SynFutures NFT: What Are They and How Do They Work?

NFTures, an upcoming futures trading product from SynFutures, will make going long or short on collections possible for millions of NFT enthusiasts and traders. Their mission at SynFutures is to democratize derivatives trading and truly make it accessible, hence our tagline: Trade Futures: Anything. Anytime.

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NFTs have been around since 2014, but the market only started to see a significant increase in activity last year, with NFT trading reaching $17.6 billion, an increase of 21,000% from 2020. From Beeple’s $69 million NFT sale to the rise of collections like Bored Ape Yacht Club, NFTs took the mainstream by storm, spawning new interest in the blockchain and digital assets (and a few memorable memes as well).

While the crypto market may be down now, NFTs are poised for continued growth well into the future. As NFTs become a bigger asset class, the sector will need financial instruments that allow market participants to take both sides of the market to better hedge risk and create arbitrage opportunities. Synfutures believe NFTures has the potential be one of these instruments, opening up new trading opportunities and bringing more liquidity to the NFT market.

4 Important Features of NFTures (NFT Futures)

They often get questions about how their NFT futures trading product works:

How do you short/long an NFT?

Don’t NFTs have liquidity issues?

How do you prevent floor price manipulation?

These are all valid questions; to answer them, below is the list of the most essential features of NFTures.

Prices Are Based on Fractionalized NFTs, Not Individual NFTs

Fractionalized NFTs become fungible after fractionalization — or ERC-20 token standard-compliant. Fractionalization is common in traditional finance, as investors can expose their portfolio to a particular asset, whether it be a luxury car, home, or another expensive asset, without having to own it. In the NFT space, fractionalization space works similarly; users can get exposure to big NFT projects, such as CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club, without having to actually own them. By basing theirNFT prices on fractionalization, they’re able to capture more diversified pricing and liquidity isn’t an issue.

Traded Prices Over Floor Prices

Floor prices refer to the lowest amount a good or service can be sold and still function as part of the supply and demand model. While they considered choosing floor prices as a basis, they realized these prices do not necessarily reflect the actual traded price. Going with the floor price, or auction price, could potentially open the door to price manipulation and enable investors to take advantage of unfair arbitrage opportunities.

Permissionless Rather Than Permissioned NFT Futures

From day one, the SynFutures platform has been permissionless. That’s part of their ethos, which was long established before NFTures was even a thought. So, of course, NFTures is permissionless. In fact, the same smart contracts powering core crypto derivatives product also support NFTures.

Making NFT Futures Trading Accessible

NFTs are a channel for mass adoption, and with this in mind, they’ve designed NFTures to appeal to a wide range of traders, including those who have yet to trade on their platform. They realize that derivatives trading is one of the more complicated activities for both experienced traders and newbies, as they often don’t have experience in traditional derivatives.

Say a CryptoPunks enthusiast wants to express their views on whether the collection is overvalued or undervalued, but they don’t want to necessarily buy a Punk given it’s not liquid. With just two clicks, the user will be able to long or short a piece of the collection with up to 3x leverage on NFTures.

The user interface for NFTures may look familiar and that’s for a good reason. As mainstream audiences view NFTs as an accessible gateway into the crypto and blockchain space, creating an easily navigable user interface and exciting user experience is crucial. With that in mind, we wanted to make trading NFTures fun and easy to use with an experience similar to popular social and dating apps.

Coming Soon

While these are not the only features of NFTures and why they believe this futures trading product could be a game-changer for the NFT ecosystem, hope this provides you with a little more insight as to what you can expect.

Currently on the SynFutures roadmap, NFTures is expected to launch later this year shortly after our V2 mainnet launch. Follow SynFutures on Twitter and subscribe to our newsletter to stay updated

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