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PAPER

Papertrade's protocol token. It is minted from trading losses and can be staked for a share of exchange fees.

Known aliases

  • PAPER
  • PAPER token

Current stories

investOne report1 publisher

Papertrade books $37 million in four days by taking the other side of 1000x BTC and ETH bets

Papertrade, a pooled-USDC BTC and ETH betting venue on HyperEVM, booked $37.03 million of revenue in four days, according to DefiLlama. Cryptopolitan describes most of it as trader losses at up to 1000x leverage, so the line holds only while new losses keep arriving.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives55
Confidence40
investOne report1 publisher

Papertrade's pool sat just $1.15M above the line where it starts minting PAPER

Papertrade, a 1,000x perpetuals venue on HyperEVM, faces an unconfirmed oracle manipulation allegation with about $3.15M in the pool that pays winners. Below $2M it mints PAPER for each dollar lost, so a nudged price or a winning streak lands on token holders.

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption55
Hype gap+20
Incentives60
Confidence40
investOne report1 publisher

Papertrade offers up to 1,000x leverage on about $11 billion of open interest backed by just $54 million, and winners may wait in a payout queue

Papertrade, a 1,000x exchange on Hyperliquid, held about $11 billion of open interest on $54 million of backing, news.bitcoin.com reported. Its rules give an unpaid winner the margin back and queue the profit, so any shortfall falls on traders who called the market right.

Publishers:news.bitcoin.com

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption40
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Papertrade's launch-day open interest ran at 41 to 67 times its pre-deposits

Papertrade drew $3 billion of Bitcoin open interest after its October 10 launch, against pre-deposits Crypto Briefing estimated at $85 million to $138 million. The gap matters because losing trades fund winning ones, so a sharp one-way move would leave winners relying on delayed settlement and a profit haircut.

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption45
Hype gap+40
Incentives60
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

Papertrade's 1000x exchange pays winners only as fast as other traders lose

Papertrade opens trading on Oct. 10 with up to 1000x leverage on BTC and ETH, taking the other side of every trade from a USDC pool that starts at $0. Because the pool is funded only by losses, the first traders to win may have to wait for their money.

Publishers:bankless.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives60
Confidence40