PANews reported on May 6th that, according to Cointelegraph, a Kaiko report indicates that prior to Robinhood's token listing announcements, open interest, funding rates, and on-chain trading patterns in the perpetual contract market suggest that some traders may have positioned themselves in advance. The most typical example is address 0xa1E, which opened a long position in LIT on Hyperliquid approximately one hour before Robinhood announced the listing of its Lighter token and closed the position about one hour after the announcement. The same address opened a short position in a HOOD-linked perpetual contract several hours before Robinhood released its lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings report, closing the position after the share price fell. Kaiko also noted that tokens such as Zcash, Synthetix, and Near Protocol saw surges in open interest and funding rates before their announcements. Analysts stated that while the data raises concerns about potential insider trading, it may also indicate that some savvy traders positioned themselves based on changes in funding rates, trading volume, and open interest.
Kaiko Report: Multiple tokens exhibited unusual trading activity prior to Robinhood launch announcement.
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