CROUSD Perpetual Contract Specifications

This article sets out the Perpetual Contract Product Specifications that apply to the specific CROUSD Perpetual Contract. You should read this in conjunction with these FAQs and the Addendum.

The CROUSD Perpetual Contract is settled in USDC. In addition, USDC can be used for deposits and withdrawals. Crypto.com may permit other stablecoin Virtual Assets to settle the CROUSD Perpetual Contract in the future.

Session Settlement

The settlement will occur every 8 hours (3 sessions in a day), generally at the same time as the Funding Payment. This is known as the Session End Time. Realized and unrealized session profits gained at any point during the 8 hours prior to the Session End Time can only be withdrawn at or after settlement. At the end of each session, all positions’ Average Price will be reset to the Mark Price.

The socialized Loss Mechanism may be applied if the Insurance Fund is depleted.

Index Price

Crypto.com CROUSD Index

The index of the CROUSD Perpetual Contract is derived from the weighted average of the last prices of CRO/USD from the following constituent exchanges, each has its own weight. If the constituent does not trade against USD directly, it is converted to USD using USDTUSD index.

Index constituents and their weights are subject to change at our discretion:

• Huobi Global (CRO/USDT): 20%

• OKEx (CRO/USDT): 20%

• Crypto.com (CRO/USDT): 20%

• Bittrex (CRO/USDT): 20%

• FTX (CRO/USD): 20%

As a fallback, these actions will be used to determine a fair, weighted price:

• If a constituent exchange is unresponsive, the most recent available price is used

• If a constituent exchange’s price is unchanged for 15 minutes, the constituent is removed from the index until it is operational

• If a constituent price differs from the median constituent price for that index by 0.5% or more, it is excluded from the index calculation. The constituent returns to the index when its price differs from the median by less than 0.5%

Crypto.com USDTUSD Index

The USDTUSD index is derived from the weighted average of the last prices of USDT/USD from the following constituent exchanges, each has its own weight.

Index constituents and their weights are subject to change at our discretion:

• Kraken (USDT/USD): 30%

• Bitfinex (USDT/USD): 30%

• Binance US (USDT/USD): 20%

• FTX (USDT/USD): 10%

• Bittrex (USDT/USD): 10%

As a fallback, these actions will be used to determine a fair, weighted price:

• If a constituent exchange is unresponsive, the most recent available price is used

• If a constituent exchange’s price is unchanged for 15 minutes, the constituent is removed from the index until it is operational

• If a constituent price differs from the median constituent price for that index by 0.5% or more, it is excluded from the index calculation. The constituent returns to the index when its price differs from the median by less than 0.5%

Mark Price

Mark Price is used for calculating the margin requirement, and therefore also used to determine when margin-related notices are triggered and whether Forced Liquidation occurs. It is a means used to help prevent market manipulation and unnecessary liquidation.

Fair Price = (Fair Impact Bid + Fair Impact Ask) / 2

• Fair Impact Bid is the average price of a 100 CRO size market sales order or the best bid price - 0.1% whichever has a greater value.

• Fair Impact Ask is the average price of a 100 CRO size market purchase order or the best offer price + 0.1% whichever has a lower value.

Mark Price = Index Price + 30 seconds an exponential moving average of (Fair Price - Index Price)

• Mark Price Bandwidth: Index +/- 0.5%, so under no circumstances, the Mark Price can divert for more than 0.5% from the Index Price.

Session End Time

Every 8 hours at 00:00 UTC, 08:00 UTC, and at 16:00 UTC daily.

Funding Payments

Funding Payments are calculated at the Session End Time to encourage the alignment of prices traded on the Exchange to the underlying index price.

See the Funding and session settlement article for further details.

Notice period for Crypto.com to terminate open positions

In certain circumstances, Crypto.com may close out any and all positions if it considers such measures are required. The applicable notice period is at least 48 hours.