RWA Perps

The RWA Perps dashboardarrow-up-right tracks perpetual futures markets tied to real-world reference assets. Unlike the main RWA dashboard, which tracks tokenized assets with onchain supply and market capitalization, the perps dashboard tracks derivative markets that provide margined, cash-settled price exposure to assets such as public equities, commodities, bonds, ETFs, and equity indices. These markets do not confer ownership of, or redemption rights in, the underlying real-world asset.

All entries on the RWA Perps dashboard belong to the RWA Perps category.


Dashboard Guide

Overview Tab

The Overview tab is the default view and provides a market-level picture of all tracked RWA perpetual contracts.

Top-Level Metrics

Four summary cards appear at the top of the page:

Card
Description

Total Open Interest

Aggregate USD notional of all outstanding perpetual contracts across all tracked venues. Shown with a 24-hour percentage change.

Total 24h Volume

Aggregate USD notional volume traded across all tracked markets in the last 24 hours. Shown with a 24-hour percentage change.

Total Markets

Count of individual perpetual markets being tracked.

Est. Protocol Fees 24h

Estimated fees earned by all tracked protocols from trading activity in the last 24 hours.

Visualization

Below the metrics cards is an interactive visualization that can be toggled between three views using the tabs:

  • Open Interest — a treemap or chart showing the distribution of open interest across markets, grouped by Asset Group or Base Asset.

  • Volume — the same visualization using 24-hour trading volume instead of open interest.

  • Markets — a count-based view showing how many markets exist per group.

The visualization supports multiple chart types (Treemap Chart is the default), can be nested by Base Asset or Asset Group, and is exportable as CSV or PNG. Hovering over a segment shows the parent group, child asset, open interest or volume value, share of parent, and share of total.

Markets Rankings Table

A searchable, sortable table lists every tracked perpetual contract. The table has a configurable column selector and can be exported as CSV. Default columns are:

Column
Description

Contract

Ticker symbol of the perpetual futures contract as listed on the venue.

Venue

Protocol or exchange where the perpetual contract is listed and traded.

Base Asset

Underlying real-world asset the perpetual contract tracks (e.g. Crude Oil (WTI), Tesla, Gold).

Asset Group

Broader grouping of the base asset used for dashboard aggregation (e.g. Oil, Public Equities, Precious Metals).

Asset Class

High-level economic category of the underlying asset. See the Asset Class Taxonomy below.

Open Interest

Total USD value of outstanding perpetual contracts that have not been settled or closed.

24h Volume

Total USD notional volume traded on this contract in the last 24 hours.

Price

Latest traded price of the perpetual contract in USD.

24h Price Change

Percentage change in contract price over the last 24 hours.

Latest Funding Rate

Most recent periodic funding rate paid between long and short position holders. Positive means longs pay shorts.

Premium

Percentage difference between the perpetual contract price and the underlying asset's spot or index price.

Max Leverage

Maximum leverage multiplier available for this contract on the venue.

Additional columns available via the column selector include:

Column
Description

Category

Classification category for the market entry (all entries belong to RWA Perps).

Parent Platform

Parent protocol or platform that operates the venue.

Margin Asset

Margin currency used by the market (e.g. USDC, USDT).

Settlement Asset

Cash-settlement currency for the contract (e.g. USDC, USDT, USDH).

Issuer

Entity responsible for issuing or managing the underlying real-world asset.

Oracle Provider

Oracle service used for price feeds on the contract.

RWA Classification

Classification label assigned to the entry. See Methodology & Metrics.

Access Model

Whether trading the contract requires KYC, permissioning, or is permissionlessly accessible.

Maker Fee

Fee rate charged to the maker side of a trade on this contract.

Taker Fee

Fee rate charged to the taker side of a trade on this contract.

Deployer Fee Share

Percentage of protocol fees allocated to the deployer of the market.

Cum. Funding / Unit

Cumulative funding payments per unit of the contract since inception.

Oracle Px

Latest oracle price for the underlying asset.

Mid Px

Mid-market price of the perpetual contract.

Prev Day Px

Closing price of the contract from the previous day.

Volume 7d

Total USD notional volume traded on this contract over the last 7 days.

Volume 30d

Total USD notional volume traded on this contract over the last 30 days.

Volume All Time

Total USD notional volume traded on this contract since inception.

Est. Protocol Fees 24h

Estimated fees earned by the protocol from trading activity on this contract in the last 24 hours.

Est. Protocol Fees 7d

Estimated fees earned by the protocol from this contract over the last 7 days.

Est. Protocol Fees 30d

Estimated fees earned by the protocol from this contract over the last 30 days.

Est. Protocol Fees All Time

Total estimated fees earned by the protocol from this contract since inception.

Venues Tab

The Venues tab provides a venue-level view, aggregating market data across all contracts listed on each protocol or exchange.

Venue Filters

A row of venue pills allows filtering by specific venue. Selecting "All" shows aggregated data across all venues.

Venue Chart

An interactive stacked area chart shows historical open interest, volume, or market counts per venue over time. The chart can be filtered by Base Asset and is exportable as CSV or PNG.

Venues Table

A table below the chart lists each venue with the following columns:

Column
Description

Venue

Name of the protocol or exchange.

Open Interest

Total USD open interest across all markets on the venue.

% of Total OI

Venue's share of total open interest across all tracked venues.

24h Volume

Total USD volume across all markets on the venue in the last 24 hours.

% of Total 24h Volume

Venue's share of total 24-hour volume.

Markets

Count of individual perpetual markets listed on the venue.


Column Definitions

The tables below document every column on the RWA Perps dashboard. For columns shared with the main RWA dashboard (such as Access Model and Issuer), see Definitions & Taxonomy.

Market Identification

Column
Definition

Contract

Ticker symbol of the perpetual futures contract as listed on the venue.

Venue

Protocol or exchange where the perpetual contract is listed and traded.

Base Asset

Underlying real-world asset the perpetual contract tracks (e.g. Crude Oil (WTI), Tesla, Gold).

Asset Group

Grouping of the base asset by product family, used for dashboard aggregation.

Asset Class

High-level economic category of the underlying asset, such as commodities, equities, or fixed income. See the Asset Class Taxonomy below.

Canonical Market ID

Venue-qualified market identifier used when the entry is a market rather than a token contract, such as xyz:GOLD or cash:GOLD-USDT. This is the canonical internal market slug, not the frontend trading pair.

Pair

Displayed trading pair or quote convention for perpetual markets, such as GOLD-USDC or TSLA-USDT. Use x when the row is not a market or when no pair is applicable.

Margin Asset

Margin currency used by the market, such as USDC or USDT.

Settlement Asset

Cash-settlement currency for the contract, such as USDC, USDT, or USDH. This shows the settlement unit used by the market rather than the tracked underlying.

Parent Platform

Parent protocol or platform that operates the venue.

Oracle Provider

Oracle service used for price feeds on the contract.

Reference Asset

Normalized exact asset, benchmark, ETF, company, or commodity tracked by the market. Used for exact cross-venue alignment and exact-asset dashboard pages. Examples: Gold, Silver, S&P 500, Tesla, Crude Oil (WTI).

Reference Asset Group

Broader user-facing grouping used to pull related markets into a single dashboard view across venues. Examples: Oil, Precious Metals, Public Equities, Equity Indices. See the Asset Group Taxonomy in Definitions & Taxonomy.

Market Metrics

Column
Definition

Open Interest

Total USD value of outstanding perpetual contracts that have not been settled or closed. This replaces Onchain Marketcap as the primary sizing metric for perps.

24h Volume

Total USD notional volume traded on the contract in the last 24 hours.

Price

Latest traded price of the perpetual contract in USD.

24h Price Change

Percentage change in contract price over the last 24 hours.

Latest Funding Rate

Most recent periodic funding rate paid between long and short position holders. A positive rate means longs pay shorts; negative means shorts pay longs.

Premium

Percentage difference between the perpetual contract price and the underlying asset's spot or index price. A positive premium means the perp trades above spot.

Max Leverage

Maximum leverage multiplier available for the contract on the venue.

Maker Fee

Fee rate charged to the maker side of a trade on this contract.

Taker Fee

Fee rate charged to the taker side of a trade on this contract.

Deployer Fee Share

Percentage of protocol fees allocated to the deployer of the market.

Cum. Funding / Unit

Cumulative funding payments per unit of the contract since inception.

Oracle Px

Latest oracle price for the underlying asset, as reported by the contract's oracle provider.

Mid Px

Mid-market price of the perpetual contract, calculated as the midpoint between best bid and best ask.

Prev Day Px

Closing price of the contract from the previous day.

Volume 7d

Total USD notional volume traded on the contract over the last 7 days.

Volume 30d

Total USD notional volume traded on the contract over the last 30 days.

Volume All Time

Total USD notional volume traded on the contract since inception.

Est. Protocol Fees 24h

Estimated fees earned by the protocol from trading activity on this contract in the last 24 hours.

Est. Protocol Fees 7d

Estimated fees earned by the protocol from this contract over the last 7 days.

Est. Protocol Fees 30d

Estimated fees earned by the protocol from this contract over the last 30 days.

Est. Protocol Fees All Time

Total estimated fees earned by the protocol from this contract since inception.


Asset Class Taxonomy

All entries on the RWA Perps dashboard fall under the RWA Perps category. Within that category, each market is assigned one of the following asset classes.

Asset Class
Definition

Stock Perp

Perpetual markets that track the price of an individual public company's equity. They provide margined, cash-settled equity exposure and do not confer ownership of the underlying shares.

ETF Perp

Perpetual markets that track the price of an exchange-traded fund. They provide margined, cash-settled fund exposure and do not represent ownership of fund shares or redemption rights.

Equity Perp

Perpetual markets that track a public-equity benchmark or basket. They provide margined, cash-settled index exposure rather than a directly backed token or ownership claim on constituent shares.

Commodity Perp

Perpetual markets that track a commodity or commodity benchmark, such as gold or crude oil. They provide margined, cash-settled commodity exposure and do not represent title to physical inventory.

Bond Perp

Perpetual markets that track a bond or bond benchmark, such as government bonds, bond ETFs, or fixed-income indices. They provide margined, cash-settled fixed-income exposure and do not represent ownership of the underlying securities.

Perp Venue

Venues that list and operate perpetual markets tied to real-world reference assets such as public equities, ETFs, equity indices, bonds, and commodities.


Key Differences from the Main RWA Dashboard

The RWA Perps dashboard differs from the main RWA dashboard in several important ways:

Primary sizing metric. The main dashboard uses Onchain Marketcap and Active Marketcap to measure asset size. The perps dashboard uses Open Interest (outstanding notional exposure) instead, since perpetual contracts do not have a circulating token supply in the traditional sense.

No redemption or attestation flags. Perpetual contracts are cash-settled derivatives and do not represent direct claims on underlying assets. The evidence flags (Attestations, Redeemable) that are central to the main dashboard's classification framework do not apply to perps.

Venue-centric structure. Each market on the perps dashboard is tied to a specific venue. The same underlying asset (e.g. Tesla) may have separate entries for each venue that lists a perpetual contract for it. The Venues tab provides aggregated venue-level metrics.

Funding rate and premium. These metrics are unique to perpetual markets and reflect the cost of maintaining leveraged positions and the divergence between perp and spot prices.

Reference Asset and Reference Asset Group. These fields enable cross-venue comparison by normalizing the underlying asset name across different venues that may use different contract tickers for the same exposure. The Reference Asset Group taxonomy is shared with the main RWA dashboard and is documented in Definitions & Taxonomy.

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