaeSwap. Another big step for Cardano DeFi. 👇
Swaps from ADA straight into yield-bearing sUSDrf are now live on SundaeSwap! 🍨 app.sundae.fi/exchange?given… @realfi_co
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