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Morning Edition · Friday, October 16, 2026Published at 1:52 AM EDT · New York
Perpetual Futures Open Interest Tops $100 Billion as Spot Turnover Falls 14%, and Ethereum Researchers Price the Cost of Slow Quotes
CoinGecko's third-quarter report shows total crypto market value rose by about $800 billion even as spot trading on the ten largest exchanges shrank. A new Ethereum Research paper puts speed and flow screening on one scale for market makers.
CoinGecko's report for the third quarter of 2026 shows total crypto market value rising by about $800 billion while spot turnover at the ten largest centralized exchanges fell 14.2%, CryptoSlate reported. Open interest in perpetual futures…
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Leveraged perpetual futures keep displacing spot trading as the place where crypto prices form, which raises liquidation-driven volatility and pushes on-chain venues to compete on ordering rules that protect market makers.
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