Until yesterday, all users on @Official_Upbit were able to trade stablecoin for free. Trading volume went up, but precedents explain that this increase will be short lived. What if their intent was actually not about making you trade, but a hidden positioning strategy? 🧵

Until yesterday, all users on @Official_Upbit were able to trade stablecoin for free. Trading volume went up, but precedents explain that this increase will be short lived. What if their intent was actually not about making you trade, but a hidden positioning strategy? 🧵

What is the world betting on? H1 audited data via @Surfdeveloper MCP shows that Sports account for half of Polymarket International’s taker-leg volume. Crypto follows at ~30%, inflated by the controversial MicroStrategy market; while World/Geopolitics ranks third at ~15%.

July snapshot (avg open interest / one-sided taker volume / daily turnover): Kalshi: $970M OI · $13.3B vol · ≈0.44×/day Polymarket Intl: $420M OI · $3.0B vol · ≈0.23×/day Polymarket US: $100M OI · $2.0B vol · ≈0.64×/day Two puzzles: 1) How did Kalshi do $10.3B more‼️ volume than Polymarket Intl in July, with only $550M more OI? 2) And how did Polymarket US print almost same volume as Intl's with just $100M OI?

People been mogging Polymarket volume down bad. The truth is, while Polymarket International volume holds up stable, a quiet part of the story is that Polymarket US has been growing strong. Note: volume below are counted on single-leg taker volume, different from notional volume and is roughly half of it

: : Four Pillars to Host the “Four Pillars Research Challenge 2026” for University Blockchain Clubs in Korea We are hosting the “Four Pillars Research Challenge 2026,” a research competition for blockchain clubs at leading universities across Korea, with a total prize pool of $8,000. The competition features four research tracks sponsored by @cantor8, @MetaMask, @solana and @Surfdeveloper. Participating clubs will also receive paid subscription accounts for @TheBlockCo Pro and Surf AI. To ensure a fair competition, the entire process, including registration, research preparation, and submission, will be conducted anonymously. An awards ceremony and networking event for participating university clubs will be held at Hashed Lounge on the evening of October 1. We look forward to your interest and participation!

We are giving rewards worth up to $300 to all wave point holders, as we celebrate Surf's one year anniversary. We wish to recognize and appreciate our early supporters of our mission to be the frontier Crypto AI tool. Read this thread to see if you are eligible:

Korean TradFi giants are purchasing shares of Korean CEXs. The biggest move includes; Mirae Asset → Korbit: 92% for $92M Hana Financial → Upbit: 7% for $667M OKX + KIS → Coinone: 20% for $53M @FourPillarsFP and Surf AI researched this ongoing investment trend.

@Surfdeveloper is publishing a joint research series with @FourPillars, one of Asia's most respected research desks. We studied Asian CEX, one of the hardest domain to get clean and uniform data in crypto. Those who are exposed to Asian CEXs. This series is for you.

The median 1 year old @Official_Upbit token is 5x more liquid than the equivalent in @coinbase, the largest US exchange. ($11M vs $2M) We pulled every single Korean CEX listing data since June 2021 with @FourPillarsFP. here are some takeaways you can learn, in 1 minute🧵

.@IOSGVC, one of Asia's biggest VCs, is now using Surf API for their investment research. Learn how they used Surf so you can research with the same data they use with your own AI agent. 🧵

Pre-IPO Tokens are dead. Since the $SPCS IPO, tokenized pre/recent-IPO stock was what got everyone talking about, but the reality is: $SPCX on @tradexyz is the only one active with real volume. OPENAI, ANTHROPIC, and the rest have been delisted across all of web3.

If you are holding $ARX, read this. The Binance Alpha skill (by @Hertzflow_xyz) detects 99.7% fake trading volume, $3.9M cashed out by insiders, and 15 of 19 wallets that got tokens before listing now fully sold. Reported volume is $94.5M. Real liquidity is $247K.