Overview
Introduction to Scape’s market mechanics.
A perpetual contract (“perp”) lets traders speculate on an asset’s price with no fixed expiry.
A funding mechanism keeps the contract price aligned with the underlying. Scape lists perps
on regional commodity markets.
Scape perps are quanto contracts. The oracle is quoted in the underlying market’s local
currency; margin and settlement are in USDC. No FX conversion is applied at any point. P&L is
paid in USDC against the change in the local-currency oracle price.