Ethereum's Evolving Role in the Crypto Perpetual Futures Market
For years, Ethereum has been at the forefront of decentralized finance, pioneering on-chain financial tools and underpinning much of the crypto economy. However, the rapidly growing sector of perpetual futures, or 'perps', has largely flourished on other chains like Hyperliquid and Solana. This is because perps require extremely fast, low-cost, and high-frequency trading, which Ethereum's base la…