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Hedging spot with a short perpetual is sold as insurance, but its price — the funding rate — has a sign. Across six venues in Q2 2026, funding paid the short hedger ~65% of the time, and where you opened the short was worth roughly 2.7% annualized. The data.
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Real-world asset perps let traders take leveraged, 24/7 positions on gold, oil, indices and even pre-IPO names like SpaceX — settled on-chain in stablecoins, no broker needed. How RWA perps work in 2026, where to trade, and what can go wrong
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