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🇹🇭 Life & business of an immigrant in Thailand (Koh Samui) WEB3 | Simcluster I Sphinx Protocol | Canton Network

Koh Samui Entrou em Mayıs 2020
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Sphinx@SphinxProtocol·
What are derivatives? Wrong answers only. 👇
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islander@ElonClass·
@SphinxProtocol Good explanation. The key idea most people miss is that derivatives are not about owning assets — they are about «transferring risk».
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If Sphinx went live tomorrow, what would be the first commodity you'd trade? 🤔
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Markets are closed Sphinx solves this
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Sphinx@SphinxProtocol·
Some stories are not just about markets. They are about power, access, and who gets left out. That is what The Geopolitical Tightrope is really about. If this space matters to you, this medium article is worth your time. Link in comments 👇
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Sphinx@SphinxProtocol·
Commodities. Onchain.
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islander@ElonClass·
and 24/7 market interaction. In volatile energy markets, this kind of infrastructure can make hedging and price exposure far more efficient.
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islander@ElonClass·
Trump’s geopolitical moves increased oil volatility and exposed how ineffective traditional commodity markets are in fast-moving conditions. That’s why @SphinxProtocol matters: it is building onchain rails for commodity trading, with faster access, more transparency, ⤵️
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US markets re-open soon. The screens are still dark, orders queueing, and the first moves will set the tone for the session. What are your expectations for commodities today?
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∑ Millyy ETH
∑ Millyy ETH@millyy_eth·
There is no market maker on your DEX. On CEXs, there is always someone on the other side of your trade. - A market maker On DEXs, there isn’t one Most AMMs don’t act like real market makers They use formulas to set prices But those prices are often: - delayed - inflexible and out of sync with the real market So what happens? Arbitrageurs step in They: - buy from the pool - sell elsewhere and take the difference That’s the cost of the system This is called LVR (loss vs rebalancing) It quietly drains value from LPs and traders On large chains, it adds up to millions At the same time, most liquidity providers lose money Many would have done better just holding their assets And a lot of capital just sits there, unused This isn’t a bug It’s how AMMs are designed There’s also another problem: - Execution is unreliable - A quote doesn’t always become a trade Swaps can fail due to: = slippage - price changes - liquidity issues So you pay gas And sometimes get no trade This is the gap in DeFi today: - no real market maker and unreliable execution @LunarBaseX is building to change that LunarBase is a prop AMM on @base It: - holds its own inventory - prices using live market data and takes the spread directly No external LPs Prices update continuously with the market Execution is clear: - trades either fill or fail with a reason - no silent failures - no guesswork Every trade gives a clear result: - price - spread and execution status This makes execution: - predictable - verifiable and transparent This model already works elsewhere On @solana , prop AMMs are now a big part of trading volume They outperform passive pools because they price correctly and manage risk EVM doesn’t have this yet But it needs it The next phase of DeFi is simple: Move from passive pools → to real market makers That’s what @LunarBaseX is building.
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