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Bitcoin and ether markets are ruled by perps. SpaceX showed how far their influence can go
Source: CoinDesk

Perpetual futures drive much of the price discovery for bitcoin and ether. When traders pointed the same machinery at a private company, they priced the biggest IPO in history more accurately than Wall Street, and then watched the stock walk away from them.
CoinMagnetic Team
Crypto investors since 2017. We trade with our own money and test every exchange ourselves.
Updated: July 2026
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