According to @dydxfoundation, proprietary trading desks are already engaging in equity perpetuals and prediction markets. However, larger institutional players are holding back due to concerns over counterparty transparency for compliance purposes and the need for robust custody infrastructure that separates trading access from withdrawal authority. These developments suggest evolving requirements for institutional adoption in these trading niches.

According to @KookCapitalLLC, Vest Exchange is a new perpetual DEX offering thousands of traditional finance markets alongside crypto, with a core focus on stock and equity index contracts, source: @KookCapitalLLC. The author states traders can earn 1.5x points when trading equities and equity indices, highlighting a points-farming opportunity, source: @KookCapitalLLC. The post describes the platform as promising and explicitly says it is worth farming, source: @KookCapitalLLC. The author also shared an access link via alpha.vestmarkets.com, indicating where users can join, source: @KookCapitalLLC.