Perpetual swaps—crypto’s wild, leveraged betting tool—are now moving trillions and reshaping finance. No expiry dates mean you can hold bets on Bitcoin forever, but how do you keep prices honest? Enter the funding rate: every 8 hours, longs pay shorts—or vice versa—to nudge prices back to reality. It’s a self-correcting beast that fuels massive leverage and automated liquidations. What began as a crypto hack is now being eyed by Wall Street—and regulators—for traditional markets. The future of finance? Maybe it’s already here, trading in perpetuals.
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