i was wrong to bring fees back. simple as that. winning perps means solving for liquidity (trumps everything) all in cost of execution stable funding we've solved for 2) and 3) and will scale 1) via RFQ once RFQ is here in a few weeks there's no reason left to trade anywhere else.

zero fees is back. and now it covers options too. for all retail traders: 0% maker fees 0% taker fees on perps, spot, and options all free. live now. read more: docs.paradex.trade/trading/t…

Founder of Volmex & BVIV @ColeGotTweets on @dimetvhq talking about why vaults work: "vaults are a great form factor for institutions and retail to access yield products and other structures. It makes it really simple to get a particular exposure. It's a very passive and simple product and can potentially onboard a lot of users to DeFi, yield stuff, different derivative strategies." VTFs execute complex vol strategies 24/7. fully on-chain. for everyone. app.paradex.trade/vaults

the founder of Bitcoin's VIX just mapped out the entire volatility infrastructure - from institutions entering in 2019 to the emergence of vault traded funds (VTFs). @ColeGotTweets founder & CEO at @volmexfinance breaks down $BVIV on @dimetvhq: how it spiked on Feb 5 and 10/10, why IBIT caught Deribit in 18 months, how Robinhood traders created a 3-point vol premium, and whether DeFi vaults are the next ETF or just exploit bait. "now the institutions are BlackRock, Fidelity, all the big asset managers, the exchanges, the index companies. the institutions are truly here" 0:19 meet the founder building crypto's VIX 1:20 why no one had built a VIX for Bitcoin before 2:09 what working at Staked in 2019 taught about institutions 3:49 how BlackRock and Fidelity reshaped crypto since 2019 6:51 BVIV explained: the fear gauge for Bitcoin 8:14 how BVIV spiked on Feb 5 and the 10/10 crash 11:37 why IBIT options needed their own volatility index 13:29 how IBIT options caught up to Deribit in 18 months 15:30 why IBIT options trade at a 3-point vol premium 16:10 how Robinhood traders are reshaping Bitcoin options 17:59 inside Volmex's 250-index lineup beyond BVIV 19:45 trading BVIV as a perp on Hyperliquid HIP-3 21:00 why Polymarket's green/red buttons beat options chains 24:19 the race between Hyperliquid, Polymarket, and Coinbase 25:18 are DeFi vaults the next ETF or a hacker's jackpot? 27:51 replacing the VIX ETF with on-chain vault strategies 29:28 why Volmex could become crypto's $70B S&P 31:07 what hitting Bloomberg Terminal did for Volmex 33:34 the BVIV perps and regulated wrappers coming next 34:36 does the founder of a vol index actually trade vol? 36:18 why Cole is watching tokenization and stablecoins next 37:50 how crypto went from $3K Bitcoin to BlackRock owning it 39:42 what's next for Volmex and BVIV

The fact that he even has to say this shows we truly live in a world full of haters lol

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THAT WAS TODAY

FX options traders and equity options traders don't see crypto the same way. Pravin from Flowdesk on the divide: "FX guys want knock-ins, knock-outs, exotics. equity guys want basic call spreads. both are finding their home in crypto options."

BIG DAY FOR OPTIONS ON PARADEX

Options is becoming mainstream in crypto & hence their ought to be a place where pro option traders & option enthusiasts can tune in, with DimeTV we are kickstarting a series of options focused episodes featuring the smartest minds in Crypto.

Pravin Pathmanathan from @flowdesk_co on DimeTV talks about crypto options market structure, the HYPE options boom and why vaults & VTFs are the next evolution of ETFs 00:00 — Intro: Who is Pravin & what does Flowdesk do in options 01:33 — From equities to crypto: why he made the move 05:58 — How efficient is the crypto options market really 10:23 — Biggest shifts in crypto options since 2018 12:27 — Mistakes TradFi traders make crossing into crypto (inverse options, delta confusion) 14:36 — Equity guys vs FX guys: different approaches to crypto options 17:10 — Flowdesk's edge & the HYPE options boom 21:11 — Alt options flow: what else are clients asking for 22:21 — Geopolitics, vol regimes, and why 10/10 is still in every trader's head 25:16 — Crypto going macro: watching S&P and Truth Social more than CT 27:26 — Tokenized equity options: Flowdesk is already doing this OTC 30:27 — Vaults, VTFs, and the democratization of structured products 32:11 — The real opportunity: derivatives on RWAs is what blockchain was always for

VTFs are the next evolution of ETFs Sr. Trader at Flowdesk on @dimetvhq: "the key is getting the smaller investors, those guys who can't access the big private banks, but still want to invest their funds in some sort of managed system" "there is a lot of middle money out there that can't access the big structured products but they want some sort of structured mechanism" VTFs make it possible. 24/7. fully on-chain.

PARADIGM SUPREMACY

Saw this while doomscrolling & thought this was just another AI art on my feed 💀

Don’t fade VTFs on Paradex

Great to see Options grow on Paradex at this incredible speed, crazy that its not even been a month since we took options live on the platform A friendly reminder that Paradex is backed by Paradigm, the biggest institutional network in crypto to trade options

"this has fundamentally never been done before, at least at the scale that you see" CEO @fiddybps1 on launching the first Bitcoin VTF at @consensus2026 vaults earn yield by selling $BTC options. all on-chain, powered by high throughput derivatives trading.

What part of the cycle is this?