what's gTrade?
gTrade is a decentralized perpetual futures trading platform built on the Arbitrum blockchain, designed to provide efficient onchain trading experiences. It integrates with ecosystems like Camelot to offer advanced features for trading memes and other assets, emphasizing low-latency execution and deep liquidity. The protocol supports a range of markets, including perpetual contracts, and focuses on user-friendly interfaces for both retail and institutional traders. At its core, gTrade leverages Arbitrum's Layer 2 scaling to minimize gas fees and maximize throughput, enabling seamless trading without compromising Ethereum's security. It incorporates bonding mechanisms and competitive elements, such as proving worth through participation, to engage the community. The platform's infrastructure is tailored for meme coin ecosystems, providing tools for creation, bonding, and trading that foster innovation in the DeFi space. gTrade's roadmap includes protocol upgrades for enhanced functionality, expansion of trading pairs, and integration with broader Arbitrum tools, positioning it as a key player in onchain derivatives and meme-driven finance.
gTrade offers PRCL perpetual futures trading.
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New trading competition goes live with over 300k USDC in total rewards split between two leaderboards: PnL board with 50 spots and time-weighted volume board with 300 spots for trades on Arbitrum and Solana.
Over 2,500 Jupiter Exchange users receive whitelist access for 75% fee discount on the platform.
Silver ($XAG) trading pair is featured with 50% fee discount, up to 250x leverage, and funding fee farming as a core pair, promoted alongside a cup-and-handle breakout pattern for the commodity.
Traders from Avantis, GMX, and Ostium Labs are whitelisted for 75% fee discounts on gTrade as part of a cross-platform promotion tied to the ongoing trading competition.
$GNS supply drops below 27 million tokens after 750k burn from Trick or Trade competition and 608k burned in last 30 days; gDAI vault being sunset with users migrating to gUSDC vault, and $MON token listed on platform.
Partnership with Apecoin and Bantr launches rewards program offering $APE tokens for social media engagement and on-chain activity as part of ApeChain ecosystem promotion, with gTrade as a featured dApp.
New "Naughty or Nice" trading competition runs from December 3 to December 24 with $300k+ in rewards across two categories: PnL ranked by absolute profits and Volume ranked by time-weighted volume.
gTrade partners with Carrot Funding to offer transparent on-chain prop trading, with ten $10k challenges being distributed as part of the launch promotion.
Over $1B in trading volume has been routed through gTrade via VOOI integration, which provides traders access to up to 500x leverage on crypto and 1000x leverage on real-world assets.
Trick or Trade competition concludes after 4 weeks with $2.6B+ in trading volume and $400k in rewards distributed to winners.
Platform launches v10 featuring Virtual Order Book and improved spreads, offering whitelisted former users 50% fee discount through Nov 19 and $400k in competition rewards.
Symphony's x402 stack routes through gTrade perps, linking AI agents directly to on-chain markets for autonomous trading. LLM integration is coming soon.
CoinGecko lists the platform in its Perp DEX category, providing index visibility for its 290+ pairs across crypto, forex, stocks, and commodities.
Platform sunsets $gDAI vault on November 12 (00:00 UTC), ending new $DAI trades and reallocating resources to strengthen more popular vaults and improve trading conditions.
Platform adds Silver (XAG) as a core trading pair with funding fees, joining Gold (XAU) in offering yield opportunities for hedging strategies.
Carrot Funding launches as an on-chain prop firm powered by gTrade on Arbitrum, offering funded trading accounts to new traders starting today.
Platform doubles available open interest on gold ($XAU) trading, expanding trading capacity for the asset.
Platform launches v10.2 Depth Bands update featuring multi-exchange aggregation and virtual orderbook, achieving up to 40% tighter spreads on core pairs.
Solana traders gain eligibility for October 22 Trick or Trade competition with $400k+ in rewards, PnL-based competition structure, and volume incentives.
Trading competition starts October 22 on Arbitrum featuring $400k+ in rewards across 4 weeks with PnL-based scoring and volume incentives.
BVIV Index featured in CoinDesk today. Platform offers perpetual futures for crypto volatility trading through BVIV and EVIV indices alongside Bitfinex.
Superposition partnership announced with upcoming launch of meme creation and trading features.
Yapyo ARB presale expands eligibility to ranks 1001-5000 with $80 allocation per participant.
Yapyo presale launching on platform with early bird window opening in ~33 hours.
Point season now live, marking significant platform activation phase.
New project launching on Arbitrum integrates KaitoAI technology and CamelotDEX infrastructure.
Airdrop season launching soon with multiple drops planned.