TREE NEWS reports: An address executed 1,012 trades on Papertrade for a cumulative volume of $10.1 billion, ending with a trading loss of $979,000, on-chain tracker Lookonchain reported on October 12. The address received 252 million PAPER tokens for the losses plus 997,000 USDC in staking rewards, leaving it with a net profit of $17,800.
Address Loses $979K on 1,012 Papertrade Trades, Ends $17.8K Up
The headline loss is beside the point: the address was paid 252 million PAPER tokens for losing, plus USDC staking rewards, turning a $979,000 trading deficit into a small net gain. That incentive structure, where volume and losses are compensated directly, says more about Papertrade's design than about trading skill. The open question is whether such loss-offsetting rewards remain a feature or get curtailed, since they can make activity metrics and token demand look healthier than the underlying trading economy.
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