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Logan Paul at WrestleMania XL next to the PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator slabMarketOct 12, 2026 · 4 min readA $16.5M Pokémon card, and the market behind itLogan Paul's Pikachu Illustrator became the most expensive trading card ever sold at auction. The market around it moved on-chain, and it still has no way to go short.Read the post ›Kevin O'Leary at PaleyFest 2023MarketOct 12, 2026 · 4 min readKevin O'Leary helped pay $12.9M for one basketball cardThe Jordan and Kobe Logoman is the most expensive sports card ever sold. Nobody else can own a one-of-one, which is the case for an index.Read the post ›The window of a trading card shop in Hsinchu, TaiwanMarketOct 12, 2026 · 5 min readPokémon cards beat the S&P 500. One then lost 40% in six weeks.A Pokémon card index is up 3,821% since 2004, and in 2026 single chase cards fell by a third or more. Prices that move both ways are what a short is for.Read the post ›A trading card vending machine at Montreal Central StationNewsOct 12, 2026 · 4 min readCollector Crypt passed $1 billion. The cards are already on-chain.Graded cards trade as tokens on Solana around the clock. Kadex reads that market, and a vaulted card turns into fractions.Read the post ›Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2025NewsOct 12, 2026 · 5 min readSolana perps had a record $147B quarter. Cards are the missing market.Perpetual futures on Solana set a record in Q2 2026. Kadex brings the same instrument to graded cards, and it is live on devnet.Read the post ›
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How can we help?

The essentials about Trade, Earn and Vault.

What am I trading?

One index tracking a fixed basket of graded cards. A long or short position follows the index price; it does not give you ownership of an individual card.

How is the index priced?

Card fractions trade in an on-chain pool. Their price is smoothed over a 30-minute window, then limited by a time-scaled clamp. External card sales are a safety check, not the price source.

What is the risk of a trade?

Perpetual positions use margin. A move against your position can liquidate it and you can lose all of that margin. Check the liquidation price in the ticket before opening.

How does Earn work?

You can deposit kdUSD or eligible card fractions for CLP pool shares. The pool collects fees, takes the other side of trades, and its value can rise or fall with trader results.

What happens when I vault a card?

An eligible graded card is held in the vault and you receive fractions. To redeem the card, you must hold and return the full fraction supply.

Is this using real money?

This screen reads the configured Solana cluster. Check the network and token shown in your wallet before signing a transaction.

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