what's ostium labs?
Ostium Labs is a decentralized perpetuals exchange focused on enabling on-chain trading of real-world assets (RWAs) such as gold, oil, the S&P 500, and commodities like copper and silver. It operates on Ethereum Layer 2 for settlement, providing users with leveraged trading up to 100x, full self-custody, instant deposits and withdrawals, and no account restrictions typical of traditional finance platforms. The platform integrates prediction markets, allowing conditional trades based on market swings, and features a points program where users earn points through trading and liquidity provision for potential future rewards. Ostium emphasizes accessibility, starting trades with as little as $10, and supports extended trading hours for various assets.
Ostium Labs partners Cosmoverse Connect at Consensus HK, hit $716M volume, integrated 46 perpetuals.
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x.com/ostiumlabsLists equity and commodity perpetual pairs previously inaccessible to most of the world.
Listed USD/KRW and KR2550 trading pairs, including Korean equities.
Launched "Kimchi Premium" incentive program offering half fees and double points on USD/KRW and KR2550 pairs, running for one week ending approximately 2026-03-02.
Included in a list of 10 protocols for stablecoin yield farming and potential airdrops, with a recommendation to deposit into the OLP Vault.
Achieved over $39 billion in cumulative trading volume.
Built and deployed an RFQ (Request for Quote) system that delivers better spreads on large order sizes.
Offers trading on XAU, NIK, USD/JPY, AUD/USD, and EUR/USD with 50% reduced fees and double reward points for one week ending on 2026-02-23.
Builds directly on Arbitrum One, listed among top crypto perpetuals platforms.
Featured in a user case study where a trader deployed a silver grid trading bot on the platform, achieving 5.61% PnL over 7 days while farming points.
Participates as a partner in Cosmoverse Connect event on 2026-02-10 during Consensus HK Week, an institution-focused gathering at Soho House Hong Kong with support from Hong Kong Tourism Board.
Achieved an all-time high daily trading volume of $716M on 2026-01-30.
Integration with onchainmarkets platform went live, making 46 perpetual markets available through the directory.
Offers trading of URA (Global X Uranium ETF) positions on the platform.
Launched bug bounty program on Immunefi with rewards up to $100,000 for finding vulnerabilities.
Reached $25M in trading volume, with 96% from commodities trading (Gold, Silver, Copper perpetuals) on January 30, 2026.
Reached $339 million in open interest as of January 31, 2026.
Open interest on commodities increased by $75M over a 2-day period.
Reaches $84.1M TVL, representing a 7.0% increase over the previous 24 hours.
Surpassed $1.2 billion in daily volume for $XAG (silver) trading across Ostium Labs and Hyperliquid combined on January 27, 2026.
Reached $665M in 7-day perpetual futures volume on Arbitrum.
Reached $222M in open interest on Arbitrum.
Achieved a new all-time high in daily active users on January 26, 2026.
Generated $50 million in annualized fees over the past week.
Achieved $459 million in last 24-hour trading volume on January 26, 2026.
Has 2,600 weekly users.
Offers 65% APY for LPs in the USDC vault.
Achieves 0.03% price slippage on $500k-1m market buy orders for SILVER, compared to 0.15% on competing venues.
Plans to offer 24/7 perpetual trading once underlying spot markets have liquid weekend trading.
Uses oracle mid-price derived from underlying market sources to trigger liquidations, preventing manipulation-based liquidation hunting during market hours.
Reached 20,000+ users trading on the platform.
Offers trading with up to 150x leverage on gold perpetuals, 50x leverage on silver perpetuals, and 50x leverage on copper perpetuals on Arbitrum.
Ended Season 1 points farming and commenced Season 2 points farming, introducing Boost Windows as a new feature.
Plans to list a new asset during the week of January 6-12, 2026 related to Venezuela-driven market volatility.
Operates as an AMM-based perpetual exchange offering trading for stocks, commodities, FX, and crypto, specializing in FX, commodities, and real-world asset (RWA) trading for macro traders.
Publishing a market outlook report focused on metals trading scheduled for January 5, 2026.
Included in a curated educational list of DeFi perpetuals protocols recommended for beginners learning DeFi primitives.
Reached $47 million in open interest on TSLA perpetuals on December 18, 2025.
Lists one new stock for trading daily from December 18, 2025 through December 24, 2025, starting with PLTR (Palantir) available with up to 50x leverage.
Ostium Labs runs a joint campaign with Bantr_fun platform.
Vooi.io announces retroactive points drop for traders who have used Ostium and other DEXs, requiring $1M in volume before July 20th.
Plans Token Generation Event (TGE) in 2026; conducts airdrop program as of February 10, 2026, offering 2x points for trading HOOD, COIN, MSTR, GLXY, and BTC.
Appears as new entrant on DefiLlama's top-100 revenue dashboard, ranking #60 with $183,236 in 7-day revenue.
Listed as a trending project over the last 7 days based on KaitoAI smart following data, appearing in a compilation of 14 trending crypto projects.
gTrade whitelists traders for 75% fee discounts and includes them in a trading competition with over $300k in prizes, alongside traders from Avantis and GMX.
Completes $24M funding round at $250M valuation and reports $25B in total trading volume with 95% from RWA perpetuals.
Withdrawal functionality experiences technical problems with user funds stuck for more than 12 hours.
Launches "Break Up With Your Broker" campaign targeting traditional CFD traders with 2x points boost for first 30 days of platform usage.
DACM announces participation in the Series A funding round, joining previously announced investors General Catalyst, Jump Crypto, Wintermute Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Crucible Capital.
Partners with Privy for platform security and protection infrastructure.
The Collateralization Ratio drops below 100%, with OLP now acting as direct counterparty to user trades and experiencing ongoing losses over recent weeks.
The Series A funding round values the company at $250 million, with total capital raised reaching $23.5 million.
Announces $24 million funding round with $20M Series A co-led by General Catalyst and Jump Crypto, joined by Wintermute Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Crucible Capital. Launches ostiscan(.)xyz dashboard for tracking hedging positions and plans protocol evolution to competitive quoting environment with native staking mechanism and slashing system.
The $20 million funding comes from Harvard endowment as the investor.
The platform secures $20 million funding round, with founders being Harvard graduates, according to Fortune.
Ostium is listed among projects expected to have their Token Generation Event in 2026.
Thirty-fifth week distribution finalized with participation from approximately 1320 traders and 3430 liquidity providers receiving 500,000 points total.
500,000 Ostium Points are available for distribution this week through a rewards campaign.
Coinbase Ventures lists the platform among teams they're most excited about heading into 2026, highlighting its work on RWA perpetuals for exotic markets like private companies, economic data, and macro exposure including oil, credit spreads, and volatility.
A trader closed a GOOG long position for $625k profit on the platform related to the Meta-Google TPU news.
The project is positioned as tokenizing natural resources on Arbitrum in a list featuring major RWA tokenization initiatives including BlackRock, Robinhood, and WisdomTree.
Analyst identifies platform as a derivative DEX expected to perform well in the U.S. equity perpetuals category alongside Hyperliquid and Vest Exchange.
Platform reports $10m open interest available for trading with minimal slippage.
Platform distributed 500,000 points in Week 34 to approximately 1730 traders and 3500 liquidity providers, with Week 35 now active.
Platform runs an "InfoFi" campaign reaching out to traders and influencers for participation, mentioned alongside competitors EdgeX, Paradex, and Pacifica running similar initiatives.
Unit's QQQ contract volume nearly eclipses Ostium's platform-wide volume.
Platform integrated into VOOI perp dex aggregator that launches via ICO with 18x oversubscription and YZI backing.
Platform demonstrates competitive advantages over Trade.xyz including lower fees, tighter tradfi spreads, better funding rates, and broader tradfi market coverage across Forex, commodities, and indexes.
Platform reaches $40m in 24H NVDA volume and 84% of total volume in tradfi assets (48% stocks/indices, 22% FX, 14% commodities), with over 95% of open interest in tradfi.
Trading competition with @Damicale_s is currently live on the platform.
Platform offers 3x Ostium Points multiplier on NVDA positions for earnings day only, an increase from the previously announced 1.5x weekly multiplier.
Platform offers 1.5x points multiplier on NVDA positions this week, coinciding with Nvidia earnings.
Platform distributes 500,000 points in Week 33 to approximately 1680 traders and 3600 liquidity providers, marking the thirty-third week of its ongoing rewards program.
VOOI platform integrates Ostium's liquidity alongside Hyperliquid and Orderly for cross-chain, gas-free swaps.
Platform's RWA Open Interest and trading volumes exceed those of competitor Lighter, which raised at $1.5B valuation from Robinhood, Founders Fund, and Ribbit Capital.
Platform powers hedgefieth, a copy trading platform offering access to Stocks, Forex, Commodities, and Global Indices.
Leaderboard feature launches on Bantr_fun platform, tracking trades and conversations for user rankings.
Platform launches three new crypto assets: BNB, HYPE, and XRP. HYPE offers trading with up to 75x leverage.
Week 32 points distribution completes with 500,000 points allocated to ~1930 traders and ~3770 liquidity providers, with Week 33 now active.
Platform achieves $25B+ trading volume milestone.
Platform integrates with Vooi.io in Q1 2025, launching AI copilot feature for user navigation and trading assistance.
Total Open Interest exceeds $200M, with Real World Assets (Commodities, Stocks, Indices, and Forex) comprising 98.25% of volume while crypto represents only 1.75%.
Users earn Points while trading which will turn into a future airdrop.
Open Interest reaches All-Time High on the platform.
The OLP vault is currently undercollateralized and will gap down at the next epoch, raising concerns about the advertised 0% APR rate.
Platform adds MSTR, BMNR, and SBET as new tradable Digital Asset Tokens (DATs).
Over 15,000 people have now traded global assets on the platform, marking a new user adoption milestone.
Commodities now comprise almost 50% of total Open Interest, up from approximately 45% on October 30th when commodities represented $138M of $307M total OI.
Platform distributes 500,000 points in Week 31 to approximately 1930 traders and 3780 liquidity providers, with Week 32 points accumulation period now active.
Platform reaches new all-time high Open Interest of $307M, up from ~$200M reported on October 29th, with breakdown showing Commodities $138M, Indices $75M, and Stocks $64M.
In a 24-hour period, platform experiences $7M+ new USD inflows, $60M Open Interest addition (31% increase), and 123 net new users following promotional thread about farming opportunities.
Ostium listed among perpetual DEX projects expected to complete Token Generation Event between now and end of year 2025, earlier than the previously mentioned 2026 airdrop timeline. Tweet raises broader market concerns about capital availability to support the large number of projects planning TGEs in this timeframe.
Platform ships major improvement to trade execution speed, with ultra-fast low latency trading now live to address user complaints.
Platform achieves ~$200M Open Interest and ~$1B weekly trading volume, with October generating approximately $2M in fees ($22M annualized).
Platform adds crypto stocks CRCL, COIN, GLXY, and HOOD to its trading offerings.
Platform plans token airdrop on Arbitrum in 2026, allocating tokens to liquidity providers through Provider Points system.
Architecture described as broker model (like Robinhood) with on-chain quotes based on tradfi market liquidity, claiming better current prices for gold and Tesla versus Hyperliquid. Reputation damage escalates with community assessment that platform credibility is irreparably harmed.
Team including CEO and CTO allegedly spends Sunday FUDing competitor Hyperliquid's Unit after their equity index perpetual launch.
Controversy emerges around founder's tweet with community division and political overtones, while platform faces criticism as a GMX fork iteration. (IDs: 1982629639442067771)
Week 30 points distribution allocates 500,000 points across approximately 2,080 traders and 3,750 liquidity providers.
Platform records $15M in Open Interest while competitor Hyperliquid/unit reaches $39M OI.