The dYdX community is thrilled to announce that BONK, Solana’s biggest meme coin and leading consumer brand, is now an official integration partner of dYdX. On December 17th, BONK launched a dedicated BONK-branded web and Telegram frontend, giving the BONK and larger Solana community seamless access to perpetuals, powered by dYdX.

This partnership is one of the first major steps in dYdX’s expansion into the Solana ecosystem, one of crypto’s most active retail trading communities. ‍

Why BONK?

BONK is widely recognized as the social layer of Solana, with nearly 1 million holders, 400+ integrations, and presence across 13 chains. Since its launch in 2022, it has become a cultural entry point for many retail users entering the Solana ecosystem. 

• Established trust: BONK has built a reputation as a top trusted brand in the Solana retail community
• Proven distribution: BONK’s previous commercial partnerships with consumer trading products like BonkBot and Bonk.fun have successfully onboarded users at scale
• Values alignment: Both dYdX and BONK have built trusted brands through prioritizing transparency, accessibility, and community
• Strategic alignment: BONK’s focus on creating and capturing fundamental value through revenue-generating products aligns with dYdX’s focus on volume and revenue‍

Why This Matters

This collaboration between dYdX and BONK is designed to bring a fast, trusted, and convenient perpetuals trading experience to the Solana community*. The partnership aims to:

• Brings dYdX directly to the largest, most active retail trader community in the space
• Showcase the product upgrades dYdX has shipped over the past year to a new cohort of high-velocity traders
• Gather valuable product signal from to inform and accelerate future improvements
• Increase awareness and accessibility of dYdX among traders around the world
• Strengthens liquidity and flow in BONK and other mid-cap markets
• Drive trading volume and fees‍

Looking Ahead

The BONK integration is a concrete move to expand dYdX’s footprint among traders and deepen the protocol’s role within the Solana trading ecosystem. By bringing dYdX to the Solana community through BONK, the partnership gives Solana users seamless access to decentralized perpetuals and advances dYdX’s mission to deliver a trusted, performant trading experience to every trader.

Trade on BONK today - powered by dYdX. 

*Perpetuals trading is not available in the United States and Canada and other restricted jurisdictions. Trading perpetuals involves significant risk and may not be suitable for all users.

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