perpetual futures contracts

Kraken launches what it claims are the first regulated perpetual futures contracts based on tokenized stocks, available to non-US users and trading 24/7

Lighter, which operates an Ethereum Layer 2 network and a decentralized exchange to support perpetual futures contracts, raised $68M at a ~$1.5B valuation

Vladimir Novakovski, founder and CEO of Lighter.  —  COURTESY OF LIGHTER  —  “Pivot from crypto to AI” became a refrain in Silicon Valley after ChatGPT launched in 2022.