2026-01-08 09:12:57

A major exchange has officially launched the TradFi perpetual contract product in the past two days. Looking at this news, it naturally brings back memories—back in October 2020, FTX had already launched trading pairs for dozens of stocks and crypto assets on its platform, and also supported equity token trading.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. Those innovations that once led the way have now become standard features that are being rolled out across major platforms one after another. Sometimes you realize that industry progress often follows this pattern—pioneers pave the way, followers catch up, and eventually it becomes a market norm. This wave of integration between TradFi and crypto assets seems to be truly accelerating.

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AlphaBrain

· 58m ago

FTX that incident is still vivid in memory, and now it's become standard, which is a bit ironic. That's just how the industry is; whoever dares to try the first step will suffer, and latecomers just profit from it. The wave of traditional finance contracts really should come now; it's time to fill this gap. Another "innovation" becomes mainstream so quickly. Wait, are they planning to completely bring traditional finance onto the blockchain? That's pretty impressive. Honestly, regarding regulation, it still feels chaotic. It should have been integrated long ago; delaying for over five years is really slow.

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DataOnlooker

· 01-08 09:42

Haha, FTX was really ahead of the curve, but ended up crashing first. This is just ridiculous, only catching up after five years, the industry is really slow. Integrating TradFi with crypto? It should have been like this a long time ago. Once regulations loosen up, everything will follow. Wait, could this contract be another mirror scheme... Don't get too hyped up; watch a few more exchanges before making a move.

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SocialAnxietyStaker

· 01-08 09:41

FTX should have gone bankrupt a long time ago. It's a bit late to follow the trend and go live now.

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MysteryBoxBuster

· 01-08 09:35

FTX really overthought things back then. Now these things are everywhere. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have bothered with so many tricks.

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ChainWatcher

· 01-08 09:24

Back then, FTX's approach has now become the standard. This industry is really slow. --- Perpetual contracts are now just selling skewers. Who isn't using this thing now? --- It's been 5 years, still copying FTX's ideas. Where's the innovation? --- Traditional finance integration should have happened like this long ago, just a bit late. --- It's another follow-the-trend standard. What's next? --- FTX's approach was really ahead of its time, but the outcome was a bit tragic. --- It seems like progress is fast, but it's actually just old ideas being repackaged. --- The compliant perpetual contracts are here. Will crypto users get exploited again?

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CryingOldWallet

· 01-08 09:16

FTX is gone and you're still hyping it? Things that should have been popularized long ago are only now going live, with compliance hijacking innovation.

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