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Posted on Sep 13, 2022Read on Mirror.xyz

Kwenta Lists $OP Market

Dear Traders,

Kwenta is ecstatic to announce that $OP is joining the growing list of supported cryptocurrencies, commodities, and forex pairs available for leverage trading through Kwenta on Layer 2 Optimism.

Kwenta is an on-chain composable & decentralized exchange (DEX) for perpetual futures contracts, with up to 25x leverage for makers and takers. Using perpetual contracts, users can trade a variety of crypto and non-crypto-asset derivatives.

Trading for these new Futures Markets has now been enabled and is live on:

https://kwenta.eth.limo/

The $OP price will be set via decentralized Chainlink oracles, fees can and will vary depending on the asset, and the newest Futures Fees can be found at Kwenta Docs.

📝Contract Specs

OP-SUSD PERP

  • Underlying Asset: $OP

  • Settlement Asset: $sUSD

  • Open Interest (OI) Cap: 100k sUSD

  • Expiry: Perpetual

  • Maximum Leverage: 10x

  • Liquidation Price: The OP Chainlink price oracle

  • Funding: The Funding Rate applies to open positions on Perpetual Futures contracts. A positive rate means longs pay shorts, and a negative rate means shorts pay longs. The funding rate is calculated in real-time every time a position is opened, modified, or closed and is charged at the exit of a trade.

  • Contract Address: Here

  • Futures Fees:

    • Maker: 45 bps

    • Taker: 40bps

Listing New Synths

Synthetix provides decentralized derivatives liquidity for protocols like Kwenta. The selection process for adding new Synths to Synthetix is driven by demand, liquidity, and volatility. Chainlink must support the data feeds necessary for any proposed assets to be considered for inclusion.

Risk warning:

Cryptocurrency trading is subject to high market risk. Please make your trades cautiously. Kwenta will make best efforts to choose high-quality coins, but will not be responsible for your trading losses. Thanks for your support!

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