TradFi Meets DeFi, AI Payments Expand, and Meme Commerce Takes Off

Issue #67 of the Just Followed Digest

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Welcome to a new issue of Just Followed Digest - your go-to source for trending projects and standout accounts in the crypto space.

In today’s issue: a new TradFi platform on Hyperliquid, BNB Chain’s native x402 payment protocol, a new prediction protocol, and a Solana e-commerce project. So without further ado, let’s dive in. 🚀

Top Trending Today*👀

  1. Trade.xyz — Bridging TradFi and DeFi on Hyperliquid

  2. b402 — BNB Chain’s Native x402 Payment Protocol for AI Agents

  3. Opinion Labs — The On-Chain Infrastructure for Prediction and Opinion Markets

  4. Store.fun — Solana’s Commerce Layer Turns Memes Into Markets

*this is a curated list of accounts and projects, and it may differ from the list of top accounts on leak.me

Trade.xyz — Bridging TradFi and DeFi on Hyperliquid

Trade.xyz is a decentralized perpetuals trading platform built on the Hyperliquid blockchain, a high-performance Layer 1 optimized for on-chain trading. Launched in early October 2025 as part of Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 upgrade, it enables users to trade perpetual futures on crypto, equities, commodities, and forex with up to 20x leverage—all without off-chain brokers or fiat conversions.

The platform is in phased rollout, with over 1,100 users already granted early access as of October 27, 2025. Its flagship XYZ100 Index, which tracks global equities, has shown strong early trading volume and fee generation—fueling excitement around both Trade.xyz and the $HYPE token powering the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

b402 — BNB Chain’s Native x402 Payment Protocol for AI Agents

b402 is a blockchain protocol built on BNB Chain, designed to bring the x402 payment standard to AI agents and autonomous systems. It enables trustless, instant micropayments between agents, APIs, and services using stablecoins like USDC, effectively reviving the dormant HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code in a crypto-native way. Developed by Vistara Labs and incubated by YZI Labs (a Binance-affiliated accelerator), b402 serves as BNB Chain’s core infrastructure for AI-driven commerce—letting agents pay for compute, data, and API access without KYC or intermediaries.

The project is seeing massive attention amid the wider x402 ecosystem boom, where related tokens have skyrocketed (e.g., $PING up over 10,000% in a week). While b402 hasn’t launched a token yet, speculation around an upcoming release is driving growing community excitement and KOL coverage.

Opinion Labs — The On-Chain Infrastructure for Prediction and Opinion Markets

Opinion Labs is a decentralized platform building core infrastructure for prediction markets, opinion markets, and consensus oracles. Launched in 2023, it lets users create, trade, and resolve forecasts on virtually any topic—from political outcomes to crypto prices—using any ERC-20 token. Its mission is to serve as an “epistemic truth machine,” transforming collective beliefs and opinions into verifiable on-chain assets.

The project is currently live on BNB Chain (mainnet) and Monad (testnet), with additional integrations like opBNB for scalability. Developed by a team with experience at Citadel, JP Morgan, McKinsey, Amazon, and ByteDance, it combines deep expertise in algorithmic trading and large-scale system design.

While Opinion Labs doesn’t have a token yet, it has just launched a points program that allows early users to earn points—which are expected to convert into future token rewards.

Store.fun — Solana’s Commerce Layer Turns Memes Into Markets

Store.fun is a Solana-based decentralized commerce platform that makes it effortless to launch crypto-native online stores. Positioned as the “commerce layer of Solana,” it enables anyone to create and manage stores in seconds—without banks, high fees, or technical hurdles. Blending meme culture with e-commerce utility, it provides creator tools and seamless Solana integrations for fast, low-cost transactions.

After six months in stealth, Store.fun went live on October 27, 2025, with the launch of its $FUN token via an Initial Pump Offering (IPO) on pump.fun. The debut was explosive—hitting a $14.2M market cap within hours and igniting what many are calling the start of “ICM season” (Initial Commerce Meme season) on Solana. Early traction looks strong, with over 300 signups overnight and real-world stores already selling creator merch and collectibles.

  • rpc x402: the first RPC with native HTTP payments.

  • t54.ai: trust scores and a risk engine to x402 endpoints. 

  • KITE AI: the first AI payment blockchain. 

  • Corbits: software for Agentic Commerce.

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