You cannot build a perp on a prediction market. A perp liquidates against a price path. Event contracts sit at 0.60 for weeks and then they're 0 or 1. There's no level to get out at before the loss is total.
1/ I’ve spent most of the last few weeks since the Google, Caltech papers to think about tradable implications around quantum computing and crypto
specifically what happens to the market around q-day
5/11 How Krypton protects market makers:
• Reduced Adverse Selection: Market makers can react to signals before significant losses occur.
• Fairer Competition: Toxic traders can't easily exploit short-term info advantages.
• Incentives for Liquidity Provision: Protected profits encourage market makers to provide more liquidity, benefiting all.
What is the best way to trade on Krypton’s completely novel exchange mechanism?
We are thrilled to share our research on optimal trade execution on Krypton, co-authored by co-founder and CEO @MichaelCNowotny and @arjun_g_krypto
This is an amazing 4-page paper by Jay Ritter about how he, a famous finance professor, lost a lot of money trading futures to Fischer Black, another famous finance professor.
It should be required reading for anybody trading derivatives. @bennpeifert
h/t @alz_zyd_
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Custom Avax L1s aren't only powerful, they are actually necessary for some types of applications (besides the obvious web2 to web3 transition ones).
TLDR: only way to have safe, non-toxic order books. Not possible on L2s, Sol, etc.
https://t.co/NQ2DdDiXnE