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first_img Bitcoin VIX perpetual contracts launched on Hyperliquid, supporting direct long or short volatility

According to CoinDesk, the Bitcoin Volatility Index BVIV's perpetual contract was launched on Hyperliquid on Monday, allowing traders to bet on the magnitude of Bitcoin price fluctuations rather than the direction directly on the on-chain exchange. The BVIV index is often referred to as the "Bitcoin VIX," which tracks the expected implied volatility of the cryptocurrency over the next 30 days in real-time, similar to the Chicago Board Options Exchange VIX index that tracks the implied volatility of the S&P 500 index.The newly launched perpetual market allows traders to directly go long or short on the volatility index without needing to express their volatility views indirectly through costly options tools that require derivative expertise. The perpetual contract uses USDC as collateral and pricing asset, initially supporting up to 5x leverage. The Seda oracle infrastructure is responsible for connecting the Volmex index to the Markets exchange on-chain.Cole Kennelly, founder and CEO of Volmex Labs, stated that the launch of the BVIV index perpetual contract on Hyperliquid provides crypto traders with a convenient tool for volatility hedging and speculation. This launch is led by the on-chain perpetual contract platform Markets by Kinetiq based on Hyperliquid, in collaboration with Volmex and Perps.inc, marking the first joint deployment of the three parties and the first time the Volmex Bitcoin Volatility Index has gained access to an on-chain perpetual contract market. Hyperliquid is the world's largest decentralized perpetual contract exchange, with an average daily trading volume of several billion dollars and a fully diluted valuation of over $90 billion.

The on-chain perpetual contract protocol Travix has completed its seed round financing, with participation from Amber Group

Recently, the on-chain perpetual contract protocol Travix, which focuses on computing power asset trading, completed its seed round financing. The disclosed investor in this round is Amber Group, but the financing amount has not been disclosed. The funds will be used to accelerate the deep construction of perpetual contracts for computing power assets and exotic assets such as East Asian stocks, expand trading pairs for Compute-Led RWA like chips and storage, promote the development of the "Financial World Model," deepen the development and deployment of a trusted AI agent trading engine, and expand global markets and multilateral ecological construction as well as launch trading promotion incentive programs.It is reported that Travix is a new generation PerpDEX protocol built on a modular blockchain architecture, adopting a hybrid architecture of offline high-performance matching and on-chain settlement, achieving millisecond-level processing efficiency, and introducing a unified account management model. Its core directions include: perpetual contracts for computing power assets, supporting hardware asset trading such as H100 chips and storage; the Financial World Model, which transforms probabilistic events such as policy implementation and product launches into quantifiable event trading signals; and trusted AI agent trading, supporting users in deploying automated strategies through the Agent Engine.Travix claims that its goal is to achieve the integration of computing power assets, probabilistic trading, and trusted agents, creating a new generation of decentralized perpetual contract entry point where "trading is understanding the world."

Analysis: The VIX curve is rising, and anxiety in the stock market is increasing as the U.S. midterm elections approach

Although Nvidia's upcoming earnings report and Federal Reserve Chairman Waller's speech at the Jackson Hole annual meeting are the main events of interest for investors this week, traders in the stock derivatives market have already begun preparing for potential volatility increases around the November U.S. midterm elections.Traders focused on volatility in the futures market linked to the VIX index have noted signs indicating that demand for hedging S&P 500 index volatility has increased before and after the elections. VIX futures expiring in September are currently trading at around 17.4, but October contracts have risen to 19, and November contracts have further increased to 19.7.Matthew Thompson, co-portfolio manager at Little Harbor Advisors, stated, "The U.S. elections are approaching, and you are entering a time window where the elections will impact the VIX. You can already see this 'backwardation' in the term structure of VIX futures."A study by analysts at the Chicago Board Options Exchange Global Markets shows that since 1945, in 80% of midterm election years, actual volatility has been higher than the previous year, with an average increase of 3.5 volatility points. In years when both the White House and Congress are controlled by the same party, actual volatility increases by an average of 6 volatility points.
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