Perpetual Protocol Newsletter
By Perpetual Protocol Team
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Newsletter Issue #44 - Perp v2 One Year Anniversary Edition 🎂
1. Perp v2 One Year Anniversary 🎂It’s already been one year since Perpetual Protocol’s v2 “Curie” launched on Optimism! Since inception, it has seen $14.7B in total trading volume, more than 7M in trades and close to 100k users. As a thank you to our users, a…
Newsletter Issue #43 - On the Need for DEXes in Light of Recent Events
1. The Need for DEXesAs a decentralized exchange, Perpetual Protocol is fully non-custodial and permissionless, catering to the reinforced need for decentralized alternatives and self-custody. Our smart contracts are open source and audited. Should you have a…
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter Issue #42 - New Partnerships, Governance Proposals & More
1. Frontend RPC IssuesSome of our users reported issues with loading the frontend due to the public Optimism RPC getting overloaded. We have deployed a fix which should have improved the user experience. Please reach out to us on Discord if you continue to en…
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter Issue #41 - Hardening the Protocol, Contract Parameter Updates & More
1. IF Soft Circuit BreakerWe have made an improvement to the insurance fund (IF) mechanism that helps to ensure protocol solvency: IF Soft Circuit Breaker. The Soft Circuit Breaker protects the exchange against insolvency resulting from a severe market event,…
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter Issue #40 - New Referral Program, Smart Contract Updates & Community Events
🛠️ Product1. Referral Program Update
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter Issue #39 - Introducing Lazy River, UI Updates & more
🛠️ Product1. Lazy RiverIntroducing Lazy River - earn an easy stream of income by locking your $PERP! Head over to token.perp.com, lock your PERP for at least two weeks and collect PERP rewards every Thursday. Lock into vePERP before Thursday 00:00 UTC to be e…
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter Issue #38 - OP as Collateral, Pool Party Rewards Update & more
🛠️ Product1. $OP as Collateral
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter Issue #37 - New Liquidation Mechanism, $OP as Collateral is Near
🛠️ Product1. Liquidation Mechanism UpdateWe’ve updated the smart contract to improve the liquidation mechanism on Perp v2, moving from market-selling positions to deal with liquidations to position-transferring liquidations. The TL;DR: liquidations can happen…
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter Issue #36 - Introducing vePERP, H1 2022 Recap & more
🛠️ Product1. Introducing vePERPvePERP is here! Read through our blog post for a brief introduction to vePERP and an overview of our plans and envisioned use cases in the referral program, for liquidity mining and last but not least USDC fee distribution.
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter Issue #35 - New Liquidity Mining Program: Pool Party 💧
🛠️ Engineering1. New Liquidity Mining Initiative: Pool Party 💧Our new liquidity mining program incentivizes all liquidity providers on Perp v2 that facilitate volume with $OP and $PERP rewards on top of the transaction fees earned. Learn more about the Perp x…
Issue #34 - Limit Orders are live!
🛠️ Engineering1. Limit OrdersThe wait is over! Limit Orders are here! Enjoy more advanced strategies and improved risk management with the introduction of limit and stop loss orders. Learn more about the advanced order types now supported on Perpetual Protoco…
Issue #33 - Workshop Recordings, Structured Products & More
🛠️ Engineering1. How to Run Perp MakerLearn how to set up your own market-making bot on Perp v2 with the help of our workshop. It walks you through all the steps to set up your own bot, automate LP’ing and start earning fees. To follow along read through our …
Issue #32 - New Collateral, Running Perp Maker Bot and Arbitrageur & more
🛠️ Engineering1. New Collateral: $FRAX
Issue #31 - Perp v2 goes Open Source Part II, OP summer is coming & more
🛠️ Engineering1. Perp V2 Goes Open-Source Part IIWe have open-sourced our collateral liquidator, arbitrageur and maker bot. You can now review the code, comment and adjust and automate your own strategies to start earning. Keep your eyes peeled for our how-to…
Issue #30 - Market volatility, first stress-test for Perp v2 & more
🛠️ Engineering1. First Stress Test for Perp v2During these volatile market conditions we did monitor the functioning of Perp v2 closely and are happy to share that the exchange has been running smoothly and held up well. 2. Delisting LUNA-USD marketDue to the…
URGENT: Delisting LUNA-USD market
Dear users,The LUNA-USD market will be delisted in 6 hours due to deteriorating market conditions and the adverse impact on price feeds.Please close all positions & remove all liquidity before May 12th, 23:00 UTC.Any remaining positions will be settled in…
Issue #28 - Multi-collateral Launch, DevConnect Digest, $OP & more
🛠️ Engineering1. Multi-collateral is liveWe deployed the highly anticipated multi-collateral feature! Try it out on our platform and read the blog post below.
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter - Issue #27
🛠️ Engineering1. New MarketsWe listed two new markets in the last sprint: MATIC and AAVE. You can now trade and provide liquidity for 17 markets in total. Try it out here.2. Backstop Liquidity ProviderOur backstop liquidity provider is ready to deploy on test…
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter - Issue #26
🛠️ Engineering1. New MarketsOur special market listing in the last sprint was our own token $PERP! You can now trade and provide liquidity for 15 markets in total. Try it out here.2. Multi-collateralThe multi-collateral feature is currently being audited by H…
Perpetual Protocol Newsletter - Issue #25
🛠️ Engineering1. New MarketsWe did it again - during the last sprint we deployed three more markets: $FTM, $FLOW and $BNB. You can now trade and provide liquidity for 14 markets in total! Try it out on our platform.2. Multi-collateralAfter extensive research,…