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CoinShares, ConsenSys, Blockchain Labs, and Techemy Capital partner with Leverj.io to bring DeFi derivatives to market
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16/12/2020 - 8:50am
Following three years of development by Wall Street veterans, Leverj launched the first high-speed decentralised derivatives exchange, which provides spot and futures trading of cryptocurrencies.
DeFi Exchange Leverj.io and liquidity providers are now launching futures products (Perpetual Swaps) for bitcoin and ethereum against USDt on Leverj, bringing DeFi derivatives to market for the first time. Bitcoin and ethereum perpetual contracts against stablecoin DAI are already live.
Over the past 12 months, the DeFi ecosystem has grown exponentially, with the growth rate of trading volumes on decentralised exchanges (DEX) far outpacing centralized exchanges (CEX). In September 2020 trading volumes across DEXes grew by 121 per cent. In the same month trading volumes on CEXes shrank, dropping by 51 per cent.