Perpetual Protocol crosses $500K open interest cap amid BTC all-time high
Newly launched DeFi derivatives platform Perpetual Protocol crosses open interest milestone in barely 24 hours. Perpetual Protocol, a new DeFi derivatives exchange, revealed that the platform had already crossed its $500,000 open interest (OI) cap for decentralized perpetual contracts. The announcement is coming less than 24 hours after the mainnet launch of the service on Wednesday.Following the achievement, the project has decided to double its OI limit to $1 million as well as the personal position cap for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading pairs. The limit was introduced to limit....
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The perpetual contracts will be open for trading 24/7, unlike equity exchanges which are open for business for a limited number of hours, five days a week.