Ostium Labs

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Ostium is a self-custodial, leveraged trading platform built on blockchain. It allows users to trade perpetual contracts on stocks, commodities, currency, and indexes directly from their wallets. The platform is based on Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain that keeps everything on-chain and transparent. Ostium is dedicated to transforming traditional financial markets into decentralized finance, complete with actual market liquidity and open access. It eliminates intermediaries, giving traders complete control over their assets at all times. Key Features of Ostium: • • Self-custodial platform where users have full management over their assets. • Trade perpetuals on equities, commodities, currencies, and global indexes. • Developed using Arbitrum for on-chain execution and transparency. • Offers up to 200x leverage for trading positions. • No brokers, no hidden spreads, no frozen funds. • A fully auditable system with open tracking of transactions, deposits, and withdrawals. Ostium Milestones Years Achievements 2022 Founded by Kaledora Kiernan-Linn and Marco Ribeiro. Entered the startup stage in May and received $200,000 from an accelerator program in November. 2023 Started development with a focus on real-world assets like metals and energy. Early testing was aimed at crypto-native users. 2024 Continued building and refining the trading protocol to prepare for a wider market launch. 2025 Raised $20M–$24M in Series A funding. Announced plans to expand into offshore broker markets and reached the revenue stage.

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