SCCP-188: Update Open Interest Limits

Author
StatusRejected
TypeGovernance
NetworkOptimism
ImplementorTBD
ReleaseTBD
ProposalLoading status...
Created2022-04-21

Simple Summary

This SCCP proposes to lower the sETH futures market MaxMarketValueUSD to sUSD 10 million from sUSD 25 million.

Abstract

The MaxMarketValueUSD is the maximum amount of open interest available for a certain Futures Market, it is the limit per long/short. So if have 3m$ worth of longs and 3m$ worth of shorts, the open interest limit is set to 10m$, users can assume 7m$ worth of longs and 7m$ worth of shorts.

Motivation

The primary motivation to lower the open interest limit until the centralized circuit breaker described in SIP-231 helps prevent latency arbitrage.

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