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On-chain perpetual futures exchange Extended completes $12.5 million strategic funding round, led by eToro
on-chain perpetual futures exchange Extended has completed a $12.5 million strategic funding round, led by eToro, with participation from Jump Crypto.The project primarily operates an on-chain perpetual futures exchange built on StarkWare's StarkEx scaling engine. Founded by former Revolut employees, Extended opened for trading at the end of 2024. (financefeeds)
On-chain perpetual futures exchange Extended completes $12.5 million funding round, led by eToro
According to The Block, trading platform eToro announced on July 2 local time that it led a $12.5 million strategic financing round for the on-chain perpetual futures exchange Extended, with Jump Crypto also participating in this investment. This financing is closely tied to a strategic partnership with Zengo, eToro's self-custody wallet. Both parties will jointly explore the integration of traditional financial assets and decentralized trading environments, expanding on-chain access channels to global financial markets. Extended was founded by former Revolut employees, launched trading at the end of 2024, and is built on StarkWare's on-chain scaling engine StarkEx.
Stablecoin payment platform OpenPayd to list on Nasdaq via SPAC at an estimated valuation of approximately $1.145 billion
stablecoin payment infrastructure platform OpenPayd has announced a definitive business combination agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Titan Acquisition Corp. Upon completion of the transaction, OpenPayd will be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "OP", with a post-combination enterprise valuation of approximately $1.145 billion. OpenPayd currently offers stablecoin transaction services, counting eToro, Kraken, and OKX among its clients. According to reports, assuming Titan shareholders do not redeem their shares, OpenPayd is expected to secure up to $276 million in financing to strengthen its balance sheet and expand its financial infrastructure capabilities. (Businesswire)
eToro's May AUM Reaches $20.1 Billion, Crypto Business Remains Weak
eToro has released its core business data for May 2026: Assets Under Administration (AUA) reached $20.1 billion, up 18% year-over-year; funded accounts increased to 4.23 million, up 17% year-over-year, with the acquisition of Zengo and Bit2C contributing 110,000 accounts. Trading activity showed clear divergence: the capital markets segment (stocks, commodities, forex, etc.) performed strongly, with 64 million trades, a significant 59% increase year-over-year, although the average trade size fell to $201, down 36% year-over-year. The crypto business continued to face pressure, with 2.2 million crypto asset trades in May, down 31% year-over-year; the average trade size was $203, down 28% year-over-year, indicating a simultaneous weakening of market risk appetite and trading activity. (Globenewswire)
Robinhood, MetaMask, and Others Join the OTL Initiative: Attempting to Solve the "Missing Coordination Layer" Problem for On-Chain Finance
: Multiple institutions including Robinhood, MetaMask, and eToro, along with Fireblocks, Checkout.com, Cross River Bank, Securitize, Wintermute, and others, jointly announced their participation in the "Open Transaction Layer (OTL)" initiative, aimed at establishing a unified transaction coordination protocol layer for on-chain finance.OTL is positioned as an open protocol stack for coordinating identity verification, compliance validation, transaction messaging, and execution processes among wallets, institutions, and AI agents, addressing the integration fragmentation problem currently plaguing cross-institutional interactions in on-chain finance, where entities operate in silos.The current coalition members include payment companies, trading platforms, wallets, market makers, and custody and stablecoin infrastructure providers, including Robinhood, MetaMask, eToro, MoonPay, SoFi, Wintermute, among others, as well as foundations from multiple public chains such as TON, Solana, Stellar, and Polygon. (Financefeeds)
eToro Announces Acquisition of Self-Custody Wallet Zengo to Accelerate Expansion into On-Chain Financial Ecosystem
According to GlobeNewswire, eToro, a trading and investment platform, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Zengo, a leading self-custodial crypto wallet provider. This acquisition aims to deepen eToro’s digital asset capabilities and accelerate its strategic initiative to bridge traditional finance with on-chain infrastructure. Founded in 2018, Zengo builds its keyless wallet architecture on Multi-Party Computation (MPC) cryptographic technology. It currently serves over 2 million users across more than 180 countries and regions, and has never experienced a wallet breach since its inception. Following the acquisition, eToro will leverage Zengo’s technological expertise to further support decentralized trading use cases—including tokenized assets, prediction markets, and perpetual contracts. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.
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On-chain perpetual futures exchange Extended completes $12.5 million strategic funding round, led by eToro
on-chain perpetual futures exchange Extended has completed a $12.5 million strategic funding round, led by eToro, with participation from Jump Crypto.The project primarily operates an on-chain perpetual futures exchange built on StarkWare's StarkEx scaling engine. Founded by former Revolut employees, Extended opened for trading at the end of 2024. (financefeeds)
On-chain perpetual futures exchange Extended completes $12.5 million funding round, led by eToro
According to The Block, trading platform eToro announced on July 2 local time that it led a $12.5 million strategic financing round for the on-chain perpetual futures exchange Extended, with Jump Crypto also participating in this investment. This financing is closely tied to a strategic partnership with Zengo, eToro's self-custody wallet. Both parties will jointly explore the integration of traditional financial assets and decentralized trading environments, expanding on-chain access channels to global financial markets. Extended was founded by former Revolut employees, launched trading at the end of 2024, and is built on StarkWare's on-chain scaling engine StarkEx.
eToro's May AUM Reaches $20.1 Billion, Crypto Business Remains Weak
eToro has released its core business data for May 2026: Assets Under Administration (AUA) reached $20.1 billion, up 18% year-over-year; funded accounts increased to 4.23 million, up 17% year-over-year, with the acquisition of Zengo and Bit2C contributing 110,000 accounts. Trading activity showed clear divergence: the capital markets segment (stocks, commodities, forex, etc.) performed strongly, with 64 million trades, a significant 59% increase year-over-year, although the average trade size fell to $201, down 36% year-over-year. The crypto business continued to face pressure, with 2.2 million crypto asset trades in May, down 31% year-over-year; the average trade size was $203, down 28% year-over-year, indicating a simultaneous weakening of market risk appetite and trading activity. (Globenewswire)
Stablecoin payment platform OpenPayd to list on Nasdaq via SPAC at an estimated valuation of approximately $1.145 billion
stablecoin payment infrastructure platform OpenPayd has announced a definitive business combination agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Titan Acquisition Corp. Upon completion of the transaction, OpenPayd will be listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "OP", with a post-combination enterprise valuation of approximately $1.145 billion. OpenPayd currently offers stablecoin transaction services, counting eToro, Kraken, and OKX among its clients. According to reports, assuming Titan shareholders do not redeem their shares, OpenPayd is expected to secure up to $276 million in financing to strengthen its balance sheet and expand its financial infrastructure capabilities. (Businesswire)
Robinhood, MetaMask, and Others Join the OTL Initiative: Attempting to Solve the "Missing Coordination Layer" Problem for On-Chain Finance
: Multiple institutions including Robinhood, MetaMask, and eToro, along with Fireblocks, Checkout.com, Cross River Bank, Securitize, Wintermute, and others, jointly announced their participation in the "Open Transaction Layer (OTL)" initiative, aimed at establishing a unified transaction coordination protocol layer for on-chain finance.OTL is positioned as an open protocol stack for coordinating identity verification, compliance validation, transaction messaging, and execution processes among wallets, institutions, and AI agents, addressing the integration fragmentation problem currently plaguing cross-institutional interactions in on-chain finance, where entities operate in silos.The current coalition members include payment companies, trading platforms, wallets, market makers, and custody and stablecoin infrastructure providers, including Robinhood, MetaMask, eToro, MoonPay, SoFi, Wintermute, among others, as well as foundations from multiple public chains such as TON, Solana, Stellar, and Polygon. (Financefeeds)
eToro's Q1 crypto revenue declines year-over-year as industry trading activity cools
trading platform eToro's latest financial results show crypto asset revenue for the first quarter of 2026 fell to $2.15 billion, down from $3.5 billion in the same period last year; the total number of crypto transactions on the platform decreased by 32% year-over-year.Despite the decline in trading activity, eToro continued to invest in its crypto business during the quarter, including the acquisition of self-custody wallet company Zengo for $70 million and the launch of crypto trading services in New York.This trend aligns with the overall performance of the industry. Robinhood saw its Q1 crypto revenue and trading volume both drop by approximately 50%, and Coinbase also recorded a net loss of $394 million, indicating that crypto trading platforms generally faced market cooling pressure in early this year.