Now Live: Bitcoin- and Tether- Margined Blur Token Listings

The long-awaited Blur token airdrop has finally begun. And that’s not all. From today at 04:00 UTC, users can long or short the Blur token with up to 50x leverage via two new listings: BLURUSD and BLURUSDT. The introduction of BLURUSD and BLURUSDT allows users to trade and speculate on the governance token of one of the biggest NFT projects - which has seen a surge in volatility (and trading activity) following yesterday’s airdrop. For the lowdown on our Blur token listings, read on.

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BLURUSD Quanto Contract Specs

As with allquanto contracts, the BLURUSD product has a fixed Bitcoin multiplier, regardless of the BLUR/USD price. This allows traders to long or short the BLUR/USD exchange rate without ever touching BLUR or USD.

Traders can post margin in XBT, and earn or lose in XBT as the BLUR/USD rate changes. This quanto risk premium may be one of the factors that results in the BLURUSD swap trading at a premium/discount to the BLURUSD spot price.

For an explanation of the same concept, check out this blog post referencing ETHUSD.

Key contract details for our Blur token listing:

• Symbol: BLURUSD

• Margin currency: XBT

• Bitcoin Multiplier: 0.0001 XBT (10,000 Satoshis)

• XBT Contract Value: BLURUSD Price * Bitcoin Multiplier (10,000 Sat / 1 USD)

• Underlying: .BBLUR

• Max Leverage: 50x

• Risk limit: 50 XBT

• Maker Fee: 0.02%

• Taker Fee: 0.075%

• Base Initial Margin: 2.00%

• Base Maintenance Margin: 1.00%

Users can trade the BLURUSD perpetual contract here, and check out the full contract specs here.

BLURUSDT Linear Contract Specs

BLURUSDT is a linear perpetual swap, margined in USDT. Key contract details for our BLUR token listing:

• Symbol: BLURUSDT

• Margin currency: USDT

• Contract Size: 0.001 BLUR

• Lot Size: 1000

• Minimum Trade Amount: 1 BLUR

• Underlying: .BBLURT

• Max Leverage: 33.33x

• Risk limit: 1 million USDT

• Maker Fee: -0.01%

• Taker Fee: 0.075%

• Base Initial Margin: 3.00%

• Base Maintenance Margin: 1.50%

Users can trade the BLURUSDT perpetual contract here, or check out the fullcontract specs here.

What is the BLUR Token?

BLUR is the governance token of Blur, a new “NFT marketplace for pro traders”. The Blur token is ERC-20-based, and will have a maximum supply of three billion. The launch of BLUR represents Blur’s strategy to actualise decentralised governance for its marketplace - and attract market share from its rivals (like OpenSea).

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