🕯️ @wick_xyz 🔁 @cctpto 🔸 @shadowonsonic

Joined April 2021
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waitlist update we’ve been going through the nearly 140,000 signups. duplicates, bots, and ineligible wallets have been filtered. [redacted] soon.
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Looks like Lighter is adding SPAN-style portfolio margin, set to launch with vanilla options Today Lighter calculates each position's margin on its own and adds them up. On the Q3 investor call, @vnovakovski said the new engine looks at spot, perps and options on the same asset together and asks "what the worst realistic loss would be if the market moved sharply." It revalues the book across moves in price and implied vol. That's the logic of SPAN, the method CME uses for futures and options Without portfolio margin, an options market maker posts margin on both legs: the options it sells, as if they were naked, and the perps that hedge them. Margined together, the two legs have a smaller worst case, and as Vlad put it, a smaller worst case means less margin. The market maker could then quote tighter and deeper, and a trader buying a single call gets those quotes too For a regular trader this would make hedging pay. Selling calls on ETH you already hold stops tying up margin like a naked short. Buying a put under a long perp lowers your margin and moves your liquidation further away, instead of only costing premium Institutions compare venues on how much capital a book ties up there. At CME, options desks are already margined on scenarios, and Vlad said professional trading shops run options books this way. On a venue that margins every leg alone, the same hedged book ties up several times the capital, so a desk keeps its size elsewhere. With SPAN-style margin, Lighter would charge a book for the risk it actually carries, the way CME does, and that's what it would take for the firms that dominate options to trade there once Lighter is live in the US
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Options are live on Lighter Core. Next stop: Lighter EVM. 🕯️
Binary options are now live on Lighter Core! Next up: our full options offering
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We will finally see how an EVM can properly compose with a perps orderbook. Each EVM block is a child of one Core block, so contracts read the book as their own state instead of waiting on an oracle. Lending, liquidations, and an AMM can price off the same book in the same block.
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再补充一下 wick 的 wAMM BIN 机制: wAMM 将 LP 完全订单簿化了,可以选择你特定的仓位,让它们变成限价单。这样一旦成交并换成你想要的资产后,不再自动沿着 AMM 曲线反向卖回去。 利用 Hooks 加入自定交易规则,还能让在 wick 的交易更接近传统金融市场中的期权 Options 交易和股票指数 Index 交易。
看好 Lighter 生态的第一个项目 —— Wick @wick_xyz logo 都是 Lighter 斜过来的😂 我已经提交了几个钱包地址候补,上线第一时间会冲。 具体做什么的,大家看我拍的视频就好,主要的特色我觉得有: wickAMM —— Wick 产品内部的一个自创交易引擎,很有特色! wLIT —— LIT 的流通质押版本,让你质押在 Lighter 的 LIT 流动起来,具体类似 stETH 相比 ETH 的作用。 wLLP —— 将 APR 15% 的 LLP 策略代币化,可用作抵押品开仓,让 Lighter 交易资金效率拉满。
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Lighter EVM devnet live. 🕯️
Lighter EVM devnet is live! An EVM-equivalent rollup built in collaboration with @axiom_xyz, powered by OpenVM. It runs alongside Lighter Core, and the two are designed to settle jointly to Ethereum with a single ZK proof 🧵
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看好 Lighter 生态的第一个项目 —— Wick @wick_xyz logo 都是 Lighter 斜过来的😂 我已经提交了几个钱包地址候补,上线第一时间会冲。 具体做什么的,大家看我拍的视频就好,主要的特色我觉得有: wickAMM —— Wick 产品内部的一个自创交易引擎,很有特色! wLIT —— LIT 的流通质押版本,让你质押在 Lighter 的 LIT 流动起来,具体类似 stETH 相比 ETH 的作用。 wLLP —— 将 APR 15% 的 LLP 策略代币化,可用作抵押品开仓,让 Lighter 交易资金效率拉满。
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A few months ago, I joined @wick_xyz to help with the brand and creative direction. It’s been interesting to see how we’ve built a visual identity almost from zero: characters, scenes, a look and a way of telling our story.
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Waitlist is officially closed. 🕯️ Thanks to everyone who signed up! What's next? → Reviewing nearly 140,000 signups. → [redacted] reveal ahead of Lighter EVM launch. → More on Wick coming soon.
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4 hours left until the waitlist closes! wick.xyz/waitlist 👈
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Wick made an appearance at the @Lighter_xyz event in Singapore! Great meeting the team and fellow builders. A few things worth sharing: → Lighter EVM is targeting Q4. → Spot equities coming to Lighter EVM via Lighter Core. Lots to look forward to. Back to building! 🕯️
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0xArchive is now a Lighter Accelerate partner. If you've made a trade on Lighter, your first 3 months of 0xArchive are 50% off. Connect the wallet you trade with and checkout applies the discount. 0xarchive.io/resources/produ…
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周末去香港参与了 Lighter 的私人饭局,迟到一年,终于见到了 Vlad @vnovakovski 还有几个网上认识的 team 成员。 一起参加的,有几个基金 fund,一些 big trader,还有做市商。其中基金的兴趣在于购入 ethereum:0x232ce3bd40fcd6f80f3d55a522d03f25df784ee2 。 饭局期间,我问了一些极其犀利的问题,拿到了很多一手信息,估计也是社区成员最想听的,来给大家转达一下。 1、美国合规牌照什么时候下来? 快了但不确定。首先大家要知道,CFTC 牌照其实不由 Lighter 团队所决定,而是政府部门什么时间能给批准。Lighter 的目标是 Q4 上了期权之后,同时拿到 CFTC 给的 Perps 和 Options 的牌照。 Lighter 已经与 CFTC 进行了长达 11 个月的合作与澄清,CFTC 已经“完全”认识并理解了 Lighter 的 ZK+Ethereum 技术架构、清算机制、ADL 策略以及 0 fee 的盈利模式等等。可以这样说 —— Lighter 是最最有可能拿到第一张美国的 Defi/DEX 合规牌照。 2、拿到牌照后,Lighter 会使用 Core/Robinhood 还是会重新开发一个实例? 获取到牌照后,Lighter 第一时间会上线 Lighter US,也就是另外一个实例,KYC/AML 均与传统交易公司对齐,同时 Lighter US 会引入 Citadel、Jump 等华尔街大型做市商为 Lighter 做市。(Vlad 之前被 Citadel CEO boss 直聘,工作多年) 资产类别逐一按照 CFTC 监管上线,保持 0 fee 的交易结构。 3、期权 Options 与 LighterEVM 什么时间上线? 目标都是 Q4 上线,但侧重在 Options ,因为技术原因,期权的上线会以二元期权,也就是预测市场为开始,随后升级为传统的欧式期权,同时期权考虑 0 fee 交易开始。 LighterEVM 也是预期 Q4,上线之后将会引入 BTC、HYPE、SOL 等非 EVM 资产现货,当然「股票现货 Spot」也在范围内,同时 LighterEVM 将会催生大量生态项目,例如我后面会发的 wick。 4、年底 12.30 的大额 unlock,团队怎么处理 investor 和 team 的巨量解锁?(这块我问的很直接)。 “investor 都不会卖!” Vlad 说这是他知道的信息。我再追问,你并不能控制他们手来让人家不卖吧, Vlad 意思是:他们说了不卖就是不卖,如果他们要卖的话,完全可以说出来,我们还能帮他们找 OTC 买家,甚至自己都可以买。二级市场直接砸的可能性不高,性价比低,同时也在消耗 VC 自己的信誉。 确实,桌上做的几个基金,都是想来谈 OTC 的。 5、Lighter 与 Robinhood 商业模式一样,要尽可能多获取散户流量,但团队在 Marketing 方面一直如此保守? 团队 Camila 告诉我,其实 Lighter 并不是没有做 MKT,而是一直在考虑 ROI 的问题,现在这个阶段,Lighter 牌照还没下来,而大规模、高质量的流量,只有在牌照之后才会出现。所以团队目前的 Marketing 投入不多,仅以欧美极个别 KOL、还有大的视频访谈为主。(我争取做一次) Camila 还提到,Web3 贯以的 Agency 和 KOL 营销,她觉得性价比非常低,因此等牌照下来,会以 Web2 方式类似于 Kalshi/Polymarket/Robinhood 那样做营销。 加上 KOL 侧,主要集中在合约交易、PerpDEX的 KOL 为主,欧美、韩国、大中华等地区同时发力。 Marketing 是牌照下来之后,团队要侧重做的地方,因为他们也懂自己的盈利模式需要什么。 6、Vlad 你个人有投资 Cognition 吗?(Cognition 是 Vlad 上一个项目的合伙人 Scott wu 的企业 AI 项目,目前估值 500 亿美金) Vlad 说,他是 Cognition 的第一个投资人,我说那很有钱了,恭喜。 饭局后,我和团队成员 Sebas 私下聊起,你觉得 Vlad 有没有当时后悔选择做了 Crypto 而没去做 AI,毕竟现在 LIT 代币总市值 40 亿不到,而 Cognition 还没上市就几百亿了。 Sebas 说绝不会,Vlad 同时喜欢 AI 和 Trade,从他之前在城堡证券工作过很多年、Robinhood 的第一个顾问就知道, Vlad 乐于构建交易系统,而 AI 那边,Vlad 个人投资了很多,这些 Vlad 自己也是很骄傲的。而现在好朋友的公司做的这么好,Vlad 更有动力将自己的公司做更好。 7、团队一直提倡的 100% 回购销毁代币,当然对持币者是好事,但公司会因此没有现金流,团队会怎么处理现金流问题? Vlad 大方承认了这个问题,确实是,他的出发点一直都是 “Lighter 的所有收入权益归 LIT 代币持有者。”但也不得不考虑公司的长期经营问题,现在 team 花的钱都是之前 VC 给的。 长期来看,Lighter 可能会考虑从一些合作伙伴、渠道那里获得收益,Lighter 已经与新型合作伙伴达成协议,这些会在稍后公布。产品侧考虑后面的高级期权用户,同时回购销毁比例可能变为 99% or 98% 这种。(所有的都是设想,还未决定) 以上 就是我这次参加 Lighter 私局的记录,因个人英文水平没有那么 native,内容可能不那么精确,但大致意思趋同。 饭局上我感觉团队状态很好,他们对自己做的事非常有信心,Vlad 也经常自己开起玩笑,喝着茅台白酒,并没有屏幕上一直在正襟危坐很 nerd 的感觉。 稍后两天我会再着重撰写一篇 Lighter 和 Robinhood 相似商业模式的文章,大家敬请期待。
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Waitlist closes tomorrow. Don't say we didn't warn you. wick.xyz/waitlist 👈
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Lmao fuck dn just win every trade @delucinator
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I bought my Ledger directly from Ledger to avoid exactly this. Then they leaked my personal data, it ended up online, and I’ve been getting phishing emails, calls, and texts ever since. So much safer!
Ledger is investigating reports of loss of funds from users in South East Asia who purchased products from a reseller named CryptoBillis. As a precaution, and pending the results of our investigation, we have asked CryptoBilis to pause all sales and shipments of Ledger devices. We recommend Ledger users who purchased from this reseller in the last 90 days to not initiate set up if you have not done so yet. If you have set up your Ledger device, consider moving assets to a new Ledger signer (with new seed). We will continue to inform customers of updates as the investigation progresses. Reach out to Ledger customer support through official channels with any questions: support.ledger.com/
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Better than Coinbase leaking my data AND taking my coins.
Even worse they took it because I didn’t log in time.
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Even worse they took it because I didn’t log in time.
Replying to @cryptohamm
congrats, if you left it on coinbase, you're getting those same emails. i know as someone that got my info leaked from both.
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