Unlike traditional futures, perpetual contracts have no expiration date, making them a favorite for both short-term and long-term strategies. Below, we explore the leading platforms revolutionizing this space.

1. dYdX

dYdX is a pioneer in decentralized perpetual trading. Built on Layer 2, it offers deep liquidity, lightning-fast transactions, and minimal fees, making it a top choice for both beginners and seasoned traders.

KEY FEATURES:

• Up to 20x leverage.
• Advanced order types like limit and stop-loss.
• Non-custodial trading with Ethereum security.

2. GMX

A favorite among DeFi enthusiasts, GMX operates on Arbitrum and Avalanche, offering seamless perpetual trading with innovative mechanisms like the GLP liquidity pool.

KEY FEATURES

• Community-driven development.
• Earn rewards as a liquidity provider through GLP tokens.
• Low trading fees and no slippage.

3. Perpetual Protocol (PERP)

As its name suggests, Perpetual Protocol specializes in perpetual contracts. The platform is powered by vAMMs (virtual automated market makers) to ensure on-chain liquidity.

KEY FEATURES

• Incentives for liquidity providers.
• Transparent pricing with a decentralized architecture.
• Up to 10x leverage.

4. Kwenta

Built on Synthetix, Kwenta offers access to synthetic assets and perpetual trading with zero slippage. It’s an excellent option for traders who want exposure to both crypto and non-crypto markets.

KEY FEATURES

• Strong community governance.
• Dynamic fee structure.
• Trade assets like forex and commodities.

5. Drift Protocol

Drift is a Solana-based decentralized exchange offering perpetual futures with lightning-fast execution and low fees. It combines order book mechanics with DeFi’s trustless nature.

KEY FEATURES

• Rapid transaction speeds are enabled by Solana.
• Advanced risk management tools.
• Capital-efficient trading with cross-margin support.

Why Perpetual Trading Matters in DeFi

Perpetual trading platforms democratize access to advanced financial instruments, previously limited to centralized exchanges.

These platforms provide:

1. Decentralized Ownership
   Non-custodial trading ensures complete control over funds.
2. Enhanced Accessibility
   Permissionless access enables global participation.
3. Diverse Asset Exposure
   Trade beyond cryptocurrencies, including forex, stocks, and commodities.

Final Thoughts

The competition among DeFi platforms for perpetual trading is fierce, driving innovation and offering users better trading experiences. Whether you’re seeking low fees, high leverage, or advanced features, these platforms provide robust ecosystems tailored to various needs.

Ready to dive into perpetual trading? Do your research and choose the platform that best aligns with your trading goals.

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Grants Accepted

Party Finance allows users to connect with others to trade collectively from one wallet. They will be using Perpetual Protocol as the backend for perpetual swaps on their platform.

Grants Under Consideration

Component Finance (Extension Grant)

Component Finance are a current grantee of Perpetual Protocol, the extension will be used to create a fully comprehensive backtestable dataset, with dynamic rebalancing as well.

RoboVault

RoboVault is under consideration for building a liquidity vault on Perp v2, however they are currently developing further backtesting of their strategy.

Update on Current Grantees

IndexZoo: Currently looking into building bull and bear tokens on Perp v2.
Component Finance: Finalizing their MVP product as well as a possible grant extension.
STFX: Completing their integration into Perp v2.
Socket Bounty: The bounty has now been completing and the npm package is ready.
DeFiHelper: Wrapping up their integration into Perp v2.
Perpetual Protocol Trading Calculator: Work on the trading calculator has almost finishing.

Are you interested in building on top of Perpetual Protocol? Get started now by filling out the grants application form or by checking out the new requests for proposals!

About Perpetual Protocol

Perpetual Protocol is an on-chain perpetual futures DEX with deep liquidity and builder-ready composability.

TRADE

Trade the most popular products in crypto in a permissionless way

CREATE

Build new protocols and projects on top of Perpetual Protocol

MARKET MAKE

Earn a yield on your capital by becoming a liquidity provider

Perpetual Protocol Grants Report, Perpetual Protocol is a decentralized perpetual contract protocol with virtual AMMs to provide guaranteed liquidity.
If you encounter any bugs, please report them in the feedback channel on Discord.
This is BETA Software — use at your own risk.

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Before LI.FI, Perpetual a Protocol users had to go to several bridges and DEXs to bridge their funds to Optimism involving multiple dApps and several transactions. With LI.FI, any new or existing user can directly bridge to USDC or ETH on Optimism in a single transaction, thus improving the overall user experience and onboarding experience of the protocol. This will allow derivative degens and liquidity providers alike, to gain easier access to all possibilities offered by Perp.

LI.FI has partnered with Perpetual Protocol in order to simplify the UX for those who would like to indulge in the world of perpetual contracts. This is a necessary step for the space, as tools such as perpetual contracts have been the leading way for hedging against spot positions in any traditional industry. The more institutions arrive, the more demand there will be for derivatives platforms, as they are far more wary about risk management than your average degen.

LI.FI X Perpetual Protocol

LI.FI delighted to welcome Perpetual Protocol to the LI.FI family, making Perp’s multiverse, multichain. They believe that making L2 and sidechain dApps multi-chain is one of the best ways to improve the UX of onboarding new users.

They are also excited to see who will integrate theirr SDK or widget next!

About Perpetual Protocol

Perpetual Protocol, or simply Perp is a protocol that allows users to trade perpetual contracts for a multitude of cryptocurrencies. The project has been running since 2019, having launched its v1 on Gnosis Chain in December 2020, and recently in November of 2021 gave users access to its v2 Curie which is the current version running on Optimism. Users require USDC or ETH/WETH as collateral in order to fund different positions, resulting in either a gain or loss of USDC or ETH, regardless of which token they are offering contracts. Currently, contracts are open for the majority of large-cap tokens, including BTC, ETH, LUNA, SOL, etc.

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About LI.FI

LI.FI connects to all the most important bridges to DEXes and DEXes aggregators. As a result, this solution allows complex any-2-any swaps providing both on-chain and cross-chain seamless swaps. LI.FI is the solution which ensures liquidity for swaps.

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