1/9 Perp DEXes are popping up everywhere, let´s take a breakdown of some high level stats of the Perp DEX sector. I gathered most of the data from the protocol stats pages / Dune dashboards. Big shoutout to @JamesCliffyz for his fantastic overview
https://t.co/U1j77q9Tvt
An epic battle is brewing in DeFi.
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[3b] Mitigation Strategies
- Use oracles with a transparent, decentralised architecture
- Conduct routine QA checks to validate data quality & outlier detection
- Enact latency checks to avoid using stale data
- Use confidence intervals to adjust params in volatile conditions
The @PythNetwork BTC/USD price feed reported an outlier value of ~$5,400, while the market wide price was ~$42,700, a percentage deviation of ~156%
This is what happens when your price oracle solution does not provide full market coverage
(Accurate pricing charts below)