Blockchain.com Launches Perpetual Contract Trading in Its Non-Custodial DeFi Wallet, Directly Connecting Self-Custody Wallets to Hyperliquid
Blockchain.com has announced the launch of perpetual contract trading in its non-custodial DeFi wallet. By integrating the decentralized derivatives platform Hyperliquid, users can open, close, and increase positions directly in their own wallets without needing to transfer funds to third-party centralized exchanges for leveraged trading, maintaining control over their private keys and assets throughout the process. According to official statements, this feature currently supports over 190 cryptocurrency markets, offers up to 40x leverage, and allows users to recharge their perpetual accounts with assets like Bitcoin from their DeFi wallets with a single click. Users can also view real-time pricing, adjust leverage flexibly, and manage risks within the wallet interface. There are plans to introduce more asset types, including forex, stocks, and commodities, in the future.
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This step advances the previous structure of "doing contracts in CEX and spot on-chain" towards "wallet as trading terminal": users' funds remain in non-custodial wallets, with real matching and clearing done by underlying protocols like Hyperliquid, while Blockchain.com only provides the interface and traffic entry. Essentially, it merges the front-end experience and liquidity of centralized exchanges with on-chain derivatives infrastructure, separating "who holds the private key" from "who controls the order book," directly impacting the traditional model of "funds must enter the exchange to trade contracts."
Structurally, this integration represents the second phase of "DeFi-ification of the contract market": the first phase involved users directly connecting to on-chain protocols to manage everything themselves, which had high barriers and complexity; the second phase, led by established gateways like Blockchain.com, packages self-custodial wallets, on-chain derivatives liquidity, and mobile experiences into a "DeFi contract with a CEX experience." Once this model becomes a paradigm in several leading wallets, users may no longer view "entering an exchange" as a necessary precursor to contract trading, but rather see the wallet itself as a complete trading workstation.
On a deeper level, this architecture clearly redistributes power and risk: on one hand, custodial risk is returned to users—private keys are no longer given to exchanges, and when platforms face crises or regulatory shutdowns, assets do not have to be passively locked, addressing structural distrust following events like FTX; on the other hand, leveraged derivatives are pushed closer to a "zero friction" position, making it as seamless to open a 40x position as it is to swap a token, potentially amplifying systemic liquidation and on-chain clearing pressures.
For Hyperliquid, this is an extension of its strategy to "build underlying liquidity and settlement layers": through mechanisms like HIP 3, it has allowed external teams to connect various crypto and traditional assets to its order book, and now encapsulates this capability within large wallet ecosystems, effectively embedding its derivatives market under others' user relationships and brands. In the context of AI and high-frequency strategies further entering on-chain, this combination of "wallet front-end + protocol back-end" is likely to become the standard template for the next phase of derivatives infrastructure, connecting retail and institutional users on one end, and high-performance on-chain matching and risk engines on the other.