It is with great excitement that we announce the launch of Perpetual Protocol v2, dubbed ‘Curie’, to Optimism mainnet! While this release marks the culmination of months of hard work from our team, we’re just getting started and we’ve got a lot of exciting developments planned for the future. We’d…

Welcome to our first market review, where we recap the biggest developments in the past month or so, provide some snapshots of the crypto markets and look ahead to Ethereum’s Merge. Overview News Recap Markets Snapshot The Merge is Looming Upcoming Events News Recap The crypto market faltered ahead of the Fed’s interest…

Introducing vePERP, H1 2022 Recap & more Hi everyone, We’re starting to roll out our new vePERP tokenomics! After sharing an introduction to vePERP including the planned use cases, the first phase comes with an update to our referral program. Furthermore, we recap key milestones of the first half of 2022 and give an overview of what’s…

As we gradually move to our new tokenomic model, the first use-case for vePERP will be to overhaul the referral reward program! As the first step for phasing out the first iteration of staking and moving to a veToken model (which will be rolled out over several stages), we’ll be…

Since the launch of Perp v2, our protocol has driven the highest number of transactions and the greatest amount of perpetual swap volume on Optimism. A lot of new features were released this year that have moved Perp further along in the journey to becoming the ultimate decentralized exchange for…

Funding payments may be a difficult topic for traders to grasp if they have little experience with derivatives and have only ever traded spot. This article breaks down everything you need to know about funding payments and how they work. Funding Rates Explained In contrast to trading futures contracts, perpetual contracts never expire…

PERP holders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the v2 tokenomics proposal in April, which suggested the introduction of a vote-escrow model and an update to the growth programs to synergise with the vePERP model. To learn about our plans for vePERP, read on! What is vePERP? vePERP, or ve-tokens in general, is a…

Bonjour frens! Several Perp team members were present in Paris for the 5th annual Ethereum Community Conference. We met up with other teams BUIDLing in DeFi and co-hosted the DAIvinity party, where our French Pepe T-shirt was quickly snapped up (which will soon become available on the Perp merch…

The Grants Committee had four new proposals, one new request for proposal applicant and accepted one grant over the past month. Read on to find out more about what great things are being built on Perp v2! Grants Accepted ✅