[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, January 29, 2026]

Paradex has announced the introduction of Money Badgers, a cultural and identity layer designed to boost community alignment and encourage sustained engagement within its ecosystem.

Developed by the creators of Paradigm, the platform that facilitated over $1 trillion in trading volume, and Paradex, known for its no-fee, privacy-centric on-chain perpetuals exchange, Money Badgers represents a significant advancement in the team’s methodical approach to crypto adoption.

With Money Badgers, the focus extends beyond product and liquidity to encompass the social aspects of finance: culture, identity, and community-driven distribution.

Tokenizing More Than Markets

At the heart of Money Badgers lies a straightforward idea: the three critical forces in crypto are:

• Making money
• Having fun
• Being part of a community

While the industry has typically emphasized financial gain, cultural and participatory aspects have been informally handled and hard to scale. Money Badgers aims to unify these elements, converting ecosystem identity and engagement into manageable, on-chain components.

A Proven Pattern of Addressing Structural Gaps

Money Badgers exemplifies Paradex’s commitment to identifying market gaps early and creating industry-leading solutions:

• Paradigm set up an institutional-grade derivatives framework and deep liquidity networks.
• Paradex pioneered zero-fee, privacy-focused on-chain perpetuals to alleviate structural pain points in DeFi markets.
• Money Badgers extends this initiative to cultural distribution and community identity, facilitating the next phase of ecosystem growth.

Paradex believes that sustainable development hinges on aligned communities rather than mere incentives and is now expanding its focus by tokenizing culture itself.

Identity and Utility, Not Speculation

Money Badgers is not merely another NFT collection; it serves as a loyalty and identity mechanism for traders, builders, and committed participants in the Paradex ecosystem.
It directly ties to the evolving token ecosystem within Paradex, involving $MONEY and $DIME, linking identity and engagement to actual use rather than speculative excitement.

Built for Long-Term Engagement

Designed for participation over short-term volatility, Money Badgers seeks to empower users while promoting decentralized ownership and sustainable network effects.

By integrating financial aspects, enjoyment, and community into a cohesive system, Paradex is constructing the necessary cultural infrastructure for crypto ecosystems to grow organically over time.

Completing the Trilogy: Infrastructure → Product → Culture

The Paradex team asserts that mainstream adoption requires more than just markets. Money Badgers signifies the final tier:
Infrastructure → Product → Culture
As decentralized finance evolves, Paradex is developing not only the arenas where markets are traded but also the environments where these transactions occur, forming the social framework of the new financial internet.

About Paradex

Paradex is a zero-fee, privacy-first on-chain perpetuals exchange dedicated to building high-performing decentralized trading infrastructure for a global community of cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

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