Open interest
Stablecoin versus token-margined contracts
Variable funding rates
In the past two years futures contracts have become widely popular among cryptocurrency traders and this became more evident as the total open interest on derivatives more than doubled in three months.
Additional proof of their popularity came as futures turnover surpassed gold, which is a well-established market with $107 billion in daily volume.
However, each exchange has its own orderbook, index calculation, leverage limits and rules for cross and isolated margin. These differences might seem superficial at first, but they can make a huge difference depending a traders' needs.
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