Compound (COMP) is setting an impressive rise since its launch a fortnight ago with the coin’s price, popularity, and total value locked have seen multiple times growth rates since then. Additionally, several crypto exchanges have rushed to list the token after its impressive performance. After additions to Coinbase Pro, Coinbase, and FTX derivatives exchange, COMP is now set to start trading on OKEx and Binance.

Big exchanges are jumping on to listing Compound’s governance token in what can only be described as a FOMO move listing a two-week-old token. OKEx becomes the latest exchange to launch trading pairs of the coin, including the Tether (USDT) and Bitcoin (BTC) pairs.

Users can buy, sell, deposit, and withdraw COMP from the exchange as of Monday, Jun 29, the announcement reads. Trading opened at 9 AM UTC, and as at the time of writing, only 228 COMP has been traded on both pairs on the exchange.

COMP currently trades at an average of $235 across major exchanges representing a 4.31% drop in the past 24 hours. The daily trading volumes remain high at $11 million across 31 listed pairs on over ten exchanges – COMP reached an all-time high daily trading volume of $31 million on Friday.

In a similar breath, Binance launched futures trading of the COMP token offering USDT settled contracts starting Tuesday, June 30. The statement reads,

“Binance Futures will launch COMP/USDT perpetual contract, with the trading opening on 2020/06/30 09:00 AM (UTC). Users will be able to select between 1-50x leverage.”

However, a section of crypto traders has come forward criticizing the exchange for its high leverage positions on a relatively new token in the market. It is a question of making a profit vs. a safe environment for traders.

Binance, which has been at the forefront in speaking on the need to protect users, faces a dilemma as the volatility of an unproven token may cause a similar flash crash to Matic Network’s in December 2019 and with it liquidate users’ funds.

Compound is a platform that allows users to earn interest by lending and borrowing digital assets. Launched in 2019, the company ascend to the top of the DeFi industry comes as a shock to many. Compound is currently the largest DeFi platform overtaking Maker (MKR) in total asset value locked (TVL), according to Defipulse.com.

Compound dominates the industry with $626 million in digital assets locked on the platform, representing 38.2% of the total value in decentralized finance.

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