The History of Perpetual Derivatives Perpetual derivatives have been in use since at least the early 1600's. Here's a quick recap of the three main perpetual derivatives and their history.
How An Obscure OTC-Traded Derivative From the 80's Took Over Crypto This is the story of the perpetual future - a financial derivative that went from being an obscure OTC-traded derivative that nobody cared about - to being the largest and most successful derivative in the crypto space, trading more than $18T annually. The Inception: Late 1980's Hong Kong
Mark Price, Index Price, Fair Price: How Are They Calculated? A solid price index is essential for any crypto derivatives exchange. The primary purpose of the price index is to help the exchange in establishing “The One True Price” — the price that the exchange uses when evaluating whether to liquidate a position or not. The last traded price (Last Price)
ELI5: What Are Perpetual Futures? You may have wondered — what are these perpetual futures that everyone are talking about? How do they work? I have good news for you. Perpetual Futures are really not that much different from regular futures. Perpetual Futures have a concept called funding, which sounds scary at first but is actually
Why You Should NEVER Short Perpetual Futures Shorting perpetual futures is TERRIBLE risk reward. Here's what you should do instead.