Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago

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Perpetual swaps are one of the most important and most misunderstood instruments in crypto markets.

In this short educational segment, we explain what perpetual swaps are, how they differ from traditional futures, and why they dominate crypto trading today.

We cover:

🔹 What perpetual swaps are
🔹 Why they have no expiry date
🔹 How they differ from traditional futures
🔹 How leverage works in perp markets
🔹 What the funding rate is and why it matters

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