Perpetual Futures Weekly News Review - Week of August 24-30, 2026
Thirteen developments from the week of 24-30 August 2026 across perpetual futures. Each item carries who said it, where, and a comment from the desk.
ReadPerpSky is a weekly research desk covering the whole perp market — centralised exchanges and on-chain perpetual DEXs — with open interest, funding, basis, liquidations and venue share published against a stated UTC snapshot and a named source.
Data as of week ending 30 August 2026. Full definitions and formulas on the methodology page. Source list on the sources page.
Thirteen developments from the week of 24-30 August 2026 across perpetual futures. Each item carries who said it, where, and a comment from the desk.
ReadPerp market data for the week of 24-30 August 2026: open interest, volume, funding, liquidations, volatility and venue share, compared week on week and against the prior four weeks.
ReadFive fixed questions answered for the week of 24-30 August 2026: market structure, funding and basis, venue competition, liquidation risk, and what to watch next week.
ReadPerp market intelligence for the week of 24-30 August 2026: funding rates and annualised carry cost, open interest, cross-venue funding dispersion, and what it costs to hold a position at current levels.
ReadMonthly structural review of the perpetual futures market: open interest and volume trends, CEX to DEX share migration, funding distribution, liquidations and the venue competitive picture.
ReadA research note on the reported Hyperliquid-Payward-Bitnomial structure: what is actually being proposed, what it would and would not change, the timeline, and the revenue arithmetic.
ReadTen to twenty developments from the past seven days, each with a source and a comment.
Read the latest issueThe week in numbers, against last week and against the prior four.
Read the latest issueThe same five questions, answered every week.
Read the latest issueWeekly funding and open interest update, plus a monthly structural report.
Read the latest issueOne subject, taken as far as the data allows.
Read the latest issueEvery figure on this site comes from a single verified dataset and carries a snapshot time and a named source. Percentages are printed alongside absolute changes. Where sources disagree, both figures appear. Where a number cannot be verified, it is printed as not disclosed rather than estimated. The full rules are on the methodology page and the permitted sources are listed on the sources page.
This week the perp DEX category cleared $533.63bn over thirty days while holding $22.44bn of open interest, a -12.74% weekly decline. Leverage was elevated across the large-cap cohort while funding printed its own average — a combination worth understanding before it resolves.