Contango: A New Approach To Perps Built On Money Markets

Kamel Aouane is the CoFounder of Contango.

In this Quick Hit, we spotlight a new approach to perps built on money markets, including the benefits and tradeoffs of this design in Contango V2. Kamel teaches us how cPerps are built though automating looping strategies using flash loans and how Contango can offer the most liquid futures markets, with the least volatile funding rate.

*Thanks for your patience with my voice, as I had covid during this episode!

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Timestamps

00:00 - Intro
4:01 - Kamel's background
5:23 - Expirable futures and Contango V1
7:19 - Reflections on fixed-rate DeFi and expirables
14:01 - Contango V2 and cPerps
20:11 - Tradeoffs of cPerps design
24:05 - Who is cPerps built for?
30:22 - Interesting use cases for cPerps
33:55 - Early traction and user reactions
35:27 - Future Contango token
36:58 - Closing

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🔗 Guest Links 🔗

► Contango Website: contango.xyz/
► cPerps Blog Post: medium.com/contango-xyz/an-introduction-to-cperps-4dbb4a58b602
► Contango on Twitter: Contango_xyz
► Kamel on Twitter: twitter.com/KamelAouane

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All opinions expressed by hosts and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and not necessarily those of Fourth Revolution Capital. Podcast guests and 4RC may have positions in the assets or other matters discussed in this podcast. DeFi Dad was an angel in the Contango seed round in 2022. This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis for investment decisions. Do your own research. This is not a recommendation or endorsement to buy any token(s) related to any platform(s) discussed.