Arbitrum's protocol revenue reached $1.43 million last week, with Ostium growing by 120%.

This Week's Newsletter - Deep Dive on The Rise of Perp DEX Incentives with Extended, Ethereal & Ostium, & Main News of the Week

On April 17, Ostium recorded a trading volume of 308 million USD and captured fees of 86 thousand USD.

Ostium's recent holdings have exceeded 23 million USD, setting a new historical record.

Ostium Labs, a startup building onchain perpetuals markets for traditional assets, launches mainnet

Ostium Co-founder Discusses Onchain Integration of Perpetual Swaps with Real-World Assets

Ostium Labs raises $3.5 million to bring DEX perpetual swaps to oil and gold

Massive wins from our builders this week! 🏆- RWAs on Arbitrum hit $1,000,000,000 (HIGHOR)- @RobinhoodApp added 100+ tokenized assets on Arbitrum One making it 644 with $8,259,361 in total value onchain (Just the beginning!) - @ajwarner90 talked about @arbitrum everywhere as a platform and digital sovereign nation last night at the @NYSE. AJ states "It’s a new era for crypto and capital markets" - Timeboost passed 1,500 ETH in collected fees. ($4.65M redirected to the ArbitrumDAO since April) - @SecurityOak releases StylusPort - allowing Solana builders to bring their apps to Arbitrum with full EVM interoperability today- A big moment for @0xCapx as they go mainnet, bringing AI apps and economy accessible to the masses (xillions)- @AlloyX_Limited launches Real Yield Token (RYT) on@arbitrum - setting a new benchmark for DeFi Yield- @OstiumLabs reaches $25,000,000,0000 in cumulative trading volume- @joinpeanut brings their payments app to Argentina and Brazil. (Send/receive USD payments to frens, instantly convert it into Argentine peso, spend it locally at stores and restaurants, earn rewards and repeat) - we hosted a few global Arbitrum builders meetups across Brazil and Jakarta. Had such a great time hanging out and connecting with our builders! - @pieverse_io lands on Arbitrum - bringing x402b-driven, audit-ready payments with seamless stablecoin rails. This unlocks agentic payments on Arbitrum so autonomous AI can run secure, programmable transactions. (so bullish on x402) - @mintdotgg adds Arbitrum-themed assets to you can create your own Arbitrum themed room. Show us your creations below, and we'll QT the best one!Congrats to everyone on their wins and thanks for building with ArbitrumIf we missed anyone, please share their milestones and wins in the comments so the community can celebrate Arbitrum Everywhere

Options Talk: @thinkingvols @vec0zy feat. @kaledora from @OstiumLabs

A Kyan x @thinkingvols Options Talk is coming tomorrow!With @kaledora from @OstiumLabs!Topics: CDFs vs Perps, Building on chain in 2025, Crypto Vs TradFi 🎙️Wed Nov 5, 2PM EST / 7PM UTC ⏰A link to the stream will be posted when it's live.

Liquid, a perp DEX aggregator, has raised $7.6 million in seed funding, led by Paradigm.

New Milestone:15,000+ people have now traded global assets on Ostium.

Congrats to our builders on their wins this week!- DeFi Renaissance continues with the start of Epoch 5 of DRIP (in 2 months, combined market cap of eligible USD assets have surpassed $1,000,000,000)- Arbitrum becomes the first L2 to cross $400B in swap volume on @Uniswap (The job is not done. Much higher!)- @OstiumLabs hits new ATH of open interest $307m. (Commodities $138m, Indices $75m, Stocks $64m) Ostium coded- @tekr0x states "feels like the start of arbitrum season"- @chilla_ct from @castle_labs is looking for cracked Arbitrum builders with creative onchain ideas (up to $50K+ in grants from the ArbitrumDAO are up for grabs)- @printr is now live on ArbitrumCongrats to everyone on their wins and thanks for building with ArbitrumIf we missed anyone, please share their milestones and wins in the comments so the community can celebrateArbitrum Everywhere

RWAs looking good! Higher Ostium

Global markets, now more accessibleMinimum trade size on Ostium is now just $5

Get ready for an open spaces tomorrow on Arbitrum's liquidity and how it's powering perps with @GMX_IO, @OstiumLabs and @variational_io Set a reminder and be ready to talk about how your DeFi and perps apps are leveraging Arbitrum's liquidity 👇

Huge wins from our builders this week! 🏆- @Ethereum is the #1 ecosystem for new developers in 2025 (A win for Ethereum is a win for Arbitrum) - Stablecoin growth increased $700M+ on Arbitrum last month from @aave, @MorphoLabs, @eulerfinance,@0xfluid, @SiloFinance, and @Dolomite_io contributing to the DeFi Renaissance aka DRIP - @OstiumLabs hit a new daily volume ATH of $568M on their 1 year anniversary (bullish on perps)- We're hosting a builder meetup in Jakarta, Indonesia (expect lots of great vibes from local founders, developers and community members over food and drinks) - @variational_io releases tightened spreads making their perp app one of the cheapest places to trade for all order sizes- @Ostrich_HQ reached $2B in total trading volume (trillions imminent) - Our @Uniswap Cup soccer team has been announced by @Churro808 - he has recruited @0x_dav, @pedro_breuer, @CupOJoseph, @EmaCr1pto, @Solofunk_ , @yellowpantherx and many more to bring the trophy home - Cheers to @WINRProtocol on their 1st anniversary with Arbitrum. They insanely delivered over the last year with $250M+ ATH onchain volume, 35K unique players and more on their gaming chain (WINR coded) - @0xfluid's deposits on Arbitrum crossed $380M - @sparkdotfi's sUSDS jumped from $16M to $61M since DRIP season 1 - @gizatechxyz reaches +$2M assets under agent under 48hrs since launch (agentic DeFi looking good)- @VeloraDEX launched on Arbitrum - users can now trade smarter with intent-based orders, gasless execution, and MEV-protected swaps (Velora Everywhere) Congrats to everyone on their wins and thanks for building with Arbitrum. If we missed anyone, please share their milestones and wins in the comments so the community can celebrate 😁Arbitrum Everywhere

Only a year on Arbitrum and @OstiumLabs has achieved Total Volume: 22.2B+ Total Trades: 300K+ Total Users: 13.6K+ Happy 1 year anniversary! 🥳

Trader Spotlight: Gold Gigachad- Ran up $53m+ volume in the last 48 hours- Currently holding a $14.4m long on Gold (XAU)- Only trades Gold. Only on Ostium.

1/2 Back to business at #TOKEN2049Panel: TradFi Eating DeFi, or DeFi Eating TradFi?Featuring @pendle_fi, @jito_sol, @withAUSD, @OstiumLabs, and @DriftProtocol

It's been a bullish week on Arbitrum - RWA's hit an ATH of $480M+ - @moonpay is now available to all apps that integrate the embedded Arbitrum Bridge -> App-native onboarding - @Ostrich_HQ reached $1B in total volume - @OstiumLabs open interest in commodities reached ATH of $113M+ - @eldoradoio launched Dollar Accounts - users can receive USD → convert to USDT on Arbitrum → cash out via fintech apps in LATAM - @boros_fi hit $100m daily volume - @eulerfinance market size grew by $45m+

It's been a bullish week on Arbitrum - RWA's hit an ATH of $480M+ - @moonpay is now available to all apps that integrate the embedded Arbitrum Bridge -> App-native onboarding - @Ostrich_HQ reached $1B in total volume - @OstiumLabs open interest in commodities reached ATH of $113M+ - @eldoradoio launched Dollar Accounts - users can receive USD → convert to USDT on Arbitrum → cash out via fintech apps in LATAM - @boros_fi hit $100m daily volume - @eulerfinance market size grew by $45m+

It's been a bullish week on Arbitrum - RWA's hit an ATH of $480M+ - @moonpay is now available to all apps that integrate the embedded Arbitrum Bridge -> App-native onboarding - @Ostrich_HQ reached $1B in total volume - @OstiumLabs open interest in commodities reached ATH of $113M+ - @eldoradoio launched Dollar Accounts - users can receive USD → convert to USDT on Arbitrum → cash out via fintech apps in LATAM - @boros_fi hit $100m daily volume - @eulerfinance market size grew by $45m+

It's been a bullish week on Arbitrum - RWA's hit an ATH of $480M+ - @moonpay is now available to all apps that integrate the embedded Arbitrum Bridge -> App-native onboarding - @Ostrich_HQ reached $1B in total volume - @OstiumLabs open interest in commodities reached ATH of $113M+ - @eldoradoio launched Dollar Accounts - users can receive USD → convert to USDT on Arbitrum → cash out via fintech apps in LATAM - @boros_fi hit $100m daily volume - @eulerfinance market size grew by $45m+

📈 Top 10 Perpetual DEXs by Volume With Potential Airdrop@Lighter_xyz @edgeX_exchange @tradeparadex @pacifica_fi @SatoriFinance @extendedapp @OstiumLabs @hibachi_xyz @VestExchange @DefxOfficial

Ostium's twenty-fifth week of points has officially been distributed.✦ 500,000 points went out this week✦ ~1070 traders and ~3660 LPsClock starts now for Week 26!

REMINDER:There are 500,000 Ostium Points up for grabs this week!

A showdown of tokenization vs. perpification at this year’s Real-World Asset Summit in Brooklyn.Tomorrow, Securitize Founder and CEO @CarlosDomingo takes the stage with @kaledora of Ostium to debate what’s next for capital markets.Moderated ringside by @fintechfrank.

This week there are 20 million VOOI Points to snap.🪂 10M Points Pool — Trade on VOOI Light (GMX, KiloEx or Ostium + Ostium Points) — 🪂 6M Points Pool — Buy & Sell Crypto & #xStocks on VOOI Spot - 🪂 4M Points Pool — Trade on VOOI Pro (Hyperliquid, Orderly)

reply with the last asset you traded on Ostium intern will guess if you made profit

We are excited that our Head of Content, @fintechfrank, will be moderating a debate at the upcoming Real-World Asset Summit this month in Brooklyn.The session, “Debate: Perpification vs. Tokenization,” will feature industry leaders @carlosdomingo and @kaledora of Ostium, diving into one of the most pressing conversations shaping the future of markets.

Apps, product launches, and all time highs… Here are 28 things the ecosystem accomplished over the last few weeks: 0/ Private voting went live onchain with @AragonProject and @PrivacyEthereum, powered by @zkMACI, bringing encrypted, verifiable ballots to DAOs. Ethereum is for governance. 1/ @Ronin_Network announced it is becoming an Ethereum L2, bringing one of web3’s largest gaming ecosystems back home to Ethereum. 2/ @pendle_fi launched @boros_fi, a new platform for trading funding rates. It expands how onchain markets price and manage risk. Ethereum is for DeFi. 3/ Stablecoin supply on Ethereum mainnet reached an all-time high of $160B. 4/ @aave Labs’ Horizon RWA market went live. Institutions can borrow stablecoins on Ethereum using real-world assets as collateral. 5/ @PayPal's PYUSD stablecoin processed $10.7B in quarterly transfers on Ethereum, up from $2.7B last year. Ethereum is for global finance. 6/ @Starknet's Grinta upgrade went live, a step toward decentralized sequencing and a smoother user experience for the Ethereum zk-rollup ecosystem. 7/ @AskVenice launched on @base. It is an AI app that keeps your conversations completely private and uncensored. Ethereum is for AI. 8/ @GlowFND launched ‘V2 Phase I’ to bring solar farms onchain with tokenized incentives, staking, and transparent impact tracking. 9/ @RAILGUN_Project saw $100M+ in total value shielded and $3.5B+ in private volume. Ethereum is for privacy. 10/ @aave surpassed $60B in net deposits, a sign of growing demand for open finance built on Ethereum. 11/ @OstiumLabs surpassed $15B in cumulative trading volume. Built on @arbitrum. 12/ @capmoney_ launched cUSD, a new stablecoin that passed $67M in circulation in its first week. It is backed by @PayPal’s PYUSD, @BlackRock’s BUIDL & @FTI_Global's BENJI with @eigenlayer-powered credit underwriting. Ethereum is for stablecoins. 13/ @MorphoLabs surpassed $10B in deposits, a marker of DeFi’s growth on Ethereum. 14/ @gizatechxyz, a protocol bringing AI agents onchain, surpassed $1B in autonomous volume. Built on @base. 15/ @LC launched the Token Distributor, a machine learning–based tool for gasless token distribution that rewards real contributors fairly and makes onboarding easier. 16/ Preconfirmations went live on @taikoxyz's Alethia mainnet. This upgrade accelerated transaction speeds by 20–30x while staying aligned with Ethereum’s core values. 17/ @worldcoin verified 15M real humans since launch, demonstrating how proof-of-personhood can scale onchain. 18/ @daydreamsagents announced the launch of the Router on @base, bringing simpler USDC payments and API access to AI agents on Ethereum. 19/ @Gemini announced the launch of Gemini Wallet, a passkey-based smart wallet bringing more simple, self-custody access to Ethereum and its L2s. 20/ @0xFluid hit $3B in deposits on Ethereum. Ethereum is for DeFi. 21/ @CoWSwap passed 3M trades, protecting users from maximal extractable value (MEV) on Ethereum. 22/ $2B was traded on @eulerfinance's EulerSwap over 9 weeks. Ethereum is for open markets. 23/ @maplefinance surpassed $9B in originated loans, scaling institutional lending with efficiency and onchain security. 24/ @Uniswap reached an all-time high of 719M yearly swaps. Ethereum is for exchange. 25/ @EthCC, one of the community's largest annual gatherings, announced EthCC[9] will take place in Cannes from March 30 to April 2, 2026. 26/ The ecosystem gathered in New York for @ethereum_NYC and @ETHGlobal NYC to learn and build on Ethereum with events like NextFin, the Ethereum Research Funding Forum, and World of Apps. 27/ @ETHGlobal announced @ethereumconf, a 5,000 person conference exploring what’s next for Ethereum, to be held in New York June 2026.

REMINDER:There are 500,000 Ostium Points up for grabs this week!

Ostium's twenty-second week of points has officially been distributed.✦ 500,000 points went out this week✦ ~710 traders and ~3750 LPsClock starts now for Week 23!

REMINDER:There are 500,000 Ostium Points up for grabs this week!

FTSE 100 is closed today for the Bank Holiday 🇬🇧.'til then, you can trade SPX, gold, FX, and more on Ostium.

Ostium's twenty-first week of points has officially been distributed.✦ 500,000 points went out this week✦ ~840 traders and ~3810 LPsClock starts now for Week 22!

you find $1,000 in your Ostium account, what are you trading?

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Slowly then all at once. Ostium under the hood 👇

Tokenized assets face liquidity issues when bringing TradFi onchain. @kaledora explains how Ostium does it: https://t.co/f6NxtFnn15

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Ostium's eighteenth week of points has officially been distributed. ✦ 500,000 points went out this week ✦ ~1020 traders and ~3770 LPs Clock starts now for Week 19! https://t.co/ex8rPFHQOH

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why no funding on tradfi perps on Ostium? this sums it up:

Ostium Everywhere. Arbitrum Everywhere

Nikkei is closed until 6 PM ET - Happy Marine Day 🇯🇵 'til then, you can still trade SPX, gold, FX, and more on Ostium. https://t.co/G2pCNshjBh

Episode 2 is coming in hot! This time, we're joined by the one and only @arbitrum!We’re diving into Arbitrum DeFi: top builders, fresh news, market signals, and plenty of good convo.Don’t miss it 👇🗓️ July 22, 2025⏰ 4:00 PM UTC📍 Live on @odosprotocol🎙️ Featuring: @arbitrum @0xfluid @getaxal @OstiumLabs

New commodities live on @OstiumLabs! Ostium Everywhere. Arbitrum Everywhere

New commodities live on @OstiumLabs! Ositum Everywhere. Arbitrum Everywhere

You can now open trades on @GMX_IO, @JupiterExchange, and @OstiumLabs with any collateral across 70+ chains! Ensuring you cut down on execution time! Just select a collateral on any chain and we'd handle the bridging under the hood. Have a go: https://t.co/ROR0xdc9we https://t.co/J88HXPtTnA

Introducing HedgeFi trade automation: Powered by Ostium™️

Learn how #Ostium brings traditional markets on-chain. It enables synthetic trading of #RWA (real-world assets) using only a #wallet, no intermediaries. 🔹 Uses #Chainlink oracles 🔹 Built on #Arbitrum 🔹 No signups required 👉 Full review: https://t.co/PwGS8Dmpvv https://t.co/K8AKMLSK4Z

REMINDER: There are 500,000 Ostium Points up for grabs this week! https://t.co/zNLMmyHe0G

🔔Integration Alert🔔 We are excited to announce our latest integration with @OstiumLabs, an innovative DEX offering transparent, non-custodial perp futures trading of real-world assets Take a look!👇 https://t.co/6xOtMeQUTv

❕Happening in the next hour! 🗣🎙We are joining Web3Global’s Web3 Global Talks alongside Ostium, Astra, SparkPoint, Iota, Xcavate, and MWX AI about mass adoption! Join us! https://t.co/mTlQSvusfV #podcast #crypto #web3

Introducing: Ostiscan™️ A public dashboard where you can find any and all information about what is being traded on Ostium. Open interest ✔️ Active positions across pairs ✔️ Traders ranked by win rate/PNL ✔️ +much more! https://t.co/wvftOuOXm0