DeFi since 2018 Farming Yield - Airdrops - Farms - BTC - HYPE My DeFi community: discord.gg/Q68SxyNbQW
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I'm focused on farming:
➡️Lighter x Robinhood:
robinhoodchain.lighter.xyz/?…
➡️RiseX
rise.trade/invite/tomdefi
➡️TxFlow
app.txflow.com/r/TXTOMCRYPTO
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Lighter
Lighter - Trade perpetuals with unmatched efficiency and security
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Lighterhood points update
+44 this week
I'm continuing with the strategy on Lighter x Robinhood.
This week, I've closed and reopened the positions twice, so I've generated additional volume while keeping the OI.
I'm really happy with the results so far, I think I've found a strategy to farm massive amounts of points on the two best perps to farm right now, while keeping it relatively safe, requiring basically no trading knowledge, and taking almost no time to manage.
Now I really want to see the results on RiseX next Tuesday!
Don't fade Lighter again, the value of the airdrop is 11M of $LIT tokens, so it will be worth!
🔗robinhoodchain.lighter.xyz/?…
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I've just realized that my portfolio for this cycle will basically be:
🥇BTC
🥈HYPE
🥉LIT
🥉VAR
Or, in other words:
🥇True money
🥈DEX
Pointfolio update
+ $200k in a bull scenario
+ $100k in a normal scenario
Definitely, farming points on the right projects is one of the best ways to capitalize your bags.
Another week farming points on the earliest and best perps, I'm maintaining the same positions, Lighter and RiseX delta-neutral using our market-hedged strategy (I'll share the article in the comments), while on TxFlow, we're making several calls this week on gold arb.
Variational looks like it's skyrocketing in previsions, and Extended is moving to Arc, which IMO is a very good move and could pump the value of its points.
On the other hand, Hibachi is losing attention, and Extended's move to Arc is overshadowing it.
But that's exactly why I always farm 3 perps, 2 high-conviction plays and 1 personal bet.
The perps I mentioned in the quoted post are still early. They're in their first weeks of operation, and the farming period could last over 9 months for RiseX and TxFlow, and around 3 months for Lighter.
You're early.
It's the perfect time to capitalize your bags.
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I'm going to guess what you're about to do.
Your entire timeline is talking about "Variational will be generational", "1 point = $100"...
And you're probably feeling bad because you didn't get in when people like me were sharing the alpha back in December-January or even earlier, and now you're just about to start farming, hoping to earn a few points.
Bro, you faded it.
Farming now is just wasting your time and missing other opportunities. Perp DEXs shouldn't be farmed when everyone is talking about their TGE. They should be farmed when they're in the early stages or hidden season.
And right now, there are only 3 decent perps in these conditions:
🥇RiseX - TGE in early 2027. Great risk/reward ratio.
🥈LighterHood - TGE by the end of 2026. Short campaign.
🥉TxFlow - My personal bet. Hidden season, and we're farming it for free with the gold strategy.
Just think twice about where and when you put your money.
I'm focused on farming:
➡️Lighter x Robinhood:
robinhoodchain.lighter.xyz/?…
➡️RiseX
rise.trade/invite/tomdefi
➡️TxFlow
app.txflow.com/r/TXTOMCRYPTO
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We are running a private competition on RiseX where you can enter it just using my referral:
RISEx just launched “The Battle of the Bulls”🐂
Another private tournament for our community. Since I'm a Spanish KOL, all my referrals can get access to this competition.
It lasts 4 weeks and starts TODAY.
Here's how it works:
➡️You participate simply by trading through my referral link:
🔗rise.trade/invite/tomdefi
If you're already registered through another referral, you won't be able to participate unless you use another wallet.
It's not just a volume competition. Your score is calculated as:
Score = (% of cohort volume + % of positive PnL + % of average open interest) / 3
So volume matters, but so do your PnL and how much you keep open on average.
The top 20 traders will share the prize pool:
🥇 1st - 18%
🥈 2nd - 13%
🥉 3rd - 10%
4th - 8%
5th - 7%
6th-10th - 5% each
11th-15th - 2.5% each
16th-20th - 1.3% each
And the prize pool depends on how much volume our community generates over the 4 weeks:
$50M → $3,000 + 1,750 Points
$100M → $6,000 + 2,750 Points
$250M → $20,000 + 4,500 Points
$500M → $30,000 + 5,500 Points
$750M → $40,000 + 6,500 Points
$1B+ → $50,000 + 10,000 Points
We can reach $500M as a community, and I wouldn't rule out $750M.
RULES
• You need at least $100K individual volume to qualify for a prize.
• One wallet per participant. Multiple wallets = disqualification.
• Anti-wash trading controls are in place. Self-crossed volume is removed before scoring.
• Rewards are paid within 10 business days after the tournament ends.
• RISEx has the final say on scoring, disqualifications and ties. Ties are broken by volume.
Surprise community reward
Once the tournament ends, RISEx will reveal which community generated the most activity, and the top 3 communities will receive an additional bonus to distribute among their members.
Personally, I really like seeing a team incentivize its community like this.
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We're on the road to max rewards, which means the last-place trader would still win $650 + 130 extra RiseX points.
This is the best time to join us.
RISEx just launched “The Battle of the Bulls”🐂
Another private tournament for our community. Since I'm a Spanish KOL, all my referrals can get access to this competition.
It lasts 4 weeks and starts TODAY.
Here's how it works:
➡️You participate simply by trading through my referral link:
🔗rise.trade/invite/tomdefi
If you're already registered through another referral, you won't be able to participate unless you use another wallet.
It's not just a volume competition. Your score is calculated as:
Score = (% of cohort volume + % of positive PnL + % of average open interest) / 3
So volume matters, but so do your PnL and how much you keep open on average.
The top 20 traders will share the prize pool:
🥇 1st - 18%
🥈 2nd - 13%
🥉 3rd - 10%
4th - 8%
5th - 7%
6th-10th - 5% each
11th-15th - 2.5% each
16th-20th - 1.3% each
And the prize pool depends on how much volume our community generates over the 4 weeks:
$50M → $3,000 + 1,750 Points
$100M → $6,000 + 2,750 Points
$250M → $20,000 + 4,500 Points
$500M → $30,000 + 5,500 Points
$750M → $40,000 + 6,500 Points
$1B+ → $50,000 + 10,000 Points
We can reach $500M as a community, and I wouldn't rule out $750M.
RULES
• You need at least $100K individual volume to qualify for a prize.
• One wallet per participant. Multiple wallets = disqualification.
• Anti-wash trading controls are in place. Self-crossed volume is removed before scoring.
• Rewards are paid within 10 business days after the tournament ends.
• RISEx has the final say on scoring, disqualifications and ties. Ties are broken by volume.
Surprise community reward
Once the tournament ends, RISEx will reveal which community generated the most activity, and the top 3 communities will receive an additional bonus to distribute among their members.
Personally, I really like seeing a team incentivize its community like this.
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RISEx just launched “The Battle of the Bulls”🐂
Another private tournament for our community. Since I'm a Spanish KOL, all my referrals can get access to this competition.
It lasts 4 weeks and starts TODAY.
Here's how it works:
➡️You participate simply by trading through my referral link:
🔗rise.trade/invite/tomdefi
If you're already registered through another referral, you won't be able to participate unless you use another wallet.
It's not just a volume competition. Your score is calculated as:
Score = (% of cohort volume + % of positive PnL + % of average open interest) / 3
So volume matters, but so do your PnL and how much you keep open on average.
The top 20 traders will share the prize pool:
🥇 1st - 18%
🥈 2nd - 13%
🥉 3rd - 10%
4th - 8%
5th - 7%
6th-10th - 5% each
11th-15th - 2.5% each
16th-20th - 1.3% each
And the prize pool depends on how much volume our community generates over the 4 weeks:
$50M → $3,000 + 1,750 Points
$100M → $6,000 + 2,750 Points
$250M → $20,000 + 4,500 Points
$500M → $30,000 + 5,500 Points
$750M → $40,000 + 6,500 Points
$1B+ → $50,000 + 10,000 Points
We can reach $500M as a community, and I wouldn't rule out $750M.
RULES
• You need at least $100K individual volume to qualify for a prize.
• One wallet per participant. Multiple wallets = disqualification.
• Anti-wash trading controls are in place. Self-crossed volume is removed before scoring.
• Rewards are paid within 10 business days after the tournament ends.
• RISEx has the final say on scoring, disqualifications and ties. Ties are broken by volume.
Surprise community reward
Once the tournament ends, RISEx will reveal which community generated the most activity, and the top 3 communities will receive an additional bonus to distribute among their members.
Personally, I really like seeing a team incentivize its community like this.
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Prediction Markets are LIVE on TxFlow.
When I chose @TxFlow_L1 as my "bet DEX", I never imagined they would deploy prediction markets so soon.
I was already confident in their orderbook liquidity, their attention to users, and their L1...
But this is scaling up very fast.
And we're still in a hidden points season, confirmed by the team.
We're going to eat very well, guys. 🫡
🔗app.txflow.com/r/TXTOMCRYPTO
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As every week, today is my payday at Hybra, just for holding HYBR deposited in the Ignition feature.
Free HYPE!
If you've been following me for 2 years, you may know that Hybra is my preferred DEX on HyperEVM.
It's not the biggest DEX, but I'm not here to use the most-used DEX. I'm here to make money. We need to be honest.
After using HyperSwap, KittenSwap, Nest, PrjX... I can say that @HybraFinance pools are the best performers across the chain.
Why? I have many reasons.
1⃣Hybra pools have the biggest number of aggregators integrated into the DEX, which means more volume per TVL.
2⃣V3 pools (the standard ones that pay you fees) have some of the highest APRs on the chain. But if you look at their V4 version (the ones that pay you in hybr:native), you may get a VERY BIG extra APR, because people don't understand that they can sell their HYBR tokens instantly.
3⃣The team keeps building through the bear market. They've been building @HywardFi and @monetrix_xyz (USDM and HYPE vaults), the Ignition feature, Easy LP... Tell me which other DEX has been building this much? (I still remember the party and paid marketing campaign a certain DEX ran just to launch dark mode 😂)
4⃣Everything is built for users, with a focus on long-term sustainability. They don't rely on marketing or unsustainable free money. Everything they're building is designed around sustainability and automation.
5⃣They listen to their users. Just enter their Discord and you'll see how the team listens to the community and develops or fixes things based on feedback.
They are GOATs.
Hybra Finance is opening the door to DeFi for everyone.
They just launched "Easy LP."
Basically, you deposit a single asset, select the range you want (small, normal, or wide), and start earning fees.
You can rebalance your position with a single click.
It's a great innovation for DeFi, because that's not all...
The next feature is "Auto Earn." @HybraFinance will manage your position automatically, so you don't need to understand or worry about ranges anymore.
Happy to have been part of this project since the beginning.
hybra.finance/easy-lp
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I'm continuing with my DYOR. I don't know if I'll eventually use it, but for now, I've signed up on their platform. I got a lot of recommendations from my last post, so I really appreciate it!
They have a referral system with points (Miles), and they're giving $1,000 to the top 2 Miles earners, plus 5 random winners:
eliospay.com/r/TOMDEFI
Your journey with Elios starts here.
Introducing 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹. Your home for earning Elios miles, climbing status and unlocking distinctions.
And yes, your activity and miles may help put you in line for beta access along with weekly challenges and cash prizes!
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Monetrix points update
+3,030 points this week.
I'm still in the top 3 and earning points like a truck thanks to mxHYPE.
I deposited my entire HYPE position into this vault to get the highest APY possible. At the current ratios, I'm earning around 4% just for having my HYPE deposited on Monetrix.
USDC also has one of the best APYs for stables. An incredible product, to be honest.
If you're skeptical about these APYs on stables and blue chips, just take a look and do your own DYOR.
From my side, I can only say thanks to @monetrix_xyz team for everything you've built for the HyperEVM community.
🔗monetrix.xyz/app/dashboard?c…
Current APY:
USDC - 100.68%
HYPE - 40.67%
7d APY:
USDC - 20.21%
HYPE - 7.29%
FAQ
1⃣Is it safe?
Seeing high APYs doesn't automatically mean the strategy is unsafe. You just need to understand where the yield comes from.
2⃣Where does the APY come from?
From HYPE funding rates.
When you deposit USDC or HYPE into Monetrix, they use it to open a delta-neutral position on Hyperliquid (buying spot HYPE + opening a short HYPE position) with the same notional.
This means the position doesn't change in value if HYPE goes up or down. The strategy simply earns or pays funding on the short position.
The average HYPE funding rate was 9.45% APR over the last month, and it has remained positive.
3⃣But if HYPE funding is 9.45% APR, shouldn't the APY be around 9% or less?
Not at all.
Monetrix uses Hyperliquid's Portfolio Margin feature. It was the first project to use it for this strategy.
Basically, if you hold HYPE, BTC or ETH, you can use those assets as collateral to open positions. Applied to Monetrix's delta-neutral strategy, this allows them to add some leverage to the position while using the spot asset as collateral.
With USDC, you can use your entire deposit. With HYPE, you can only use less than half because you need to start borrowing.
4⃣Wow... but is this feature and strategy actually safe?
The strategy itself is well established: Ethena uses a similar delta-neutral approach (USDe/sUSDe), although it executes the hedges on centralized exchanges rather than Hyperliquid.
That doesn't mean either strategy is risk-free. The risks are different depending on the venue, collateral model, funding rates and implementation.
If you're holding HYPE or stables and earning low APRs on lending protocols or similar strategies, Monetrix is worth looking into.
At the very least, give it a try.
🔗monetrix.xyz/app/dashboard?c…
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Ensemble is coming.
Not another perp frontend.
Not another vault with extra steps.
@ensembleio packages Hyperliquid liquidity into simple tokens, letting you express a market view onchain without running a perp book.
No margin account.
No funding babysitting.
No liquidation management.
Just BULL, BEAR, and VOL to start. More market views coming after that. This only works because of Hyperliquid.
There is no real competitor doing this at the same level right now.
Early access experiment is live:
early.ensemble.io/
Ensemble is running a free minigame. $5K prize pool:
🥇$3,000
🥈$1,250
🥉$750
1 week. Complete the rules on the site to qualify.
My fast check DYOR:
✅Audit is already out from @PashovAuditGrp.
✅Team is also sponsoring and attending Hyperliquid Forum in Singapore on Oct 6.
✅Built by the @ripdotxyz team.
This is what Hyperliquid-native products should look like.
Hyperliquid.
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Hybra Finance is opening the door to DeFi for everyone.
They just launched "Easy LP."
Basically, you deposit a single asset, select the range you want (small, normal, or wide), and start earning fees.
You can rebalance your position with a single click.
It's a great innovation for DeFi, because that's not all...
The next feature is "Auto Earn." @HybraFinance will manage your position automatically, so you don't need to understand or worry about ranges anymore.
Happy to have been part of this project since the beginning.
hybra.finance/easy-lp
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New campaign on TxFlow. Very easy to reach.
DEFI VETERANS
Basically, if you've traded on Hyperliquid, Aster, Lighter, Variational, GRVT, Pacifica, or Extended, you can get $50 in fee credits, otherwise, you get $20.
You just need to trade $30k in taker volume (market orders).
It's a very good opportunity to move some volume on TxFlow.
In the quoted post, I made a very early estimate of volume/reward, and $1M in volume could be worth more than $5k.
That's why it's so important to move a lot of volume early in hidden campaigns.
🔗app.txflow.com/campaign/defi…
Up to $5,700 for moving just $1M in volume?
Early TxFlow price-per-$1M-of-volume valuation.
It's super early. We are in a hidden points campaign and, of course, we don't have points yet, but it's confirmed that they're coming very soon (days or weeks).
I just searched for data on DeFiLlama and assumed different scenarios.
Facts:
➡️ $5.263B in perp volume
Assumptions:
➡️ I only count pure volume for these calculations
➡️ 20% of the total points allocation will be for the hidden campaign
With this data and several scenarios (15–30% of the total token supply airdropped and $50–500M FDV), I created this table.
Basically, even being conservative, we could be earning $1,140–$2,280 for each $1M of volume on @TxFlow_L1, which is insane. Probably one of the best volume-to-reward ratios right now.
If you're not in yet, there's a special campaign for new users: a $30 reward to start trading on the perp. The only requirement is to move $5K in volume, which is very easy.
🔗app.txflow.com/campaign/firs…
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RiseX points update... and a little trick
+859.6 points this week.
This week was significantly better than the previous one, when I earned 570 points.
What did I do differently?
On both weeks, I held around $300k OI. The only difference is that this week I did $300k in volume, vs. $0 in the previous week.
So here's my trick.
I'm still using the strategy explained in the quoted article: SPY-QQQ long/short on one DEX and the counterpart position on the other one.
But this week, I simply closed one dn leg and reopened it (SPY).
The key is to open the DN when there is a positive spread. I mean, the long leg price should be cheaper than the short leg price on the other DEX.
Oracle prices aren't exactly the same, so they often move slightly apart. When this happens, and our DN position has a positive total PnL, that's when we close it.
We can then reopen the position when prices return to normal.
In my case, $300k in volume "costs" around $90 and gives me ~290 extra points(I earned above $30 with the close-reopen).
That's $0.31 per extra point.
IMO, that's very worth it.
If you want to try this method to earn extra points, you're also giving me your support by using my referral link, which gives you a 15% point boost instead of the usual 10%:
🔗rise.trade/invite/tomdefi
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I’ve been looking for a clean way to spend crypto in the real world without having to keep everything on a CEX.
I get quite a few DMs about new projects, and this week @eliospay caught my attention. It’s still early, so I’ve been doing my own DYOR.
My first impressions are actually pretty interesting.
Self-custodial stablecoin account + card on HyperEVM. You keep control of your keys, can spend through Apple Pay/Google Pay, and earn on your balance until you actually spend it.
A few things that caught my attention:
➡️Custody is handled through smart contracts (ERC-7579), rather than simply relying on terms and conditions. Vulsight has reviewed the owner-key validator and a withdrawal-cooldown hook.
➡️Native Hyperliquid integration: HyperCore deposits without needing a bridge.
➡️The Help Center is already live, covering KYC, USD/EUR accounts, Earn and card controls.
➡️There’s also an early 3% cashback promo on up to $5k this month. This is a current promo, not the permanent cashback rate.
Still digging into a few things:
❓Who actually issues the Visa
❓Full fees (FX, ATM, off-ramp, Earn, etc.)
❓The full Vulsight report
❓What exactly the smart-account cosigner can sign
They describe themselves as software rather than a bank, with the card, KYC and fiat rails handled by third parties.
That’s probably the part I want to dig into the most before using it seriously.
Still early, but definitely interesting enough to keep researching.
DYOR.
It's your money.
You shouldn't need permission to use it.
eliospay.com/ ← Join the waitlist!
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RiseX continues to grow its metrics.
I've mentioned it several times: the vibes from RiseX are similar to those from Hyperliquid, Lighter and Variational during their first months of life.
1⃣Hyperliquid - 2024
2⃣Lighter - 2025
3⃣Variational - 2026
4⃣RiseX - 2027?
Every one of these was the best airdrop of its year. Yeah, let's be realistic: it looks like Variational will be the airdrop of 2026.
RiseX is being counted as a 2027 airdrop because it looks like there will be ~50 weeks of farming (we're currently in week 9), so there's still plenty of time to accumulate points at a low cost.
If you faded Hyperliquid, Lighter and Variational... will you fade RiseX again?
You can get a boost in points just by using this link:
🔗rise.trade/invite/tomdefi
RiseX points update
+570.8 points this week (~$2.854-$5.708)
The strategy keeps working, $0 volume this week and +570.8 points. This is fucking insane.
My conviction in @risextrade right now is the same as it was with Variational or Lighter in their early days. The product is very, very good, and the team is working extremely hard.
With capital flowing over from Variational and Extended in a few weeks as their points campaigns come to an end, $5–10 per point looks like a bear case to me.
Join now.
Don't wait for weeks.
Every point earned now could be 3–5x easier to farm than it will be in a few weeks.
🔗rise.trade/invite/tomdefi
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Tom DeFi retweeted
Esta cuenta la creé principalmente como entretenimiento, para ir compartiendo mis progresos en DeFi, conocer gente nueva y sentirme más unido con lo que considero la comunidad crypto.
He tenido la suerte de llevar ya aproximadamente un año viviendo de este mundo y, a día de hoy, se ha convertido completamente en mi pasión.
Precisamente por tener la posibilidad de dedicarle todo mi tiempo, hace meses decidí empezar a trabajar en un proyecto que llevaba tiempo teniendo en la cabeza: crear una formación para personas que parten desde cero, pero también para quienes ya tienen algunos conocimientos y quieren profundizar más en DeFi.
Han sido muchos meses grabando, preparando contenido, organizándolo todo y dando forma al proyecto, pero por fin lo tengo terminado.
También he creado una página web donde explico mucho mejor en qué consiste la formación y todo lo que va a incluir.
Este miércoles haré mi primer directo, donde hablaré sobre el mundo crypto y abriré las plazas de la primera edición de Crypto desde Cero.
Por aquí siempre publico en inglés, pero tanto la formación como las mentorías serán completamente en español.
Ha sido muchísimo trabajo llegar hasta aquí, así que quería compartirlo también por esta cuenta.
Os dejo la web por si alguien quiere echarle un vistazo. Cualquier feedback, opinión o comentario será más que bienvenido.
rubendefi.com/
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Spread of $2.78
Time to move free volume with earnings on TxFlow.
⬆️Long XAU
⬇️Short XAUt
We are making all @TxFlow_L1 calls on discord in real time.
🔗app.txflow.com/r/TXTOMCRYPTO
As I explained in my last article, I'm also applying the 80/20 rule to farming.
80% of my farming capital goes into high-conviction projects like RiseX and LighterHood, and 20% into personal bets.
TxFlow is my personal bet. The reasons are simple:
1⃣The points campaign hasn't started yet, and the team has confirmed that early users during the pre-points campaign will be heavily rewarded (BIG points allocation).
2⃣No API has been launched yet, so bots can't generate artificial volume.
3⃣The order book has very high liquidity, making it perfect for delta-neutral strategies.
4⃣XAU and XAUt are listed. I earned more than 1,000 points on Variational just by opening delta-neutral positions between XAUt and PAXG. Here on TxFlow, I'm doing the same with XAU and XAUt, while making entry and exit calls in our Discord channel.
So, if you want to try farming a perp DEX in its very early stages using this strategy, follow these steps:
➡️Join TxFlow:
app.txflow.com/r/TXTOMCRYPTO
➡️Join our Discord, "The DeFi Land":
discord.gg/mwsgyvus2
On DeFi Land, you can discuss almost every topic related to DeFi.
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