dYdX and Pocket Pro Bot have launched a social-first integration that lets users create wallets and trade perpetuals with their friends directly inside Telegram group chats.
From the earliest Bitcoin forums to today’s group chats, crypto has always thrived in online communities, and Telegram, nearing a billion users worldwide, has become one of the busiest meeting grounds. Conversations there spark ideas and strategies, but the actual trades usually happen elsewhere, on separate platforms that feel disconnected from the buzz of the chat.
The split is especially clear when it comes to perpetual futures, contracts that let traders bet on asset prices without an expiry date. Even though they’re widely used, getting started with perps can still be a headache. Newcomers have to set up wallets, install browser extensions and learn to navigate different interfaces, while seasoned traders often end up juggling multiple apps and screens just to keep up.
A recent integration between dYdX, DeFi’s pro trading platform, and Pocket Pro Bot, a social-first Telegram trading bot, is closing that divide. The collaboration brings perps trading directly into Telegram, so users can share trades, positions and alpha with their friends directly in the group chat.
Trading inside the group chat
In practice, the integration means users can trade, create wallets and share updates about their positions directly inside Telegram. With a single command — such as “/long BONK” or “/short BONK” — users can open a perpetual position.
The “/positions” command then displays open trades and profit and loss, while “/balance” shows wallet status. Each user also receives an automatically generated wallet on Solana or Arbitrum, with deposits supported in SOL and USDC.
After adding the bot, users can fund the wallet and place an order, selecting either market or limit and cross-margin or isolated-margin options. It is designed for mobile-first users who already spend much of their time in chat.
PocketProtector’s integration isn’t only about solo trading. Drop the bot into a group chat, and it makes trading a collective activity. People can share position cards, set up alerts that ping the whole group and see how they stack up on leaderboards.
Wins, losses and even missteps all feed back into the conversation, sparking debates or a bit of friendly competition.
To celebrate the launch, dYdX and Pocket Pro Bot are introducing a $100,000 trading competition, in which Telegram group chats (also known as squads) compete for their share of the prize. The top group by PnL will receive $25,000, and so will the top individual trader (based on volume), but the reward system is designed so even those who don’t top the charts still get something out of participating. The focus is less on individual profit and more on making trading a shared experience.
Social trading meets perpetuals
For users, the appeal comes down to ease and fit. Trades can be placed on mobile or desktop through simple commands. Because the process lives directly inside Telegram, newcomers can get started without extra apps or extensions. The move also fits into a longer-term vision — dYdX had already outlined improving access to financial opportunity as a key pillar in its long-term strategy. Meeting the 1 billion monthly active Telegram users in the app is an important step in that direction.
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Via the partnership, Pocket Pro Bot brings its social-first design and its experience in consumer-oriented product development, while dYdX supplies the liquidity and infrastructure. Together, they highlight a bigger shift in crypto: rather than making people adjust to new tools, platforms are starting to fit into the way communities already interact. By blending chat with trading, the integration turns group spaces into hubs where community life and financial activity unfold side by side.
As crypto activity increasingly migrates into social platforms, the line between communication and execution is fading. For Telegram users, trading blends directly into the conversations they’re having with this new integration. For the industry at large, it signals a future where financial tools don’t sit off to the side but flow as part of digital culture itself.
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