Afonso | Building @FaroTrading

Product Lead @FaroTrading · Shipping AI-driven trading intel on @HyperliquidX · ex-@StakingRewards · Building in public, posting what I learn

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

Hot take: AI × DeFi hasn't really happened yet.

Most "AI trading" tools are just ChatGPT wrappers on top of a chart. No context. No execution. No edge.

Faro is the first product I've seen (and I'm biased — I'm building it) that actually merges deep crypto research with instant execution on @HyperliquidX.

We're in private beta. Still early. But what's behind the curtain is a game changer.

Waitlist is open — for now.

$HYPE #Hyperliquid #AI #CryptoTrading #DeFi

[Faro @FaroTrading]

Faro is now in private beta.

An AI-powered trading intelligence app, Faro compresses hours of crypto research into actionable insights—and lets you execute instantly on Hyperliquid.

Join the waitlist to get early access.

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[Faro @FaroTrading]

$BTC open interest down 9% in 7 days.

Leverage is leaving the market.

[HypeDojo @HypeDojo]

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[Faro @FaroTrading]

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[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

We're building in public. Join the waitlist, follow along, and tell us what you want to see next.

Never be sidelined again.

https://t.co/vn5l5AqZGr

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

The average crypto trader has 7+ tabs open right now. Chart on one. News on another. On-chain data somewhere. An AI chatbot in a different window. Exchange in yet another tab.

What if all of that lived in one surface?

That's what we built @FaroTrading . 🧵

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

We're not just talking about it — here's what's coming.

KOL scoring and multi-asset expansion are shipping now.
Personal agent, portfolio analytics, and push notifications are next.

And we're just getting started. Full roadmap 👇

[Faro @FaroTrading]

Join us for the first ever Faro X Space with the @ParaBuilders community in three hours.

We'll cover how we're making pro-grade trading intelligence accessible in Brazil—and how you can be the first to try it.

https://t.co/Td97nfU81f

[Faro @FaroTrading]

You don’t need to be a data wizard to understand what's happening onchain.

Faro uses @Glassnode metrics to decode on-chain data and deliver clear market intelligence, helping you understand:

🔹 Is a squeeze setting up?
🔹 Are whales accumulating or unloading?
🔹 Is this move backed by real flow or just leverage?

We track core signals like Accumulation Trend Score, MVRV Z-Score, and NUPL to frame market valuation and sentiment across cycles. Plus broader indicators such as SOPR, exchange flows, whale activity, hash rate, and HODL waves.

The goal isn’t just to simplify this data, but to turn it into insights you can use to make informed trading decisions and execute with conviction.

[Faro @FaroTrading]

We're taking Faro to Brazil 🇧🇷

@UrbanoCrypto joins @BrazillianCare from @ParaBuilders this Wednesday for an introduction to AI-powered trading on Hyperliquid.

Wed 29 April
5pm UTC / 2pm BRT

https://t.co/Td97nfU81f

[Faro @FaroTrading]

Every week, a handful of traders are personally invited to help shape the future of AI-powered trading.

Join them on the Faro waitlist.

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

@_BigNobody @KelpDAO @LayerZero_Core @unichain If the door is unlocked, why do you need the key?

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

Not speculating on who, but the fact that a $1B term sheet from $100M was turned down is actually worth thinking about.

Most crypto founders would've taken it for the signaling alone. Jeff didn't need to. When your product is already generating more revenue than 99% of funded projects ever will, VC money stops being leverage and starts being dilution.

The real question isn't who offered. It's who he took calls from and still said no.

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

The "projects compete on execution" framework is what changes how you build on HL.

On other ecosystems there's narrative shelter — foundation grants, liquidity mining, blog posts lifting projects that are treading water.
HL has none of that. If your product doesn't work, it just fails. There's no BD team at the foundation who's going to save you.

Terrifying to build in.
Also the reason everything here is real.

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

The "three hedges, one margin account" framing is the key here.

Every prediction market I've used before HL treated each position as its own silo. You'd end up with dead capital scattered across 5 different platforms, none of it working.

Collapsing that into one book changes what's buildable. Watching what you're doing with interest 👀

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

@ZeusRWA @tradexyz @HyperliquidX You can now hedge an oil position with a BTC perp in the same margin account, one liquidation engine and no capital shuffling.

We went from "crypto trades trad assets." to a portfolio construction primitive that doesn't exist anywhere else right now.

[Afonso | Building @FaroTrading @UrbanoCrypto]

76% on oil is the tell.

Priority fees only matter when blockspace is the binding constraint, and blockspace only becomes binding when traders are willing to pay to be first. Oil markets move on macro headlines that hit all users simultaneously — everyone wants the same fill at the same millisecond.

Crypto-native perps don't have that problem yet. Traditional commodities do. That number is going to climb.