Xiaolong on AI Trading: Refine the Strategy Before Automating It
Bitcoin market analyst Xiaolong discusses the trading rules behind AI decisions, the value of limited live tests, and the work still needed before his own BTC system can run around the clock.
0x31ad.sun: What AI Should Leave Behind After a Trade
A profit or loss figure cannot explain a whole trade. In XT’s AMA, 0x31ad.sun discusses the records needed to assess an AI tool’s decisions, execution, and response when conditions change.
Aaron.J: Who Makes the Decisions in AI Trading?
Aaron.J explains how grid trading, copy trading, and AI agents shift decision-making, and why users need clear limits on trading access, funds, and when a system must stop.
XT × Dash: Making Digital Cash Useful Every Day
Joël Valenzuela draws on his experience using crypto as daily money to explain why spending can still take extra steps—and why privacy needs to be available in the tools people use.
Prediction Markets vs Futures: Which Expresses Your View Better?
Two traders can hold the same view on Bitcoin and still end the month with different results. A prediction market share settles on a defined question under published rules; a futures position tracks a reference price through entry, exit, margin and costs. This guide compares what each instrument actually measures.
Ticker Briefing: MUUSDT — Micron and the Cycle That Started Signing Contracts
Micron booked an 85% gross margin in the quarter to 28 May 2026, shipping about a fifth more DRAM bits for three and a half times the money. The structural change is take-or-pay agreements locking customers into multi-year volumes and price floors. What that fixes, and what it cannot.
Ticker Briefing: BABAONUSDT — Alibaba, Wrapped Twice
BABAON is not a listed security anywhere. It is a perpetual on Ondo’s tokenised Alibaba share, which sits on a depositary receipt, which sits on a Cayman holding company that does not own the Chinese operating business. What each wrapper adds, what moves the price, and what none of the layers remove.
Weekly Sport XPredict Roundup: Nashville Has the Points. Vancouver Has the Higher Price.
Nashville finished the October 18 standings 12 points clear of Vancouver and Inter Miami, yet XPredict’s MLS Cup market put Vancouver narrowly first, with 1.8 percentage points covering all three. The snapshot prices, the recent form behind them, and the bracket that lets only one Eastern club reach the final.
Weekly Crypto XPredict Roundup: Thirteen Cents From a Yes — HYPE’s $75 Near Miss
HYPE fell to $75.129 on September 15, thirteen cents short of the level that would have settled XPredict’s $75 contract as Yes. A look at how the $75 and $70 markets were priced, why the two outcomes overlap instead of splitting one probability total, and why a single one-minute candle decides the result.
Mark Price vs. Last Price: Why the Difference Matters
A Futures position can show a small unrealised loss the instant it opens, while the chart has not moved. That is not an error: a contract carries more than one price. This guide explains what Last Price and Mark Price each do, why they diverge, and which one governs liquidation.
Ticker Briefing: PAYPUSDT — The Last Cash Country, and the Company That Rewired It
PAYP is not PayPal. It is PayPay Corporation of Tokyo, listed on Nasdaq in March 2026, with roughly 73 million users and 78% of Japan’s smartphone base. What the ticker actually references, what moves it, and why a 40% stake in Binance Japan matters more than correlation.
Ticker Briefing: MSFTUSDT — The Company Almost Everyone Owns Without Deciding To
Microsoft generated $182.9bn of operating cash flow in fiscal 2026, yet free cash flow fell for a second straight year. The reconciling line is $115.9bn of capital expenditure. A look at the capex programme, the OpenAI stake swinging GAAP results, and why index holders finance this balance sheet without choosing to.