Binance has announced a new DeFi Index line of perpetual contracts that will be listed on The contracts will be denominated in Tether Dollars (USDT) and have leverage of up to 50x.
The Index, which represents a composite of DeFi protocol tokens, will be compromised of Band Protofol (BAND), Compound (COMP), Kava.io (KAVA), Kyber Network (KNC), Aave (LEND), Chainlink (LINK), Maker (MKR), Synthetic Network Token (SNX), Swipe (SXP), and 0x (ZRX).
The Index is calculated using a weighted average of the real-time prices of each of the tokens, which are also listed on Binance. According to the official announcement of the launch, “the index’s composite of tokens and their weighted averages are rebalanced regularly each week,” using data from Coin Market Cap, which is owned by Binance.
High-demand for DeFi derivatives
The new product, which the company hopes will “allow users to more easily track the fast-growing DeFi market,” marks Binance’s first-ever fully synthetic crypto derivative product.
Aaron Gong, the vice president of Binance Futures, said in a statement that “Response to our range of DeFi derivatives has been continuously positive and it is clear that there is growing demand,” and that the addition of the new Index line means that “we now offer nearly 50 futures pairs, the most in the market by quantity and variety.”
We are excited to offer the USDT DeFi Index that enables users to more easily access DeFi and further diversify how they trade.”
Increased interest in DeFi assets is also proliferating outside of the futures space. A number of DeFi-based tokens have in recent weeks because of their .
Additionally, Finance Magnates recently reported on a new hackathon and accelerator program for the DeFi ecosystem in India.
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