Binance Futures was launched two years ago in September 2019, when Binance.com had already become a leading crypto exchange for spot trading. Users had indicated their interest in us offering futures products. After months of user-centric design, planning and testing, we started our futures exchange with a Bitcoin futures contract that today leads the market in price discovery.
We took note of one particular feedback: almost all the futures exchanges at that time were focused on incentivising market makers.
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