DWF Labs: The perpetual contract market is expected to introduce significant new liquidity in 2026

DWF Labs stated in a social media post that perpetual contracts (Perps) will become a key metric for crypto market sentiment in 2026. Compared to spot trading, perpetual contracts can compress market beliefs into real-time signals, including funding rates, open interest, trade volume quality, liquidations, and position behavior.

DWF Labs also announced that its $75 million DeFi fund will support the infrastructure driving this momentum, covering perpetual contracts, money markets, and yield protocols that can scale with actual demand. The institution stated that the perpetual contract market is expected to introduce significant new liquidity in 2026.

Additionally, the report mentioned that the crypto industry had completed a self-reconstruction before 2026, with the scale of real-world assets (RWAs) growing from $4 billion to $18 billion, while the stablecoin market increased by 50%.