Ethereum's Evolving Role in the Crypto Perpetual Futures Market
For years, Ethereum was synonymous with decentralized finance, pioneering on-chain financial tools like lending protocols and tokenized assets. However, the rapidly growing perpetual futures sector has primarily thrived on other platforms, such as Hyperliquid and Solana, due to Ethereum's base layer not being optimized for high-speed, low-cost, and high-frequency trading. According to AJ Warner, …