One screen for my vaults. One screen for zcash:native
Double the screens. Double the gains.
I canโt even imagine how fast my profits could grow.
(Weโll worry about the losses later.) ๐ง
I looked back at StandX-related content from June to August.
The shift is pretty clear.
June: Features
Most content focused on understanding individual features: SIP-4, Block Options, Maker Bot, Network Yield, and how each piece works.
July: System
With SIP-5, more posts started connecting SIP-1 through SIP-5 under the broader Universal Markets vision.
The focus moved from:
โWhat does this feature do?โ
to:
โHow do these pieces fit together?โ
โWhat is StandX ultimately building?โ
August: Building Blocks
Community Maker Yield, Community Vaults, BTC/XAU depth, and other live components became more visible.
Since SIP-5 / Universal Markets itself is not live yet, August was more about seeing its underlying building blocks operate in practice.
So the progression looks like:
June โ Features
July โ System
August โ Building Blocks
One thing I noticed: content that is not centered on the product itself still seems relatively limited.
For example:
real trader decisions and trading cases
ongoing Vault Manager strategies
market analysis using StandX data
broader PerpDEX trends through a StandX lens
stories around traders, builders, and contributors
So far, most content has followed the evolution of the product and its SIPs.
After SIP-5 launches, Iโd expect more content around Actual Markets:
what markets get created first
which markets attract traders
how liquidity, volume, and depth develop
which markets struggle
which Sponsors perform well
As more markets appear, the content may evolve further:
Actual Markets โ Market Competition โ Market Analysis
The conversation may gradually move from
โWhat is StandX building?โ
to
โWhat is actually happening inside StandX?โ
That may be the next major phase of StandX content.
@StandX_Official
The limited usage of SIP-1 / SIP-4 may not be about the features themselves, but about the market structure around them.
SIP-1 already provides the infrastructure to settle block trades outside the CLOB.
Today, however, the flow still largely depends on posting a block and waiting for a counterparty.
One possible next step is RFQ:
Trader submits size
โ multiple dealers quote
โ trader selects the best quote
โ settlement through SIP-1
This could improve both counterparty discovery and price discovery.
The first step should be simple: test RFQ on markets like BTC and see whether there is real block demand, whether execution can beat the CLOB for larger sizes, and whether traders come back to use it again.
If a real dealer market develops and capital becomes the bottleneck, Community Vaults could then help scale successful dealer strategies.
SIP-4 could potentially build on the same dealer network later, extending it to Block Options quoting and Reservation Fee price discovery.
SIP-1 / SIP-4 already have the execution primitives.
The next step may be building the market around them.
@StandX_Official
Markets StandX Could Target ๐ฏ
Universal Markets may be about more than adding assets.
The bigger opportunity could be established off-chain markets that still lack deep, reliable on-chain access.
U.S. large-cap stocks are already becoming more accessible on-chain, but coverage outside the U.S. remains much thinner:
๐ฏ๐ต Japanese Stocks
๐ฎ๐ณ Indian Stocks
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong Stocks
๐น๐ผ Taiwan Stocks
๐ช๐บ European Stocks
And the gap goes beyond equities:
๐พ Agriculture โ Coffee / Cocoa / Soybeans
๐ Rates & Bonds โ JGB / SOFR / Bund
โก Regional Energy โ Japan Power / JKM LNG
๐ข Freight โ Dry Bulk / Container / Tanker
๐ฑ Carbon โ EUA / UKA / CCA
๐ Metals โ Lithium / Nickel / Aluminium
๐ Volatility โ VSTOXX / Regional Volatility
Some already exist on-chain in limited forms.
The opportunity may be less about finding entirely new markets, and more about bringing depth and accessibility to markets that are still underserved on-chain.
If StandX focuses only on BTC, ETH, Gold, and Nasdaq, it competes for the same traders and liquidity as other PerpDEXs.
But Japanese stocks, JGBs, Japan power, JKM LNG, freight, and carbon could expand what is realistically tradable on-chain.
For crypto traders: new markets.
For TradFi traders: a familiar entry point on-chain.
Universal Markets could be a bridge between on-chain traders and off-chain demand.
@StandX_Official
Could $ZEC and $UNI offer a small glimpse into Universal Markets?
StandX recently added $ZEC and $UNI.
They may simply be new listings, but the contrast between them is interesting.
$ZEC is a privacy-focused crypto asset where trading interest can increase when privacy, regulation, or related narratives come back into focus.
$UNI is different. As the token of Uniswap, one of DeFiโs core protocols, it is a more established DeFi asset with broader recognition and potentially more consistent trading interest.
So these two listings represent different types of market demand:
$ZEC โ narrative-driven demand
$UNI โ established DeFi demand
This could be relevant to Universal Markets.
If Sponsors can eventually create markets, the important question may not only be how many markets can be launched, but also whether each market can attract traders, volume, and liquidity.
$ZEC and $UNI may simply be ordinary listings.
Still, they offer an interesting way to think about the different types of markets Universal Markets could eventually support.
@StandX_Official
What comes after Market Creation is Demand Creation.
The real challenge is whether new markets can bring in new traders, and whether those traders stay within the StandX ecosystem.
@StandX_Official@Stander_StandX@jimmyitsopen