Gold, silver and oil drive 65,000% jump in commodity perpetuals

BitMEX said in a Thursday report that commodity p

Gold, silver and oil drive 65,000% jump in commodity perpetuals

Gold, silver and oil drive 65,000% jump in commodity perpetuals

BitMEX said in a Thursday report that commodity perpetual swaps were the fastest-growing segment of TradFi perps in the first quarter of 2026, with weekly volume rising 65,463% from $38.1 million to $25.0 billion.

Global Weekly Volume by Commodity Pair. Source: BitMEX
Brent Crude Oil, six-month chart. Source: Tradingeconomics
Tokenized commodities market capitalization. Source: RWA.xyz 
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