Dedicated Infrastructure Key to Success in Competitive Perpetual Futures Market
The perpetual futures market in crypto has become increasingly competitive, with dozens of platforms vying for traders' attention. Optimism's Chief Business Officer, Kyle Jenke, made a compelling case at Cointelegraph's CONNECT event in Seoul that owning infrastructure is key to success.
Jenke argued that exchanges that build and control their own dedicated chains can fine-tune execution speed, compliance tooling, and other critical aspects. In contrast, those relying on shared or rented infrastructure are limited by someone else's constraints.
Perpetual futures, also known as perps, demand serious backend performance, including latency, throughput, and reliable order matching. Exchanges seeing traction have invested in dedicated infrastructure, such as Kraken's Ink chain, built on Optimism's OP Stack.
Ink has introduced native perps products and experienced rapid growth in total value locked. By running its own chain, Kraken can prioritize transaction types and execution guarantees that matter most to derivatives traders without worrying about congestion from unrelated activity.