An overview of oracle-reliant market makers
Quick Take
- We are witnessing an increasing usage of oracles in decentralized spot exchanges and perpetual derivatives exchanges
- Funding rates on perpetual futures exchanges require input from oracles to make the contract price close to the spot price
- The update frequency of existing price oracles is not sufficient for operating a decentralized spot exchange that continually tracks external prices
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Author: Eden Au
