ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the crypto derivatives exchange Bitnomial announced the completion of a $25 million financing round led by Ripple Labs. At the same time, Bitnomial launched a perpetual futures trading platform called Botanical, which is currently in a closed testing phase.The Botanical platform will provide investors with perpetual futures, traditional futures, and options trading services. Bitnomial CEO Luke Hoersten stated that the company is boldly advancing its mission to provide users with a regulated and innovative trading experience through Botanical, offering an alternative to the currently widely used decentralized exchanges and VPN-based workarounds.Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse believes that Bitnomial's introduction of an offshore trading model into the U.S. derivatives industry presents a significant opportunity for establishing a compliant digital asset derivatives market (such as XRP). Bitnomial will utilize Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin for the settlement of perpetual futures.Previous news, Bitnomial filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), questioning its regulatory authority over XRP futures contracts.

ChainCatcher news, according to FOX Business, the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bitnomial has sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), questioning its regulatory authority over XRP futures. After Bitnomial self-certified XRP dollar futures contracts, the SEC claimed that XRP is a security and demanded that the exchange comply with additional regulations.Bitnomial believes that XRP futures should not be classified as security futures and is seeking a court declaration to prevent the SEC from asserting jurisdiction over it. This lawsuit intensifies the battle between the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over regulatory authority over crypto assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to Tech Funding News, the decentralized crypto derivatives trading platform Rho Labs, founded by former Copper Chief Product Officer Alex Ryvkin, announced the completion of a $2.2 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by Speedinvest, with participation from Keyrock, Re7 Capital, Daedalus Collective, and Copper.co CEO Dmitry Tokarev.It is reported that the crypto derivatives trading platform being built by Rho Labs will provide on-chain trading services based on specific interest rates and traditional rates, with its trading market expected to launch a beta version on the Arbitrum chain by the end of this year.