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Variational is a crypto derivatives trading protocol based on Arbitrum. Its applications include Omni, a perpetual futures trading platform that allows traders to take leveraged long or short positions on any time series, with a special focus on newly launched tokens, baskets, yield/volatility perpetual contracts, and other new products. OLP is Omni's liquidity provider, which brings together liquidity from centralized and decentralized exchanges and over-the-counter trading platforms. The second application of Variational is Pro, a platform for institutional traders.
Analyst: Variational's $1.5B FDV valuation is overly optimistic, conservative scenario could put it at just $167M
Odaily News: Blockworks analyst Shaunda Devens posted on X that Polymarket's current FDV valuation of approximately $1.5 billion for Variational is somewhat overly optimistic. This pricing directly applies Hyperliquid and Lighter-level valuation-to-revenue multiples to a platform that still relies on points subsidies. By comparison, the median first-day "FDV / annualized revenue" ratio for recently launched Perp DEX tokens is only 6.3x (Variational is currently around 57x), and within the first month after TGE, trading volume typically drops sharply by a median of 54%.Shaunda added that if conservative assumptions based on historical precedents are adopted (using the median first-day "FDV/annualized revenue" ratio of 6.3x), Variational's fair valuation would be only $167 million, corresponding to a points price of $4.8–$5.4. Even using the highest recent ratio precedent (Lighter's approximately 21.1x), its valuation would still only be about $558 million, corresponding to a points price of $16–$18.However, Shaunda also explained: "To be clear, given that current market risk appetite is clearly in a Risk-on state, we do not believe Variational's valuation at TGE will fall to the extremely conservative range mentioned above. These historical multiples are listed to illustrate that current pre-market OTC pricing may be overly optimistic."
predict.fun: The probability of "Variational's FDV market cap exceeding $500 million one day after opening" has risen to 57%, up 12% in 24H
Monitoring by Odaily Seer Prophet Channel shows that on predict.fun, the probability of "Variational's FDV market cap exceeding $500 million one day after opening" has risen to 57%, up 12% in 24H. Additionally, the probability of "Variational's FDV market cap exceeding $800 million one day after opening" has risen to 36%.Last night, Variational announced the completion of a $50 million Series A funding round, led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto and Coinbase Ventures.Odaily Seer Prophet Channel continues to monitor the prediction market — seeing changes before they are priced in.
Variational's open interest exceeds $800 million, ranking first among Perp DEX projects that have not yet issued tokens
According to DefiLlama data, Variational's open interest exceeds $800 million, ranking fourth in the Perp DEX sector. Notably, among the top five Perp DEXs by open interest, Variational is the only platform that has not yet issued a token.Previously, it was reported that last night Variational announced the completion of a $50 million Series A funding round, led by Dragonfly Capital.
Variational Secures $50 Million Series A Funding, Led by Dragonfly Capital
decentralized derivatives trading platform Variational has announced the completion of a $50 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto and Coinbase Ventures. Headquartered in the Cayman Islands, the company is dedicated to building an on-chain derivatives protocol for institutional and traditional finance traders. By aggregating liquidity from both traditional finance and crypto markets, it aims to provide instantly tradable on-chain markets for real-world assets such as oil and commodities. Its core product, the Omni platform, adopts a zero-fee model and incorporates a liquidity pool mechanism to enhance market depth and execution efficiency.Variational stated that its goal is not to directly compete with centralized exchanges, but rather to connect multi-source liquidity through a "brokerage-style" model, including traditional finance market makers and major crypto trading platforms, in order to solve the "liquidity cold start" problem for on-chain markets. (Fortune)
Variational "Second-Largest Leaderboard Trader": Will Never Sell VAR at TGE, Will Add to Both Spot and Futures Positions
an0n2498.hl, the whale ranked second by total trading volume on Variational, posted on X: "I have barely sold any HYPE, and I don't plan to sell any more. I will absolutely never sell any VAR. Instead, I will buy heavily into spot at TGE, and I will also open a long-term long position on VAR. My bullishness on VAR is simply beyond words."It is worth noting that an0n2498.hl previously received $15 million worth of HYPE in the Hyperliquid airdrop.
A suspected whale from a certain country is frantically "farming points" on Variational, churning $2.1 billion in trading volume in a single week
Odaily reports: Variational leaderboard data shows that an unknown address (0xc…413e) generated a staggering $2.14 billion in trading volume over the past week, accounting for over 10% of the platform's weekly trading volume (approximately $20 billion).Tracing the address's historical trading data reveals that it only began trading on Variational within the past month. Overseas data analysts me_cool_off (@me_cool_off) and ProMint (@ProMint_X) both claim the address belongs to a "Chinese whale," but no public information has yet confirmed this.
Analyst: Variational's $1.5B FDV valuation is overly optimistic, conservative scenario could put it at just $167M
Odaily News: Blockworks analyst Shaunda Devens posted on X that Polymarket's current FDV valuation of approximately $1.5 billion for Variational is somewhat overly optimistic. This pricing directly applies Hyperliquid and Lighter-level valuation-to-revenue multiples to a platform that still relies on points subsidies. By comparison, the median first-day "FDV / annualized revenue" ratio for recently launched Perp DEX tokens is only 6.3x (Variational is currently around 57x), and within the first month after TGE, trading volume typically drops sharply by a median of 54%.Shaunda added that if conservative assumptions based on historical precedents are adopted (using the median first-day "FDV/annualized revenue" ratio of 6.3x), Variational's fair valuation would be only $167 million, corresponding to a points price of $4.8–$5.4. Even using the highest recent ratio precedent (Lighter's approximately 21.1x), its valuation would still only be about $558 million, corresponding to a points price of $16–$18.However, Shaunda also explained: "To be clear, given that current market risk appetite is clearly in a Risk-on state, we do not believe Variational's valuation at TGE will fall to the extremely conservative range mentioned above. These historical multiples are listed to illustrate that current pre-market OTC pricing may be overly optimistic."
Variational Founder Discloses Pro Version Details: Will Focus on Institutional OTC Derivatives Market
Odaily report: Variational founder and CEO Lucas Schuermann participated in an X Space event hosted by The Rollup founder Andy last night, during which Lucas disclosed some details about Variational Pro. The community's key takeaways are as follows:1. Variational Pro will focus on the institutional OTC derivatives market, covering options, interest rates, foreign exchange (FX), and structured products. OTC derivatives are one of the largest financial markets globally, with outstanding notional value of approximately $850 trillion, while Bitcoin derivatives open interest stands at around $100 billion. Although the two use different statistical methodologies, this is enough to give you an intuitive sense of the scale gap.2. Variational Pro's business scale will ultimately surpass Variational Omni. Traditional OTC derivatives trading methods remain outdated (requiring calls to bank trading desks for quotes, manual price negotiation, back-and-forth contract exchanges, managing collateral and counterparty risk, and manual execution of clearing and settlement processes). Variational Pro aims to automate this process through multi-dealer request-for-quote (RFQ), smart contracts, and stablecoin settlement.3. Some of Variational Pro's trading instruments (including options) may eventually be opened to retail users on Variational Omni. Currently, Variational has partnered with several mainstream institutional partners, and large clients are expected to onboard Variational Pro soon.
Analyst: Variational's $1.5B FDV valuation is overly optimistic, conservative scenario could put it at just $167M
Odaily News: Blockworks analyst Shaunda Devens posted on X that Polymarket's current FDV valuation of approximately $1.5 billion for Variational is somewhat overly optimistic. This pricing directly applies Hyperliquid and Lighter-level valuation-to-revenue multiples to a platform that still relies on points subsidies. By comparison, the median first-day "FDV / annualized revenue" ratio for recently launched Perp DEX tokens is only 6.3x (Variational is currently around 57x), and within the first month after TGE, trading volume typically drops sharply by a median of 54%.Shaunda added that if conservative assumptions based on historical precedents are adopted (using the median first-day "FDV/annualized revenue" ratio of 6.3x), Variational's fair valuation would be only $167 million, corresponding to a points price of $4.8–$5.4. Even using the highest recent ratio precedent (Lighter's approximately 21.1x), its valuation would still only be about $558 million, corresponding to a points price of $16–$18.However, Shaunda also explained: "To be clear, given that current market risk appetite is clearly in a Risk-on state, we do not believe Variational's valuation at TGE will fall to the extremely conservative range mentioned above. These historical multiples are listed to illustrate that current pre-market OTC pricing may be overly optimistic."
Variational: Next development priority is the trading API
Perp DEX protocol Variational posted on X: "With the Swap feature now officially live (and more trading markets continuing to roll out), our next major initiative is the Omni trading API. Previously, all trading could only be done through the frontend interface. Soon, traders will be able to programmatically trade across the 550+ traditional finance and crypto markets already available on Omni."
predict.fun odds of "Variational FDV above $1 billion one day after launch" briefly rose 11%
PPP Prediction Market Tool monitoring shows that the probability of predict.fun's "Variational FDV above $1 billion one day after launch" rose 11% over the past 5 hours, currently at 75%.Previously, Variational postponed the VAR TGE to Q4 of this year, with the genesis allocation accounting for 32% of the total supply.Join the PPP signal push community to stay one step ahead and seize the opportunity.
Variational's FDV reaches $1 billion prediction probability rises from 41% to 59% one day after launch
Odaily News: predict.fun stated on the X platform that the predicted probability of Variational reaching a $1 billion FDV one day after launch has risen from 41% to 59%.
Variational Launches First Batch of Swap Markets: XAU and US100
Odaily News: Variational has launched its first batch of Swap markets, XAU and US100, with execution costs reduced by up to 87.5% compared to on-chain TradFi perpetual contracts. Its trading mechanism aligns with traditional financial markets and can directly tap into TradFi dealer liquidity, providing deeper market liquidity and more predictable holding costs.Swaps offer exposure to underlying assets similar to perpetual contracts. The key differences lie in liquidity sources and holding costs: Swaps are priced based on TradFi liquidity and replace volatile funding rates with a stable holding cost rate primarily benchmarked to USD borrowing costs. Like all Variational markets, Swaps charge no trading fees. Swaps will trade alongside existing TradFi perpetual contracts, and Variational plans to list new Swap markets over the coming months at a cadence similar to its perpetual markets.
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Variational Founder Discloses Pro Version Details: Will Focus on Institutional OTC Derivatives Market
Odaily report: Variational founder and CEO Lucas Schuermann participated in an X Space event hosted by The Rollup founder Andy last night, during which Lucas disclosed some details about Variational Pro. The community's key takeaways are as follows:1. Variational Pro will focus on the institutional OTC derivatives market, covering options, interest rates, foreign exchange (FX), and structured products. OTC derivatives are one of the largest financial markets globally, with outstanding notional value of approximately $850 trillion, while Bitcoin derivatives open interest stands at around $100 billion. Although the two use different statistical methodologies, this is enough to give you an intuitive sense of the scale gap.2. Variational Pro's business scale will ultimately surpass Variational Omni. Traditional OTC derivatives trading methods remain outdated (requiring calls to bank trading desks for quotes, manual price negotiation, back-and-forth contract exchanges, managing collateral and counterparty risk, and manual execution of clearing and settlement processes). Variational Pro aims to automate this process through multi-dealer request-for-quote (RFQ), smart contracts, and stablecoin settlement.3. Some of Variational Pro's trading instruments (including options) may eventually be opened to retail users on Variational Omni. Currently, Variational has partnered with several mainstream institutional partners, and large clients are expected to onboard Variational Pro soon.
Variational Founder: Variational Pro to Launch in 2027, Covering Options, Structured Products, and Other OTC Derivatives
Odaily reports: Variational founder and CEO Lucas Schuermann posted on X, introducing Variational's development progress and future plans.In 2025, the goal is to complete initial growth and validate the business model of Omni-style brokers.In 2026, RWA perpetual contracts and swap contracts will be launched, bringing traditional finance (TradFi) liquidity on-chain.In 2027, Variational Pro will be launched for options, structured products, and other OTC derivatives, bringing institutional-grade trading on-chain.
Analysis: Variational's RWA perpetual contract trading volume surpasses Trade.xyz for the first time in over a year
Odaily News: Lorenzo Valente, Head of Digital Asset Research at investment firm ARK Invest, posted on X that Variational's RWA perpetual contract trading volume has surpassed Trade.xyz for the first time in over a year. He believes that RWA perpetual contracts will become an important growth driver for Hyperliquid in the future, potentially contributing around 90% of its future growth. However, HIP-3 delegates the operation of related markets to third parties, which also means Hyperliquid needs to rely on external platforms to maintain competitiveness. He expects that competition in the RWA perpetual contract market will further intensify.
Variational "Second-Largest Leaderboard Trader": Will Never Sell VAR at TGE, Will Add to Both Spot and Futures Positions
an0n2498.hl, the whale ranked second by total trading volume on Variational, posted on X: "I have barely sold any HYPE, and I don't plan to sell any more. I will absolutely never sell any VAR. Instead, I will buy heavily into spot at TGE, and I will also open a long-term long position on VAR. My bullishness on VAR is simply beyond words."It is worth noting that an0n2498.hl previously received $15 million worth of HYPE in the Hyperliquid airdrop.
A suspected whale from a certain country is frantically "farming points" on Variational, churning $2.1 billion in trading volume in a single week
Odaily reports: Variational leaderboard data shows that an unknown address (0xc…413e) generated a staggering $2.14 billion in trading volume over the past week, accounting for over 10% of the platform's weekly trading volume (approximately $20 billion).Tracing the address's historical trading data reveals that it only began trading on Variational within the past month. Overseas data analysts me_cool_off (@me_cool_off) and ProMint (@ProMint_X) both claim the address belongs to a "Chinese whale," but no public information has yet confirmed this.
Analyst: Variational's $1.5B FDV valuation is overly optimistic, conservative scenario could put it at just $167M
Odaily News: Blockworks analyst Shaunda Devens posted on X that Polymarket's current FDV valuation of approximately $1.5 billion for Variational is somewhat overly optimistic. This pricing directly applies Hyperliquid and Lighter-level valuation-to-revenue multiples to a platform that still relies on points subsidies. By comparison, the median first-day "FDV / annualized revenue" ratio for recently launched Perp DEX tokens is only 6.3x (Variational is currently around 57x), and within the first month after TGE, trading volume typically drops sharply by a median of 54%.Shaunda added that if conservative assumptions based on historical precedents are adopted (using the median first-day "FDV/annualized revenue" ratio of 6.3x), Variational's fair valuation would be only $167 million, corresponding to a points price of $4.8–$5.4. Even using the highest recent ratio precedent (Lighter's approximately 21.1x), its valuation would still only be about $558 million, corresponding to a points price of $16–$18.However, Shaunda also explained: "To be clear, given that current market risk appetite is clearly in a Risk-on state, we do not believe Variational's valuation at TGE will fall to the extremely conservative range mentioned above. These historical multiples are listed to illustrate that current pre-market OTC pricing may be overly optimistic."