TradFi perps went from $525M to $30.7B weekly volume in Q1 — a 5,700% surge — with weekend sessions predicting Monday futures gap direction at 89% accuracy. Silver perps alone hitting 40% of COMEX SI contract volume while COMEX is dark on Saturdays. The PayFi piece tying yield-bearing stablecoins to neobank UX is what turns this from a derivatives trader play into a consumer-facing financial stack.

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