Index perpetual futures are a type of perpetual futures market that track an index value as the underlying, instead of tracking the price of a specific digital asset, as all Bullish’s spot based perpetual futures markets do. Currently, Bullish sources Index values from CoinDesk Indices, Inc., a provider of digital asset indices that is an affiliate of Bullish.
Broad-market Benchmark Indices
Broad-market benchmark indices are designed to measure the performance of an entire market or a specific market sector. By trading perpetual futures on such an index, customers can gain the advantage of long or short broad market exposure without the complexity of managing individual constituent assets.
CoinDesk 20 Index
The CoinDesk 20 Index is a broad-market index. It tracks the largest 20 digital assets by market capitalization, after removing stablecoins and exchange tokens. For a balanced representation, this index caps the weight of its largest constituent at 30% and any other constituents at 20%.
At Bullish, we currently quote and settle all perpetual futures in USDC. This is true of the CoinDesk 20 Index perpetual future as well, which tracks the CoinDesk 20 Index value as if it were a number of US dollars but converts that value to USDC for trading. In scenarios where USDC experiences depegging, the Bullish perpetual future is expected to diverge from the CoinDesk 20 Index value.
CoinDesk 20 Index Price = CD20 Index Value / USDC Index Value
- CD20 Index Value is the CoinDesk 20 Index value, provided by CoinDesk Indices
- USDC Index Value is the USDC price quoted in USD, computed by Bullish per this help center article.
Disclaimer
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