VALR Launches Perpetual Futures with the World’s First Bitcoin Perpetual Paired Against the South African Rand
VALR, Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched perpetual futures trading, featuring the world's first Bitcoin and USDT perpetual futures paired against the South African Rand.
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