Perpetual Protocol (PERP)
Decentralized perp DEX on Optimism with vAMM model.
Ranked 100th of 251 rated tokens. Scoring pass 11 Jun 2026.
What the numbers say
PERP scores 108 of 250 across the 25-variable framework, which places it 100th of 251 rated tokens and inside the upper half of the set. The framework verdict is WATCH.
The score rests on P/S Multiple 5/10, 38th of 251, Insider Selling 5/10, 42nd of 251, BTC Alpha Potential 4/10, 45th of 251 and Holder Concentration 4/10, 58th of 251.
100% of eventual supply is already circulating, so vesting is not a live risk for PERP. Price has to be justified by demand rather than absorbed against a cliff.
PERP trades 99.92% below its all-time high of $24.40. Recovering that level is a 1,250x move, not a 99.92% one, which is the arithmetic most drawdown charts hide.
The framework score gained 108 points against the previous pass (0 to 108). Revisions of this size follow a change in the underlying variables, not a change in price.
25-variable breakdown
Each variable is scored 1 to 10 and ranked against every other rated token, so a 7 that ranks 20th means something different from a 7 that ranks 180th. The rank is the part that is hard to get anywhere else.
Cash flow
| Protocol Revenue | 4 | 60th of 251 | |
| Revenue Trend | 4 | 71st of 251 | |
| P/S Multiple | 5 | 38th of 251 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 4 | 82nd of 251 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 5 | 61st of 251 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 5 | 100th of 251 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 6 | 88th of 251 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 3 | 63rd of 251 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 4 | 93rd of 251 | |
| Insider Selling | 5 | 42nd of 251 | |
| Holder Concentration | 4 | 58th of 251 |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 4 | 65th of 251 | |
| Active Users | 4 | 91st of 251 | |
| Developer Activity | 5 | 83rd of 251 | |
| Network Growth | 4 | 100th of 251 |
Position
| Market Share | 3 | 131st of 251 | |
| Competitive Moat | 4 | 114th of 251 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 3 | 115th of 251 | |
| Exchange Depth | 5 | 73rd of 251 | |
| Social Mindshare | 4 | 86th of 251 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 5 | 102nd of 251 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 4 | 90th of 251 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 4 | 45th of 251 | |
| Team Execution | 5 | 74th of 251 | |
| Treasury Runway | 5 | 74th of 251 |
The vertical tick on each bar marks the median score across all 251 rated tokens, so a bar ending left of the tick is below the universe on that variable.
Catalyst and risk
Next catalyst
Perpetual Protocol v2 (Curie) on Optimism; growing perp DEX volumes.
Principal risk
Competition from GMX, dYdX, and Synthetix; low liquidity vs. centralized exchanges.
Market and supply
| Price | $0.0196 |
| Market cap | $2.9Mrank 2514 |
| All-time high | $24.4030 Aug 2021 |
| Circulating supply | 150,000,000 |
| Eventual supply (max supply) | 150,000,000 |
| Dilution to full supply | 1x |
| Listed on | Binance, Bybit, Uniswap |
Price, market cap, supply and all-time high from CoinGecko, fetched 6 Aug 2026. The 25 scores come from the research pass dated 11 Jun 2026 and don't move with price.
Tokens with a similar profile
These are the closest matches to PERP measured on the shape of all 25 variables after removing overall quality, so what they share is a pattern of strengths and weaknesses rather than a similar size or price.
Common questions
- What is the Early Thunder score for Perpetual Protocol (PERP)?
- PERP scores 108 out of 250 on the 25-variable framework, ranking 100th of 251 rated tokens (upper half). The framework verdict is WATCH.
- What are PERP's strongest fundamentals?
- PERP ranks highest on P/S Multiple 5/10, 38th of 251, Insider Selling 5/10, 42nd of 251, BTC Alpha Potential 4/10, 45th of 251 and Holder Concentration 4/10, 58th of 251. Ranks are measured against all 251 tokens in the same scoring pass.
- How much PERP supply is still to enter circulation?
- 100% of eventual PERP supply is circulating today, leaving 1x the current float still to arrive. At a flat price per token that is 0% of fully diluted value ahead of current holders.
- How far is PERP from its all-time high?
- PERP trades 99.92% below its all-time high of $24.40. Returning to that high requires a 1,250x move from the level used in this scoring pass.
- Which tokens have a similar profile to PERP?
- Measured on the shape of all 25 scored variables rather than on price, the closest matches to PERP are KNC (110), TRB (90), LEVER (87) and NOS (86). Similarity here means the same pattern of strengths and weaknesses, not a similar market cap.
- What is the next catalyst for PERP?
- Perpetual Protocol v2 (Curie) on Optimism; growing perp DEX volumes.
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Research and analysis, not investment advice. Scores are one framework applied consistently across 251 tokens, not a prediction of price.