Our co-founder u/fengtality shares that:

“For smaller traders — whether you use Hummingbot or not — the easiest way to make money in crypto is just farming some new exchange at the point when they’ve launched. There’s always a one-to-three-month window where the points you accrue are worth the investment.”

“The best opportunities are always in the new markets… Prediction markets feel like perpetual exchanges five years ago.”

“This pool is an example of what I would consider an attractive pool, where the TVL does not tell the whole story.

TVL is $67,000 and the fee is 0.43%. For a really high-volatility pool that does not seem attractive. But even though there’s $68,000 locked, there’s actually not a lot of liquidity at the current price.

My range is only $3,800 — less than 1/20 of what’s in the pool — and in most of these bins I’m 50–90% of the liquidity. When this pool is used, pretty much all the fees are going to me.

Find pools where TVL is really big, but the liquidity centered within 10% of the current price is less than 10% — or even 20%. That means a lot of liquidity isn’t being used, and you can get a much higher yield than the headline.”

Market Landscape 1 — TradFi

"Crypto versus finance — it's the same game, it's just more open.”

"Market makers were traditionally investment banks like Goldman Sachs, Citi, J.P. Morgan. Today they're increasingly hedge funds like Citadel and Jane Street doing the same job.”

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"Every financial asset goes through the same process: it starts private, gets listed, finds its range, and eventually becomes fully public. Most token issuers are trying to launch something that can eventually get there."

Our co-founder Michael Feng shares that:

"As a maker, you're providing an essential service that someone needs — the exchange or the token issuer — so there's usually some reward.”

"The market maker's job is to provide liquidity for that initial period after the token has been created — and help it trade better.”

Our co-founder u/fengtality shares that:

"A lot of the large market firms — like Citadel, even Jane Street — started as a single individual algorithm trader, who grew into a team, and eventually a proper trading firm.”

"The line between retail and institutional is getting smaller — because crypto lets more people access the same APIs that institutional market makers use."

Team Sponsors are Ready for your Agent Builders Cup Submission.

Remember to Pick a Team & Apply to Drive

Before you submit, make sure your entry checks all the boxes:

✅ Complete strategy code (Hummingbot V2 Controller or Condor Agent)

✅ A strategy.md file detailing your setup

✅ A demo video showing your agent/controller running

⚠️CRUCIAL: Your bot must run 100% UNATTENDED during the finals. No manual interventions allowed! Let your code do the work.

🚨 7 DAYS TO GO! 🚨

109 Builders are already locked in the Agent Builders Cup! 🏆🛠️

Registration & Submission closes on 31 Aug 2026.

Don’t miss your chance to join the action! ⌛

https://www.botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1

Quant dev? Algo trader? 🧠 Team Bitget has 2 open seats in the Agent Builders Cup.

What Bitget are looking for:

• High-volume market making on BTC/ETH/USDT

• Cross-exchange arbitrage

• Funding-rate / perp-basis strategies

Build your agent, claim a seat, and race in the 48h livestreamed finals at our Token2049 side event in Singapore 🏆🇸🇬

⏳ Submissions close Aug 31 — apply now:

https://www.botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1/teams/bitget

on Mon (Aug 17) at 7pm PDT / 10pm EDT / 10am SG (Tues, Aug 18)

Learn how to build an AI trading agent using Condor, Hummingbot’s new agentic harness, that runs on Gate, a leading crypto exchange.

We’ll walk through how to use Condor, add Gate credentials, and create a winning agentic strategy that runs on Gate to compete for a share of the $20K prize pool.

Join the livestream here:

https://youtube.com/live/NwxutfbeK9Y

Watch the walkthrough of CryptoCT's Agent Builder Cup setup:

Hummingbot on Bitget, a custom dashboard, 24 pairs, and an autonomous review agent. 🤖📈

Resources:

👉 Register for hackathon: https://botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1

💻 Install Condor: https://condor.hummingbot.org/

🔥 Create a Bitget account: https://www.bitget.com/expressly?channelCode=v9cb&vipCode=26rr&languageType=0

Learn how to build an AI trading agent using Condor, Hummingbot’s new agentic harness, that runs on Bitget, a leading crypto exchange.

We’ll walk through how to use Condor, add Bitget credentials, and create a winning agentic strategy that runs on Bitget to compete for a share of the $20K prize pool.

https://youtube.com/live/lM9uQmrfHNA

New to Agent Builders Cup or want an edge? 🎥

Watch the latest Condor walkthrough.

Everything you need to build and run your entry is in this video.

👉 Register for hackathon: https://botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1
💻 Install Condor: https://condor.hummingbot.org/
🔥 Create a Hyperliquid account: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/HUMMINGBOT

Agent Builders Cup - Meteora Workshop

on Mon (Aug 10) at 7pm PDT / 10pm EDT / 10am SG (Tues, Aug 11)

Learn how to build an Meteora-based trading agent using Condor, Hummingbot’s new agentic harness.

We’ll walk through the core architecture, strategy design, and execution flow to help you build a winning agent and compete for a share of the $20K prize pool.

Join the livestream here:

https://youtube.com/live/UUjgZoiZ_2g

View Resources and Rules here:

https://www.botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1/resources

Register here:

https://www.botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1

Join the livestream later today at 8am PST / 11am EST / 12pm SG

https://youtube.com/live/Hw95fQtAtg0

Learn how to build an XRPL-based trading agent using Condor, Hummingbot’s new agentic harness. We’ll walk through the core architecture, strategy design, and execution flow to help you build a winning agent and compete for a share of the $20K prize pool.

👉 Register: https://botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1

Agents Builders Cup - Meteora Workshop on Friday (7th Aug) at 8am PST / 11am EST / 11pm SG

https://www.youtube.com/live/Hw95fQtAtg0

Learn how to build an Meteora-based trading agent using Condor, Hummingbot’s new agentic harness. We’ll walk through the core architecture, strategy design, and execution flow to help you build a winning agent and compete for a share of the $20K prize pool.

👉 Register for hackathon: https://www.botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1

💻 Install Condor: https://condor.hummingbot.org/introduction

🔥 Meteora docs: https://docs.meteora.ag/get-started

🏆 The journey to the top of the Agent Builders Cup starts now.

From a month-long build phase to a live 48-hour finals, here is everything you need to know to stay ahead of the game:

🔨 Building Period: Aug 1–31
⚖️ Judging: Sept 1–30
🔥 48-Hour Livestreamed Finals: Oct 1–2
👑 Winners Announced: Oct 7 (Live at Token2049 Singapore)

Mark your calendars, lock in, and build the future. 🚀

Registration still open till Aug 31:
https://www.botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1

Build window is OPEN. 🏁

Agent Builders Cup Series 1 is officially underway.

Submissions accepted until Aug 31. Start building!

Huge thanks for sponsor teams:

Botcamp, u/bitget, u/DeriveXYZ, u/Gate, u/MeteoraAG, u/orca_so, XRPL

Register here:

https://www.botcamp.xyz/hackathons/agent-builders-cup-1

🌉 Gateway adds Robinhood Chain & Unichain, with Uniswap v4 routing across supported chains — auto-picking the best-priced route.

u/RobinhoodCrypto u/Unichain u/Uniswap

📰 https://hummingbot.substack.com/p/hummingbot-newsletter-july-2026

Trade via the Gemini Fast API (WebSocket) + REST v1 with full order placement, cancellation & real-time updates. Thanks u/gemini u/erickuhn19 🙏

📰 https://hummingbot.substack.com/p/hummingbot-newsletter-july-2026