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Trading Psychology, Stablecoin Rails, DeFi Survival Games, and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

Issue #94 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 critique of prediction market hype, a protocol for stablecoin transfers, a new Wild West DeFi survival game on BNB Chain, and prediction market protocols on Monad. So without further ado, let’s dive in. 🚀

Top Trending Today*đź‘€

  1. Aporia — Data-Driven Trading Psychology & Prediction Market Critique

  2. Fin — Citadel-Built Stablecoin Rail for Global Payments

  3. Bandits.Fun — Wild West DeFi Survival Game on BNB Chain

  4. Hyperstitions — Trade Self-Fulfilling Prophecies on Monad

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

Aporia — Data-Driven Trading Psychology & Prediction Market Critique

Aporia, with ~37,000 followers, is known for sharp, data-driven breakdowns of trading psychology, market inefficiencies, and crypto myths. Posts often draw on sports betting and economics to expose flawed strategies, earning a reputation as a high-signal account in a noisy space.

The account is trending after a December 3 thread dismantling Polymarket’s “bonding” strategy—betting on near-certain outcomes for tiny gains. Aporia simulated 500 bets and showed a 59% median return but a brutal -69% max drawdown, warning that small edges can be wiped out by rare failures. The post went viral in prediction-market circles, with traders calling it “high alpha.”

Fin — Citadel-Built Stablecoin Rail for Global Payments

Fin is a New York fintech startup (formerly TipLink) founded by ex-Citadel engineers, building a Solana-based payment network for instant, low-cost transfers of high-value amounts directly to bank accounts or wallets. With institutional-grade compliance and a focus on cross-border settlement, it aims to rebuild payment rails for businesses and individuals.

The account spiked in visibility after announcing a $17M Series A led by Pantera, with backing from Sequoia and Samsung Next. Pilot deployments and its “crypto rails for real payments” vision are now drawing attention as a rare, utility-first Solana play.

Bandits.Fun — Wild West DeFi Survival Game on BNB Chain

Bandits.Fun is a gamified DeFi protocol on BNB Chain themed around a Wild West standoff between “Bandits” (players) and the “Sheriff” (the protocol). It brands itself as a “perpetual buying machine”: users stake USDT to mint $GOLD, and every six hours the protocol performs a “raid” that seizes 10% of staked collateral (minus buffers), uses it to buy $GOLD via a 15-minute TWAP, and redistributes the purchased tokens to holders. This creates continuous buy pressure and a survival loop where players must keep adding collateral or get liquidated.

The project is trending due to its brutal, addictive game theory—many are calling it a “giga-Ponzi with clear exit paths.” Chinese KOLs and Telegram groups are pushing it aggressively, placing it among the most-watched upcoming BNB launches. In under 24 hours its announcement thread passed 90k views, boosted by pre-launch USDC giveaways and the fresh “DeFi meets PvP chaos” angle, making it the hottest new narrative among BNB degens right now.

Hyperstitions — Trade Self-Fulfilling Prophecies on Monad

Hyperstitions is a prediction market protocol built around “hyperstitions” — ideas that become real through collective belief. Users create and trade custom markets on hyperstitions.com, blending futarchy (governance by markets) with meme-driven narratives. It positions itself as a more cultural and accessible alternative to Polymarket, which exploded with $3B+ volume during the 2024 election.

The project is trending after launching its token $HST on December 3, 2025, on the Monad blockchain. It debuted at a $250K FDV via Doppler’s multicurve mechanism and quickly jumped to a $5M+ market cap as speculation took hold. Growth is being fueled by Monad’s hype, a resurgence in prediction markets, and KOL amplification that pushed the account to 1,200 followers within hours.

$HST uses OHM-style (3,3) mechanics with ~2% daily inflation tied to participation, making it a high-yield, community-driven experiment in “manipulating the future.” Supporters see it as narrative-driven coordination; critics call it Ponzi-like. That debate, plus active trading on Pure and Matcha, has made Hyperstitions one of the week’s most viral new launches in DeFi.

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