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INSIGHTS Ben Caselin INSIGHTS Ben Caselin

Beyond the Rally: 4 Trends to Watch This Cycle

Beyond the rally, a structural on-chain shift is underway. Robinhood Chain is bringing retail equity investors onto native execution. Four trends define the cycle: retail ownership, CeDeFi, the evolution of money, and agentic finance. Conviction will endure.

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Perpetual Futures on Stocks: How Traders Obtain Continuous Price Exposure Without Owning Shares

Equity perpetual futures (stock perps) offer leveraged, 24/7 synthetic exposure to stocks & indices like Apple, NVIDIA & S&P 500: no share ownership, dividends or voting rights. Born from crypto, they use funding rates for price alignment, enable easy shorts & high leverage, but carry liquidation, funding & gap risks.

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The Convergence of CeFi and DeFi: How VALR and Hyperliquid are Upgrading Global Financial Infrastructure

VALR & Hyperliquid are rewriting finance: CeFi meets DeFi. In this VALR Podcast episode, Farzam Ehsani and Jeff Yan reveal how Africa’s largest exchange is integrating Hyperliquid’s on-chain L1 to deliver 200+ perpetuals with deep liquidity. Explore meritocracy, leapfrogging legacy rails, and the hybrid future of global markets.

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CeDeFi: VALR’s Integration of Hyperliquid | ft. Jeff Yan

In the latest podcast, VALR CEO Farzam Ehsani speaks with Hyperliquid Co-Founder Jeff Yan about their groundbreaking partnership. VALR now offers nearly 200 new perpetual futures markets with deep on-chain liquidity via Hyperliquid’s high-performance L1 exchange. Discover how CeFi and DeFi are uniting to deliver fast, low-cost trading especially across Africa.

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