Amber Labs Report Analyzes How Equity Perpetuals Are Reshaping Traditional Finance

In accordance with MetaEra, Amber Labs has released a report titled 'The Perp-etual Question: Can Onchain Markets Capture Retail Equity Traders?' The report explores how equity perpetual contracts are being introduced to blockchain platforms, offering 24/7 trading, no KYC requirements, and synthetic exposure to stocks and indices. It highlights the growing demand from retail traders for short-term, high-leverage products, particularly in the 0DTE options market, and suggests that equity perpetuals could absorb a significant portion of this demand. The report also compares two main decentralized exchange models—CLOB and GLP—and discusses the technical and regulatory challenges equity perpetuals face, such as dividend asymmetry and lack of investor protection. Amber Labs concludes that equity perpetuals could become a key growth driver for DeFi by enabling global, borderless price discovery and attracting new capital flows.