pacifica week 39 update @pacifica_fi π
5,120 points | $364k volume | $122k open interest
nothing crazy this week - holding and managing positions, farming funding on the pairs that are paying, and spending time actually using the new features and sending feedback to the team
that's part of the job here. the more quality feedback goes in, the better the product gets
pacifica situation update:
team has been shipping non-stop and more importantly - actually listening
β vaults creation upgraded: more granularity, clearer parameters, smoother flow
β scale order parameters can now be typed in directly (community request)
β PnL calendar now live on portfolio page
β price/% switch button added to ticker bar (community request, shipped same week)
β vault UI improved, vault address whitelisting added, vault referrals enabled, reduce only for scale orders
β $BNB and $DOGE max leverage increased to 20x
β $LIT, $ASTER, $PUMP max leverage increased to 10x
β $SAMSUNG stock perp now live β 10x leverage
β $SKHYNIX stock perp now live β 10x leverage
β Check out Global Monitor - track geopolitical risk and market-moving events in one place (https://t.co/qYLu8rcbDJ)
this is what community-driven building looks like. feedback in β shipped within days. same energy hyperliquid had early on
at $500M FDV with 25% airdrop allocation, current estimates are sitting around $0.32 per point. 20k points = $6,400 estimated
those numbers move up as FDV reprices. the product is getting there fast
world class platform takes time to build. the team is clearly on that path
we keep swimming
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pacifica week 38 update @pacifica_fi
4,978 pts | $330k volume | $120k OI
honest take: left some trades open too long, competition is getting stiffer - whales are in now and the point pool is more contested every week
still running delta-neutral. long spot on pacifica, short hedged via sodex
flat on price. capturing funding. letting OI do the points work in the background
cleanest non-directional farming setup on pacifica right now
week 38 came with a distribution adjustment. team moved to reward activity that contributes to pacifica's long-term health, not just raw volume
vaults got a 2x points bonus. swim got its own 200k allocation.
the formula is evolving and rewarding stickier capital
adapt or get diluted
team shipped hard this week:
- vault granularity + referrals live
- $HYPE fees slashed 64.5% until june 1
- reduce-only for scale orders added
- clash of perps Γ pacifica trading royale live (may 27 - june 3)
- liquidity growing, orderbook tightening
- swim dash: 1M points still up for grabs
feedback β shipped. every week.
the vibe is different now. whales are positioning, liquidity is real, product is expanding fast. global market intelligence, swim, vaults, trading competitions, AI agent
the team is shipping faster than most people can track. and pacifica is reaching escape velocity - more people are catching the vision every week
keep swimming π
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i don't chase platforms. i chase efficiency.
my strategy is simple - go where the funding is, stay active, stack points on top of normal activity
i joined Hotstuff @tradehotstuff cos i needed another venue to allocate some capital as extended tge draws close. hotstuff was the easy choice. clean UI, scale order feature works well, and the platform just feels smooth to use
their points program has a definite end. Q3 2026. TGE in Q4. i know exactly what i'm farming and when it ends. that clarity matters more than most people realise right now
and also the funding arbitrage inefficiencies are still very real on here. that's my main strategy. i go where the funding is because why not make returns on capital while also stacking points for activities you'd be doing anyway
most platforms want you to farm forever with no end in sight
i put my time and capital where i think it's right
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$HYPE is trading at $73 while $SOL sits at $75
price is almost identical. market cap is not, (the flippening will happen eventually)
$HYPE - $16.34B
$SOL - $43.41B
that gap is the thesis
$HYPE catching SOL on mcap is a clean 2.5-3x from here
that's not a moonshot. it's a market repricing a perp dex that has already proven it can generate real revenue, real volume, and real users at scale
and while $BTC, $ETH and $SOL are all dumping today - $HYPE is up 1%
the decoupling is happening in real time
lighter @Lighter_xyz token $LIT is also up 122% (up 25% today) from its all time low in the same environment
perp dex tokens are not following the broader market right now. they are following their own narrative.
why does this matter beyond $HYPE itself:
the rising tide lifts everything that's genuinely building in the perp DEX space
variational @variational_io - $1.08B OI, #3 among all perp dexes, no token yet. when $HYPE reprices, the market starts asking what a tokenless perp DEX at that scale is actually worth
pacifica @pacifica_fi - bootstrapped, no VC, building real infrastructure with a unified margin system and L1 roadmap. the hyperliquid parallel is obvious and intentional
the playbook has already been written. $HYPE proved the market will pay a premium for perp DEX infrastructure that actually works
the platforms quietly building in its shadow are next
$HYPE is trading at $73 while $SOL sits at $75
price is almost identical. market cap is not, (the flippening will happen eventually)
$HYPE - $16.34B
$SOL - $43.41B
that gap is the thesis
$HYPE catching SOL on mcap is a clean 2.5-3x from here
that's not a moonshot. it's a market repricing a perp dex that has already proven it can generate real revenue, real volume, and real users at scale
and while $BTC, $ETH and $SOL are all dumping today - $HYPE is up 1%
the decoupling is happening in real time
lighter @Lighter_xyz token $LIT is also up 122% (up 25% today) from its all time low in the same environment
perp dex tokens are not following the broader market right now. they are following their own narrative.
why does this matter beyond $HYPE itself:
the rising tide lifts everything that's genuinely building in the perp DEX space
variational @variational_io - $1.08B OI, #3 among all perp dexes, no token yet. when $HYPE reprices, the market starts asking what a tokenless perp DEX at that scale is actually worth
pacifica @pacifica_fi - bootstrapped, no VC, building real infrastructure with a unified margin system and L1 roadmap. the hyperliquid parallel is obvious and intentional
the playbook has already been written. $HYPE proved the market will pay a premium for perp DEX infrastructure that actually works
the platforms quietly building in its shadow are next
@Jayasur84161650 i see the token is up along side hype and lit too... not really tracking it but if hype keeps going up then it will probably follow NFA