The most anticipated feature on Perp is finally here: USDC fee sharing! As a big upgrade to our staking program on Optimism, Lazy River 2.0 will begin distributing a stablecoin yield to vePERP holders from the protocol’s revenue.To start earning yield, you’ll first need to hold some PERP on Optimism. Check out this guide which provides a walkthrough for bridging to Optimism (we recommend using Optimism Gateway) and view the exchanges where you can buy PERP here.With the arrival of real yield,...

The most anticipated feature on Perp is finally here: USDC fee sharing! As a big upgrade to our staking program on Optimism, Lazy River 2.0 will begin distributing a stablecoin yield to vePERP holders from the protocol’s revenue.To start earning yield, you’ll first need to hold some PERP on Optimism. Check out this guide which provides a walkthrough for bridging to Optimism (we recommend using Optimism Gateway) and view the exchanges where you can buy PERP here.With the arrival of real yield,...

Can you believe it’s been an entire year since Perp launched on Optimism!? 🥳🎂🎊 Perpetual Protocol (=ↀωↀ=) @perpprotocol Perp v2 'Curie' is live on @optimismPBC mainnet! People can now trade BTC and ETH perpetual contracts with concentrated liquidity on @Uniswap v3. Start trading at app.perp.com Alpha leaked below medium.com/perpetual-prot… 438 8:00 AM • Nov 30, 2021 We’re grateful for your support and very proud of how far we’ve come. As a thank you to our users, anyone that has interacted...

Can you believe it’s been an entire year since Perp launched on Optimism!? 🥳🎂🎊 Perpetual Protocol (=ↀωↀ=) @perpprotocol Perp v2 'Curie' is live on @optimismPBC mainnet! People can now trade BTC and ETH perpetual contracts with concentrated liquidity on @Uniswap v3. Start trading at app.perp.com Alpha leaked below medium.com/perpetual-prot… 438 8:00 AM • Nov 30, 2021 We’re grateful for your support and very proud of how far we’ve come. As a thank you to our users, anyone that has interacted...

If you’re familiar with Uniswap, then you’ll know that fees can be calculated in both quote and base tokens. In this article, we’ll explain why trading fees on Perp must be denominated in the quote token and how the clearing house contract calculates these fees. Perp builds on top of Uniswap v3, using this architecture to facilitate the trading of derivatives whereby virtual token balances represent your positions (which you can learn more about in the article below. https://perpprotocol.mirr...

If you’re familiar with Uniswap, then you’ll know that fees can be calculated in both quote and base tokens. In this article, we’ll explain why trading fees on Perp must be denominated in the quote token and how the clearing house contract calculates these fees. Perp builds on top of Uniswap v3, using this architecture to facilitate the trading of derivatives whereby virtual token balances represent your positions (which you can learn more about in the article below. https://perpprotocol.mirr...

A summary of crypto’s most impactful events in 2022 and what to look out for in the year ahead. What do you reckon will be the dominant narratives in the next 12 months? Let us know via our social channels linked at the end of this article! A Recap of Crypto’s Biggest Events in 2022The year of 2022 will certainly be remembered as a near-apocalyptic year for crypto-assets. So much went wrong and very few had the foresight to anticipate the string of adverse events that investors have endured i...

A summary of crypto’s most impactful events in 2022 and what to look out for in the year ahead. What do you reckon will be the dominant narratives in the next 12 months? Let us know via our social channels linked at the end of this article! A Recap of Crypto’s Biggest Events in 2022The year of 2022 will certainly be remembered as a near-apocalyptic year for crypto-assets. So much went wrong and very few had the foresight to anticipate the string of adverse events that investors have endured i...

As a decentralized perpetual futures exchange that’s fully on-chain, Perp is committed to full transparency around our users, health of the protocol and trading activities. This article presents 5 dashboards that you can use to track trader activity and the growth of Perp. 1. Dune Analytics: Official Perp DashboardThe official Dune dashboard, created by Perp co-founder Yenwen Feng, gives a comprehensive overview of the protocol, including statistics on traders, the fees and trading volume gen...

As a decentralized perpetual futures exchange that’s fully on-chain, Perp is committed to full transparency around our users, health of the protocol and trading activities. This article presents 5 dashboards that you can use to track trader activity and the growth of Perp. 1. Dune Analytics: Official Perp DashboardThe official Dune dashboard, created by Perp co-founder Yenwen Feng, gives a comprehensive overview of the protocol, including statistics on traders, the fees and trading volume gen...

What can we learn from Ethereum’s seasonality trends? Is the existence of a ‘Santa Claus rally’ for the second largest crypto-asset by market capitalization confirmed by the data? Read on to find out more! Seasonality is an important topic of research for financial markets, which refers to a trend that occurs in a specific time frame where prices behave in a similar manner and is repeated over time. According to economic theory, these predictable patterns shouldn’t exist, but of course, these...

What can we learn from Ethereum’s seasonality trends? Is the existence of a ‘Santa Claus rally’ for the second largest crypto-asset by market capitalization confirmed by the data? Read on to find out more! Seasonality is an important topic of research for financial markets, which refers to a trend that occurs in a specific time frame where prices behave in a similar manner and is repeated over time. According to economic theory, these predictable patterns shouldn’t exist, but of course, these...

Perp’s Grants Committee received five new proposals for November 2022. Read on to learn more about the proposals received, those that are under consideration, and updates on a number of ongoing grants!Grants Approved ✅UnisonUnison is looking to build a basis trading vault on Perp for the ETH-USD market.Rust CLIA Rust CLI for interacting with Perp as well as maintenance for the CLI and our PyPerp SDK.Grants Under Consideration 🔎BlueberryBlueberry is looking to build out LP strategies on top o...

Perp’s Grants Committee received five new proposals for November 2022. Read on to learn more about the proposals received, those that are under consideration, and updates on a number of ongoing grants!Grants Approved ✅UnisonUnison is looking to build a basis trading vault on Perp for the ETH-USD market.Rust CLIA Rust CLI for interacting with Perp as well as maintenance for the CLI and our PyPerp SDK.Grants Under Consideration 🔎BlueberryBlueberry is looking to build out LP strategies on top o...

Fibonacci numbers, which were first described by Indian mathematicians and introduced to the Western world by Leonardo Fibonacci, have fascinating applications. Some of these applications include mathematics, art, architecture and even financial markets. Today is Fibonacci day and to celebrate this occasion, we will explain some of the ways that these numbers are applied to trading cryptocurrency markets, in particular how to use Fibonacci retracements and extensions. What is the Fibonacci Se...

Fibonacci numbers, which were first described by Indian mathematicians and introduced to the Western world by Leonardo Fibonacci, have fascinating applications. Some of these applications include mathematics, art, architecture and even financial markets. Today is Fibonacci day and to celebrate this occasion, we will explain some of the ways that these numbers are applied to trading cryptocurrency markets, in particular how to use Fibonacci retracements and extensions. What is the Fibonacci Se...

We have some exciting things planned for 2023! This article outlines our thoughts on the protocol’s future development for the next two quarters and our current thinking about what the future has in store for Perp. However, it should be emphasized that this piece does not represent a strict roadmap. The ideas and directions detailed here are an indication of Perp’s path forward, but can potentially change. In our view, it’s beneficial to be nimble, to experiment with new ideas to see what wor...

We have some exciting things planned for 2023! This article outlines our thoughts on the protocol’s future development for the next two quarters and our current thinking about what the future has in store for Perp. However, it should be emphasized that this piece does not represent a strict roadmap. The ideas and directions detailed here are an indication of Perp’s path forward, but can potentially change. In our view, it’s beneficial to be nimble, to experiment with new ideas to see what wor...

In the digital age, information itself is a currency. ‘Knowledge is power’, as they say, and this phrase rings true for Decentralized Finance (DeFi). With the cryptocurrency market still being quite inefficient, new information is not always immediately incorporated into market prices. Providing you are quick enough, and know where and what to look for, anyone can capitalize on information that has been overlooked or gone unnoticed to make big bucks. You don’t need deep pockets to take advant...

In the digital age, information itself is a currency. ‘Knowledge is power’, as they say, and this phrase rings true for Decentralized Finance (DeFi). With the cryptocurrency market still being quite inefficient, new information is not always immediately incorporated into market prices. Providing you are quick enough, and know where and what to look for, anyone can capitalize on information that has been overlooked or gone unnoticed to make big bucks. You don’t need deep pockets to take advant...

Perpetual Protocol is 2 years old today! This article reflects on some of the progress made in areas such as community growth, development activity, governance and social reach. All-time volume has reached almost $15 billion with more than 130,000 unique addresses interacting with Perp and more than 7 million swaps executed! Perpetual Protocol (=ↀωↀ=) @perpprotocol Over 100,000 unique traders 50 8:27 AM • Dec 5, 2022 Aside from encouraging user growth which is set to continue as traders incre...

Perpetual Protocol is 2 years old today! This article reflects on some of the progress made in areas such as community growth, development activity, governance and social reach. All-time volume has reached almost $15 billion with more than 130,000 unique addresses interacting with Perp and more than 7 million swaps executed! Perpetual Protocol (=ↀωↀ=) @perpprotocol Over 100,000 unique traders 50 8:27 AM • Dec 5, 2022 Aside from encouraging user growth which is set to continue as traders incre...

The season of giving is here! To celebrate, we’re running a 12-day Christmas campaign. Starting on December 12th, the 12 Days of Giving campaign gives you the chance to stuff your stockings with a variety of prizes fit for crypto natives. Join in on the fun by completing 12 tasks that will be revealed on our Twitter feed every day during the 12 Days of Giving!Prizes🎁To get you into the Christmas spirit, we’ll be giving away gifts collectively worth more than $2,700 this holiday season. By pa...

The season of giving is here! To celebrate, we’re running a 12-day Christmas campaign. Starting on December 12th, the 12 Days of Giving campaign gives you the chance to stuff your stockings with a variety of prizes fit for crypto natives. Join in on the fun by completing 12 tasks that will be revealed on our Twitter feed every day during the 12 Days of Giving!Prizes🎁To get you into the Christmas spirit, we’ll be giving away gifts collectively worth more than $2,700 this holiday season. By pa...