Hyperliquid Policy Center: Perpetual Contracts are a Valuable Addition to Traditional Futures

BlockBeats News, August 21st, the Hyperliquid Policy Center released a new research report pointing out that perpetual contracts are an effective supplement to traditional futures contracts. The report analyzed weekend trading data for 205 Bitcoin and 19 on-chain crude oil contracts, finding that perpetual contracts eliminate the cost of forced rollovers, reduce the threshold for crude oil trading to 1/100 of the traditional WTI, and provide accurate price discovery during traditional market closures.

The policy center also cited data to demonstrate that the growth of the perpetual market has not caused statistically significant harm to the existing benchmark market.