Blockchain Chicago

Blockchain Chicago is the undergraduate hub for everything web3 at UChicago! Part of @chicagodao_io

[Blockchain Chicago @ucblockchain]

👋 Hello User

Blockchain Chicago is a @UChicago RSO focused on Blockchain technologies and the emerging DeFi ecosystem. Follow us for updates as the RSO matures, as well as for information about events, membership, etc.

[TRON DAO @trondao]

TRON is headed to NYC next week. 🗽

Join #TRON Academy as we kick off @ETHGlobal New York with a Happy Hour featuring pool, darts, drinks, and conversations with the next generation of builders.

[Parabola @ParabolaMarkets]

We just won the @solanamobile track at Consensus Miami with Parabola!

Prediction markets today are stuck on yes/no. Parabola lets you bet the entire distribution: where you think an outcome lands, how confident you are, and how wide the range could be.

Trade a distribution on Brent crude. Instead of an NBA over/under, set your own curve around the final score. Same idea, infinitely more expressive.

Parabola presents a brand new derivative built around distributions, real leverage, better odds, and a fix for the fragmented liquidity that’s held prediction markets back, all on-chain with Solana architecture.

We’re excited to soon launch a web app in addition to a dApp for Solana Mobile in our efforts to build out Parabola for the broader Solana ecosystem.

Huge thanks to Solana Mobile, @easya_app , @dom_kwok , and @kwok_phil for the support.

@a_jerfy @0xKnxwledge @shikharhndrxx @nishprash

[TRON DAO @trondao]

Kick off ETHGlobal New York with TRON Academy 🔻

Join builders, creators, and student blockchain communities from across the Northeast for a night of conversations, connections, billiards, darts, drinks, and refreshments.

Whether you're new to Web3 or already building, come hang out with us.

🕗 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET
🪩 Free entry
📍 Register for location

Co-hosted with @pton_blockchain and supported by blockchain communities from Columbia, NYU, Penn, Fordham, and UChi.

First come, first served 👇
https://t.co/OIFEeZhW0d

[Blockchain Chicago @ucblockchain]

1st place!🏆

Last week at the @USC_VEDA SCBC, Tharun Ekambaram, Alexander Schuessler & @Woah_Vickyy took home $7,000 + Solana Seekers for their prediction market project, Senthos.

Huge thanks to @solana for sponsoring the track!

[Blockchain Chicago @ucblockchain]

Last friday, we ended a successful Winter Quarter with a social, project presentations, and an introduction to @standwithcrypto!

Blockchain Chicago’s been busy this quarter - and Spring's only going to be bigger!

[Victor @Woah_Vickyy]

I pitched a short thesis on $ENA at the @FTI_US & @artemis research competition at @MBC_Conference on Dec. 6, 2025.

We’re now at the tail-end of our trade window, so here's a quick revisit on:

1. How did it turn out?
2. What actually drove the move?
3. Reflections & Lessons

[Blockchain Chicago @ucblockchain]

This past week, members of @ucblockchain started with $1,000 to paper trade on @HypeHQ and the results were 🔥

Shoutout to everyone who competed + a huge thanks to @ravibakhai for kicking it off with an awesome speaker event.

Make sure to try out Hype if you haven't already!

[College.xyz @college_xyz]

Best Use of @artemis Data:

U Chicago @ucblockchain - Short $ENA

Presented By: John Beecher, Prashanth Bhaskara, Franklin Liu, @Woah_Vickyy

Prize: $2.5K USD

[Victor @Woah_Vickyy]

https://t.co/Jmlxc5sWih

[Victor @Woah_Vickyy]

Had the chance to pitch in the finals of the @FTI_US Research Competition at @MBC_Conference with 3 of my bros + took home $2,500.

We presented a short on $ENA, treating it like a real asset with fundamentals + regime analysis

(1/14) A quick thread on our $ENA short thesis⬇️

[Blockchain Chicago @ucblockchain]

Two UChicago teams made the finals of the @FTI_US Research Competition at @MBC_Conference:

Team 1: Takeshi Misaki, Ethan Douglass, Priyanshu Arora

Team 2: Victor Song, John Beecher, Prashanth Bhaskara, Franklin Liu

+ Team 2 won the @artemis bounty and took home $2500!

[Blockchain Chicago @ucblockchain]

This past weekend was a big one for Blockchain Chicago at MBC:

Brought 13 UChicago students, met amazing builders, & learned from the brightest in the industry🙌

Thank you to @college_xyz & @MBC_Conference for hosting such a wonderful event!

[Midwest Blockchain Conference @MBC_Conference]

First, in the Long UNDER $250M MC the finalists are:

$METADAO from the University of Texas at Austin @txblockchain
Submitted by: Arjun Yenamandra, Braeden Gradwell, Sulayman Bowles, Vikrant Jeeva

$DYDX from University of Chicago @ucblockchain
Submitted by: Priyanshu Arora, Ethan Douglass, Takeshi Misaki

$GRASS from Columbia University @BlockchainatCU
Submitted by: Soomin Kim

[Midwest Blockchain Conference @MBC_Conference]

Finally, in the Short OVER $1B MC, the finalists are:

$PI from University of Indiana
Submitted by: Tharun Ekambaram, Viraj Lakhotia, Jack Buchenberger

$ENA from University of Chicago @ucblockchain
Submitted by: Franklin Liu, Victor Song, John Beecher, Prashanth Bhaskara

$M from University of Waterloo @wlooblockchain
Submitted by: Konrad Weber

[Midwest Blockchain Conference @MBC_Conference]

Blockchain @ Chicago is stepping into a new chapter — relaunching for the 2025-26 academic year with fresh leadership.

They've onboarded many new members and hosted a @college_xyz Solana across campuses session.

We’re excited to host the @ucblockchain team at #MBC2025! 🟣🖤

[Blockchain Chicago @ucblockchain]

Blockchain Chicago is excited to host Solana Across Campuses at UChicago, a nationwide meetup powered by https://t.co/zdQKZtPbsb. Come hang out, learn how to set up your first wallet, and see what students across the country are building on Solana!

https://t.co/KddLeLcdn2

[Blockchain Chicago @ucblockchain]

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table at the UChicago Engagement Expo - and thank you to our friends @0xEthChicago for joining us! We had over 100 sign-ups and are excited to kickoff an amazing year ahead! Stay tuned for upcoming events!

#blockchainchicago #uchicago

[Midwest Blockchain Conference @MBC_Conference]

GM everyone! We’re thrilled to continue our Student Spotlight series with @Woah_Vickyy, who will be taking over as President for @ucblockchain

What is he building? Where does to go for alpha? What is he looking forward to at MBC 2025? 👇🧵

[ChicagoDAO @chicagodao_io]

Happy to contribute to voting the proposal through - this will continue to expand optionality and lower fees for LPs

[Midwest Blockchain Conference @MBC_Conference]

Meet Renzo Levi ( @renzo_levi), president of U Chicago Blockchain ( @chicagodao_io), founding member of @homedao, and on the MBC organizing committee.

Renzo will moderate our STACKED institutional adoption panel at MBC. Learn more about his story below 🧵