2026-01-12 17:30:01

The Missing Piece in On-Chain Perpetuals: Capital Efficiency

On-chain perpetuals have finally caught up. Non-custodial matching engines now deliver CEX-grade execution speeds and reliability. That's huge.

But here's the thing—while the trading experience got fixed, the collateral side remains fundamentally broken.

Stablecoin margin deployed as collateral sits dormant. Zero yield. Zero utility. Just locked in limbo. It's capital that could be working harder, earning something, being deployed meaningfully across the protocol.

This inefficiency isn't just a technical oversight. It's an economic one. When collateral earns nothing, users face an invisible opportunity cost every single trade. The math doesn't work for power users running perpetual strategies.

Enter a new wave of solutions focused on collateral optimization. By layering yield-generating mechanisms on top of margin pools, platforms can finally align incentives. Collateral becomes productive. Users earn on idle capital. And the entire perpetuals ecosystem gets a capital efficiency upgrade.

The next generation of on-chain perpetuals won't just match CEX execution—they'll exceed it on capital economics.

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ProbablyNothing

· 5h ago

Collateral sitting idle earning zero interest—that's the real problem... The execution speed has caught up with CEX, but capital efficiency is still stuck in the dark ages.

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GasDevourer

· 17h ago

Really, collateral just sits there without moving, and I still have to cover the opportunity cost... Isn't this just freeloading on my money?

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BoredRiceBall

· 17h ago

Honestly, this is the core... On-chain perpetuals have been chasing CEX's execution speed, but who cares? The key issue is that the collateral part is indeed useless. Idle stablecoins just lie there, earning zero returns. Damn it, can't we make them run and earn something? This is the piece that perpetuals truly lack. Stacking a yield layer on top can indeed work, but the problem is whether it might actually increase the risk... I'm not sure if this batch of solutions is reliable. Let's see who can come up with it first. I'm already tired of just hearing about capital efficiency.

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DeFiChef

· 17h ago

Collateral yield farming, this is what the next generation of perpetual contracts should look like. Finally, someone has figured it out.

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MetaverseMigrant

· 17h ago

Collateral sitting idle and earning zero interest—who can stand this... Someone should have fixed this long ago. On-chain perpetuals really need to step up their game.

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