Recently, @ OstiumLabs has been brought to the forefront again - it has just received a round of over $27 million in funding (including $20 million in Series A, led by General Catalyst and Jump Crypto) It's not the kind of project that relies solely on blowing concepts to sustain the scene, but rather someone really puts money on it, thinking it has drama @OstiumLabs has great ambitions - it hopes to enable ordinary people to participate in perpetual contract trading in traditional markets such as stocks, commodities, forex, and indices through blockchain, without having to go through the cumbersome procedures of traditional securities/brokers. Using a blockchain wallet, smart contracts, and decentralized structure, we aim to remove the barriers to asset trading that were previously exclusive to institutions/large investors. From the data, Ostium's actions seem a bit "patterned": since its launch, the total trading volume has surged to the $25 billion level, with metal trading accounting for a large part - indicating that not only are some cryptocurrency players transitioning, but there may also be a real demand for hedging and investing in traditional assets being activated on the chain Compared to traditional brokers/CFD platforms, its advantages lie in the fact that assets are still self custodial, contract execution relies on smart contracts rather than human decision-making, and pricing comes from quote based pricing in the real market, which is more friendly in terms of transparency, cost, and trust mechanisms than traditional systems If you are observing the combination of encryption and traditional assets - Ostium may be the path close to "landing". It represents a possibility: you don't necessarily have to go through traditional securities firms to participate in global markets on the chain; At the same time, its success is also testing whether the hybrid approach of "on chain TradFi+decentralized structure" can withstand the complexity of the real market @OstiumLabs @Bantr_fun @0xMantleCN Ostium Bantr