ostium

Reconstruction of Ostium and the On-chain Global Market

Ostium is pulling on-chain finance from the tokenized low-frequency asset layer towards the high-frequency global macro market layer. Unlike the RWA tokenization path that relies on custody and regulation, Ostium chooses to directly replicate the core demands of the world's largest trading markets: price exposure, leverage, execution transparency, and risk hedging.

2025-12-05

Reconstruction of Ostium and the On-chain Global Market

Decentralized exchange Ostium completes $20 million Series A funding, led by General Catalyst and others

According to Fortune, the decentralized exchange Ostium announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round, led by venture capital firm General Catalyst and the cryptocurrency division of quantitative trading firm Jump Trading. Coinbase Ventures, as well as cryptocurrency market makers Wintermute and GSR, also participated in the round. Sources revealed that this funding round values Ostium at approximately $250 million, bringing its total funding to $280 million to date.It is reported that Ostium allows users to trade real-world assets such as stocks, metals, oil, and certain cryptocurrencies, supporting higher risk through perpetual futures.

2025-12-03

General Catalyst

investment and financing

Messari researcher: Trading US stocks with Perp DEX, the next new blue ocean

Sam's analysis from Messari highlights the challenges currently faced by on-chain perpetual contracts. Although they are seen as the next blue ocean, market adoption and demand are weak in the short term. It also explores how Hyperliquid's technological upgrades could potentially change this situation.

2025-10-27

Stock perpetual contracts

decentralized exchanges

Messari researcher: Trading US stocks with Perp DEX, the next new blue ocean

RWA perpetual product crisis: Why is the GLP model destined to fail in RWA perpetuals?

The GLP/"casino-style" model can only be used in the cold start phase, and is not realistic for long-term development.

2025-05-02

perpetual products

LP zero-sum game

hedging mechanism

order book model

RWA perpetual product crisis: Why is the GLP model destined to fail in RWA perpetuals?

Cryptocurrency startup Ostium Labs has completed a $3.5 million funding round, with participation from General Catalyst and others

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, cryptocurrency startup Ostium Labs has raised $3.5 million in funding to develop a digital goods perpetual swap protocol, with participation from General Catalyst, LocalGlobe, SIG, and Balaji Srinivasan. It aims to attract traditional commodity traders and cryptocurrency native traders by providing a transparent and flexible alternative for trading assets such as oil, Bitcoin, and forex pairs.

2023-10-06

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