MARKETS DAILY: Crypto Update | What Are Perpetual Futures Contracts?
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🗓️ 18 March 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Everything you need to know about the perpetual futures market with Jennifer Sanasie and CoinDesk Indices Head of Product and Research Andy Baehr.
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CoinDesk Indices Head of Product and Research Andy Baehr joins "Markets Daily" to discuss the difference between perpetual futures contracts and traditional futures. Find out why the product is so attractive for retail investors.
This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.
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| 0:00.0 | That's what we call convex, right? I can win a lot, but I can only lose so much. |
| 0:04.3 | This is a very, very attractive concept for retail. And when you see the, you know, |
| 0:08.8 | perps trade hundreds of billions of dollars every day, a lot of its retail participation. |
| 0:18.5 | Friends, Defi is having a moment. |
| 0:22.6 | Uniswap Labs web app and wallet connect you to the excitement. |
| 0:26.6 | Swapping and bridging our simple, low cost, and lightning fast across 13 chains, including |
| 0:31.6 | base, Arbitrum and Unichain, the new layer 2 network designed for Defi. |
| 0:35.6 | Thanks to deep liquidity on uniswap protocols, |
| 0:38.8 | you get minimal price impact on every trade, now with even greater efficiency through Uniswop v4. |
| 0:45.2 | Swap, send, on-ramp, off-ramp, and bridge into a bright future. Get started at uniswop.org. |
| 0:51.5 | If you're new here on this show, we cover everything to do with the crypto markets. |
| 0:55.4 | We analyze market movements, big news headlines, and try to make sense of new headwinds |
| 0:59.9 | when it comes to this emerging asset class. |
| 1:02.4 | But to truly understand what's going on, we need to set a strong foundation. |
| 1:06.6 | And so moving forward on markets daily, we are going to regularly explore some of the products and concepts driving the crypto markets. |
| 1:13.7 | Today, we're taking a look at perpetual futures contracts with head of product and research at CoinDesk Indices. |
| 1:20.2 | Andy Bear, welcome to Markets Daily. |
| 1:22.6 | Jen, great to see you as always. |
| 1:24.7 | You are my favorite guest. |
| 1:26.1 | I think everyone on the show knows it, but love to say it. |
| 1:28.6 | Love to have you here. And we're doing our first crypto 201 episode where we dive deep into a topic |
| 1:35.9 | that comes up often on this show. Now, I think there are people who listen to the show, Andy, |
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