Ostium has secured twenty four million dollars in new funding as demand accelerates for perpetual futures tied to real world assets, adding momentum to a sector that continues to merge traditional market exposure with onchain settlement models. The raise includes a twenty million dollar Series A led by major venture firms and an additional strategic round that brings total company funding to nearly twenty eight million dollars. With a reported valuation of roughly a quarter billion dollars, the platform has processed more than twenty five billion dollars in cumulative trading activity across metals, equities, indices and foreign exchange pairs. Its approach centers on offering perpetual futures that track global markets through self-custodial execution rather than relying on broker controlled systems, a structure designed to reduce pricing distortions and create a transparent trading environment. Market analysts observing tokenized asset flows view Ostium’s model as aligned with a broader pivot toward infrastructure that combines blockchain settlement with liquidity drawn directly from traditional venues.
The platform operates on Arbitrum and uses a quote based pricing mechanism that sources liquidity from offchain markets, enabling execution without replicating fragmented exchange networks on Ethereum. This allows for stable spreads, predictable holding costs and trade execution speeds that appeal to participants seeking exposure to major asset classes without depending on custodial intermediaries. More than ninety five percent of open interest on the platform is tied to traditional markets, highlighting how real world asset perpetuals are becoming a defining feature of its growth. During the recent rally in gold, Ostium captured more than half of the total onchain open interest in gold perpetuals, signaling a notable shift in where traders choose to gain exposure. Venture capital interest remains strong as institutions evaluate how tokenized derivatives can complement existing market infrastructure, especially as global CFD markets exceed trillions in monthly activity and appear increasingly vulnerable to disruption from decentralized alternatives.
The new capital will support expansion into additional regions and broaden the set of assets available on the platform, with founders aiming to reach investors outside the United States who seek direct exposure to global markets. The company views non U.S. retail and professional trading environments as prime candidates for blockchain based settlement due to inconsistent execution and slower technology among many offshore brokers. By keeping user funds in segregated smart contracts and verifying all activity onchain, Ostium positions itself as a hybrid model that merges transparency with the reach of a brokerage system. Venture activity in the sector continues at a strong pace, with blockchain trading startups attracting upward of eleven billion dollars across the first three quarters of the year. Analysts watching the space expect continued investor interest as tokenization, derivatives infrastructure and real world asset connectivity remain central narratives in institutional digital markets.
