“GMX Perpetuals Trading” curriculum goes live on premier web3 developer education platform Updraft
A new advanced education course is now available online for developers seeking to learn about GMX, integrate with the protocol, and contribute to the next era of open finance.
“GMX Perpetuals Trading” — launched in collaboration with Cyfrin-Updraft — offers builders a deep technical dive into the trading and liquidity infrastructure that powers GMX. The comprehensive course is taught by one of the world’s top Solidity smart contract developers and web3 educators.
This new GMX curriculum is one of the most complete and advanced DeFi development education resources available online:
90+ lessons
4+ hours of expert video tutorials
Hands-on coding exercises and quizzes for skill validation
Plus a certification path for developers that desire ‘proof-of-competency’
Learn to Build on One of DeFi’s Most Battle-Tested Protocols
GMX is known for its high-performance, non-custodial, composable Perp DEX infrastructure — enabling frictionless onchain trading across blockchains like Arbitrum, Avalanche, and Solana. But under the hood, the protocol is also a complex suite of smart contracts and execution logic that can be challenging to master — until now.
With the new GMX Perpetuals Trading course on Updraft, (aspiring) developers can more easily:
Understand the architecture of GMX’s smart contracts
Explore the roles of price feeds, collateral, order types, and trade execution
Build integrations with GMX’s permissionless contracts
Develop useful agents, vaults, or DeFi automation strategies
And contribute meaningfully to the expansive GMX ecosystem
For Devs, By Devs
“GMX Perpetuals Trading” was created with builders in mind, not regular users. The content assumes familiarity with Solidity and an interest in real-world DeFi infrastructure. It’s designed to sharpen your developer skills while positioning you to ship useful tools on top of GMX.
Whether you want to build a trading integration, AI agent, vault strategy, or other added-value features, this course will equip you with the practical understanding to do so.
Being a comprehensive education resource, it also complements and illustrates the existing GMX Documentation in a valuable manner. Answers to many technical questions about GMX’s functionality can be found in these videos.
Ecosystem Rewards for Contributions
Developers who complete the course and subsequently build a live GMX integration will be eligible for ecosystem incentives. If you're serious about DeFi development, this is your on-ramp.
GMX will also provide Solidity Smart Contract Developer Certification (SSCD+) vouchers to the first 25 Updraft students who demonstrate the application of what they've learnt after completing the GMX education course on Updraft.
Showcase what you've learned from the GMX Perpetuals Trading course by completing one of the following projects:
Build a GMX trading integration
Build a GMX arbitrage bot/tool
Build a (delta-neutral) funding fee farming vault
Build a vault that captures positive price impact on GMX
Build a GMX copy-trading bot/tool
Build a tool that automatically rebalances liquidity between GM pools
Build an AI Agent that trades on or interacts with GMX
Develop an alternative GMX front-end
Or integrate GMX into an existing DeFi project in a manner that adds value for the GMX community
All submissions will be evaluated for their value by the current GMX development contributors.
Start now on Updraft, and join the GMX community in building the future of permissionless DeFi:
Thanks to the Arbitrum DAO for co-sponsoring the development of the GMX Perpetuals Trading education course.
About Cyfrin-Updraft
Cyfrin Updraft is the leading blockchain development and smart contract security education platform, offering beginner through advanced courses for aspiring and experienced smart contract developers to kickstart and level up their career.
Updraft has successfully taught tens of thousands of developers to write, test, deploy, and secure smart contracts. Enabling them to break into or accelerate their career in web3. Completely for free.
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