Hello Traders,
Kwenta is excited to share the addition of a unique asset. stETH/ETH futures are available for trading through Kwenta on Layer 2 Optimism.
Kwenta is an on-chain composable & decentralized exchange (DEX) for perpetual futures contracts, with up to 50x leverage for makers and takers.
Trading for this new market has now been enabled and is live at:
Extension News: Additional five weeks of OP rewards– 1500 OP per week
Reward Caps: Rewards can't exceed fees generated. Ex: $1k in trading fees generated, rewards a MAXIMUM of $1k in OP rewards.
Trading Epoch: The first epoch starts Sep 13th at 0:00 UTC; the first fee snapshot and subsequent distribution will be on Sep 20/21st.
Weekly Rewards: 1,500 OP for traders in the stETH perps markets
Reward Distribution: Pro-rata based on the trader score for the stETH market; visit participating integrators to claim.
Example Reward Structure: If OP/USD is $1 and there's $1k of stETH fees in a week, each trader will receive 1 OP per $1 of fees paid. This is subject to change based on stETH trading fees.
The prices will be set via decentralized push-based Chainlink oracles, as well as pull-based Pyth Oracles, fees can and will vary depending on the asset, and the newest Futures Fees can be found in the order entry panel.
Underlying Asset: $stETH/ETH
Open Interest (OI) Cap: 5,000,000 stETH
Maker/Taker Fees: 0/2 bps
Skew Skale: 2,000,000,000
The Funding Rate applies to open positions on Perpetual Futures. A positive rate means longs pay shorts, and a negative rate means shorts pay longs.
maxLeverage: 50x
liquidationBufferRatio: 100 bp
Synthetix provides decentralized derivatives liquidity for protocols like Kwenta. Demand, liquidity, and volatility drive the selection process for adding new Markets to Synthetix. Chainlink and Pyth must support the data feeds necessary for any proposed assets to be considered for inclusion.
Cryptocurrency trading is subject to high market risk. Please make your trades cautiously.
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