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"If you want to trade like I guess oil futures or oil derivatives you can do that all weekend long if you want on a place like hyperlquid... 3 or 4% of the global volume of silver trade was on hyperlquid." Traditional financial markets close on weekends, leaving traders paralyzed and unable to hedge or react to major geopolitical events (like weekend military strikes). Decentralized perpetual exchanges solve this by offering 24/7 price discovery and liquidity, meaning they will inevitably siphon massive trading volume and market share away from legacy derivative exchanges. LONG decentralized perpetual exchanges that are successfully listing real-world assets and commodities. Aggressive regulatory crackdowns by the CFTC or SEC against unlicensed on-chain derivative platforms offering commodities to US retail traders.

Block (SQ) laid off 40% of its staff. The market is currently pushing a "SaaS Apocalypse" narrative, lumping crypto companies in with software companies that are being displaced by AI. While Duong argues crypto and SaaS should diverge, the current market psychology correlates them. If the market believes AI renders SaaS (and by extension, fintech/crypto-tech) less valuable, these stocks will suffer multiple compression regardless of underlying crypto prices. Avoid fintechs caught in the crossfire of the "AI replacing software jobs" narrative until the correlation breaks. Fed rate cuts could stimulate the entire tech sector, lifting SQ despite the narrative.

"Black Rock partners with Uniswap. Apollo partners with Morpho." While price action is suppressed and retail sentiment is in "existential crisis" mode, major traditional finance institutions are integrating directly with DeFi protocols. This divergence between price and fundamental adoption suggests deep value is building in the leading DEX infrastructure. WATCH for a shift in market sentiment to deploy capital into institutional-favored DeFi plays. Regulatory crackdowns on DeFi interfaces could sever these institutional partnerships.