How many different kinds of crypto Futures are there, and what are their differences?

A. Common types of crypto Futures

As the quantity and size of market players increased, the entire crypto asset industry developed at an astonishing rate, as did the crypto futures trading market. According to the data of relevant institutions, “the size of the crypto asset contract market has exceeded one trillion US dollars”. There are two sorts of crypto futures that are most prevalent on the market:

1. Perpetual Contract
   a. Concept: Gate.io perpetual contract is a derivative product of encrypted assets. Users can predict the price trend and then choose to buy long or sell short to obtain the benefits from the ups and downs of the prices.
   b. Difference between contract and spot
   
   c. The difference between perpetual contracts and traditional futures contracts
   
   d. The difference between USDT-M perpetual contracts and Currency-M perpetual contracts
   

2.Delivery contract
The Gate.io delivery contract is a derivative of a crypto asset that can only be settled at the moment in USDT (U-Margin) and BTC (BTC-Margin).
A delivery contract stipulates that the underlying asset must be bought and sold at the agreed-upon price on the scheduled delivery day (which may fall on the same week, the following week, or the current quarter). It, unlike the perpetual contract, has a delivery date (i.e. the maturity date). Both the buyer and the seller are obligated to perform the contract and complete the delivery at the maturity date.

B. What is the difference between perpetual contracts and delivery contracts?

The difference between the two：

C. Conclusion

Perpetual contracts and delivery contracts are the two types of futures that are mostly traded in the crypto asset contract markets. Perpetual contracts dominate the market because of their simple operations, the capability of being held on a long-term basis, and their mature market mechanisms, while delivery contracts are frequently used in arbitrage trades by big institutional investors.
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