Injective’s Degen Arena Turns Trading Into A Telegram Game

Degen Arena merges perpetuals trading with live Telegram social features, letting traders form clans, share strategies, and compete on Injective’s network.
The application app of the instant messaging service Telegram can be seen on the display of an iPhone. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The application app of the instant messaging service Telegram can be seen on the display of an iPhone. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Jonathan Morgan·Stocktwits
Updated Jul 02, 2025 | 8:31 PM GMT-04
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Degen Arena is live on Injective (INJ), turning advanced perpetuals trading into a mini social game right inside your Telegram. 

Instead of juggling complex trading interfaces, you just type a few commands to open or close positions. Also, there are “clans” where you can join or form groups to share strategies, brag about wins, or lament your catastrophic losses.

 All powered by Helix, Injective’s decentralized exchange, for that real-time on-chain reliability.

Here’s how it works: You start the bot, fund your account with USDT, pick a market, go long or short, and set your margin. That’s it. If you want to team up, you join a clan. Then you can chat, share alpha, copy trades, and apparently build an entire community around “competitive trading.” 

The platform claims it’s bridging the gap between pro-level derivatives and casual gaming, delivering a dose of social competition with each trade.

Behind the scenes, Helix runs orderbook-based infrastructure, so you get minimal slippage and fast execution. You can set up risk management tools like stop-loss or take-profit directly through Telegram commands. 

That might sound weird, but it’s 2025. Why not open positions with a few taps and talk trash with your clan?

Degen Arena is basically a gateway for both novices wanting a simpler interface and advanced traders craving a social spin. If you’re bored with isolated trading on some dull UI, you might find it refreshing to see folks openly celebrating or learning from each other. 

Or, you know, you can just hide in your clan’s chat and quietly stack gains.

For Injective, it’s a sign they’re serious about building a broad DeFi ecosystem, not just a fancy chain for whales. If this social trading concept sticks, it could be a blueprint for future Telegram-based dApps. 

Either way, it’s live now, so you can jump in, pick a clan, and see if your PnL benefits from real-time smack talk.

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