According to Bloomberg, Perpetuals.com, led by ex-FTX executive Patrick Gruhn, launched UpsideOnly on May 19, a platform where users submit paper trades without depositing funds while the company shares half of any profits generated. The platform uses an proprietary AI model trained on 22 billion trades to rank signals across assets including oil, gold, and equities.
Gruhn has committed $100 million to trading activity and said Perpetuals is in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. The platform design prioritizes no-deposit requirements, addressing concerns following FTX's 2022 collapse.