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About Perpetual Protocol
Analysis of 11 Dec 2025Perpetual Protocol (PERP) is a decentralized perpetual futures DEX built on Optimism Layer 2, enabling leveraged crypto derivatives trading without expiration dates. As of December 2025, PERP trades at $0.089 with a market cap of $5.88 million and daily volume of $975,000.
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The protocol holds approximately 9.2% market share in the perpetual DEX sector, which processed $898 billion year-to-date volume. However, PERP faces existential challenges following the November 12, 2025 Binance delisting (citing low liquidity and compliance concerns) alongside OKX and Bitvavo delistings, collectively eliminating 70% of historical trading volume.
The token crashed 70% from August 2024's $0.31 high to current levels, with a 90-day decline of 64%. Despite operating in a rapidly growing sector where perpetual DEXs captured 26% of global futures market share (up from 2.7% in 2023), PERP struggles against dominant competitors like Hyperliquid (80% market share, $4.5B TVL), GMX ($401.5M TVL), and dYdX.
