Hyperliquid Tests Permissioned Markets for Payward's US Perpetual Futures Plan
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Hyperliquid is reportedly testing permissioned markets designed to support Payward's plan to offer perpetual futures trading to US users. The initiative would involve restricting access to certain markets based on user verification, potentially enabling compliant derivatives trading on the decentralized exchange platform.
WHY IT MATTERS
Perpetual futures are a type of trading contract popular in crypto that lets traders bet on whether an asset's price will go up or down, without ever having to own the asset itself. Think of it like placing a wager on a sports game rather than playing in it. These contracts have largely been unavailable to US traders because of strict rules around financial derivatives. This story matters because it shows efforts to bring these products to US users in a way that might satisfy regulators. A 'permissioned market' means that instead of letting anyone trade anonymously, the platform would check who you are first, similar to how a traditional brokerage verifies your identity before letting you trade stocks. If successful, it could change how decentralized platforms operate in regulated markets.
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