ChainCatcher news, the composable options protocol Ithaca Protocol has launched its real-time testing platform, aimed at setting a new standard for the crypto options market.The protocol was founded by a former Goldman Sachs partner and Amber Group executive, and is supported by Cumberland and Wintermute Ventures.In addition, Ithaca Protocol has launched a formula-based airdrop program to incentivize liquidity, reward early adopters, and promote ecosystem development. Participants can earn points by executing trades, submitting orders, engaging on social media, and joining events (depending on participation in protocol actions).

ChainCatcher news, the DeFi options protocol Opyn announced that it will transform into a perpetual DEX protocol, providing services such as leveraged trading, stablecoins, lending, and arbitrage trading.

ChainCatcher news, the on-chain leverage protocol Wasabi Protocol has launched the perpetual contract product Asset-Backed Perps, which is now publicly available on the Ethereum mainnet. This is an asset-backed perpetual contract product that enables traders to gain direct and secure market influence, with the opportunity to earn Wasabi SZN 2 points.According to the introduction of Wasabi Protocol, this product can directly impact the market. Opening a position in Wasabi will affect the price of the underlying utoken, allowing for leveraged buying or selling of utoken on the open market, including Flooring Uniswap Pool and other NFT markets. Its positions are supported by the underlying tokens as collateral, providing the most liquid settlement layer for NFT derivatives and significantly reducing counterparty risk. It also supports users in easily generating yields by depositing ETH or utoken into the Wasabi Vault. Additionally, a new points system, the Season Two Points System, will soon be launched, allowing users to earn Wasabi points through activities on the protocol.

ChainCatcher news, the options protocol Lyra V2 published a blog post stating that it has built a custom chain on Optimism's OP Stack, which can provide ultra-fast transactions and execution, while continuing to be fully self-custodied, keeping all funds and financial logic on-chain.

ChainCatcher message, multi-chain structured product protocol Thetanuts Finance officially announced that it is expected to launch Thetanuts Finance v3 upgrade in the fourth quarter of 2023. Thetanuts Finance will become a decentralized on-chain options protocol, allowing users to go long or short on on-chain options. The v3 architecture of Thetanuts Finance will utilize existing core vaults, AMM, and lending markets.According to the data platform RootData, Thetanuts Finance completed a $17 million financing round led by Polychain Capital and others in April this year.

ChainCatcher news, the NFT options protocol Hook Protocol announced the completion of a $3 million financing round, led by Collab+Currency and Lattice, with participation from Slow, Sfermion, Maven11, Contrary, and others including gmoney, jdh, Salvino D'Armati, Flamingo DAO, Neon DAO, and The LAO. The funds will be used to build the protocol.In addition, Hook Protocol has launched two new products today: vBids and Hook Earn, and the new incentive program The Treasure Hunt is also live today. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the DeFi options protocol Antimatter announced that its application sidechain Antimatter B2 based on BNB Chain is scheduled to launch on the mainnet in April.Previous report, Antimatter announced the launch of the BNB Chain-based sidechain B2 at the end of June last year. It is built on the BAS framework and is EVM-compatible, including features like staking, RPC-API, and smart contracts. Antimatter's ecosystem will migrate to B2, which includes Nonfungible Finance, Structured, and Quanto, among others. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 options protocol Volare Finance tweeted that V2 is now live, featuring advanced options trading, strategies, margin, hedging, liquidation, and more. As a fully decentralized platform, it helps users unlock value through DeFi.According to previous reports, the Web3 options protocol Volare Finance announced the completion of its seed round financing in October 2022, led by Master Ventures Investment Management (MVIM). It helps investors adopt standard options strategies or custom options strategy combinations to hedge, speculate, and enhance returns, aiming to reduce the friction traders face in options trading. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized options protocol Premia announced on its official blog that the V3 version has been released. This version has five main features: users can choose between market orders and limit orders for trading; liquidity pools will utilize concentrated liquidity; it has an automated strategy library; traders will be able to borrow asset collateral to leverage their active positions; any LP can create any type of options pool using their chosen parameters (underlying token, strike price, expiration date, etc.). (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized options protocol Premia has released version V3. Premia V3 has five main features: users can choose between market orders and limit orders for trading; liquidity pools will utilize concentrated liquidity; there will be an automated strategy library; traders will be able to borrow asset collateral to leverage their active positions; any LP can create any type of options pool using their chosen parameters (underlying token, strike price, expiration date, etc.). (source link)

ChainCatcher message, the Synthetix ecosystem options protocol Thales has expanded its staking services to Arbitrum. Currently, Thales supports Ethereum mainnet, Optimism, and Arbitrum. For each staking period (starting every Wednesday), THALES will provide base rewards and bonus rewards.The base reward is 20,000 THALES, distributed proportionally to all stakers in the weekly epoch on the Arbitrum chain, while the bonus reward is 10,000 THALES, distributed proportionally to users of products built on Arbitrum. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the multi-chain options protocol Optix announced the completion of a $1.8 million financing round, led by Skynet Trading, with participation from Ascensive Assets, Arrington Capital, LVT Capital, Morningstar Ventures, SkyVision Capital, Huobi Global, and Phemex.It is reported that the Optix protocol has been launched on multiple chains, featuring token options, permissionless structured products, DeFi, and block trading. Its native token OPTIX will be launched in Q2 2023. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the options protocol Lyra has officially launched on Arbitrum and integrated with the decentralized derivatives exchange platform GMX. Lyra stated that with the deployment of Lyra Newport, the community has unlocked many technical features and usability advantages, including cash collateral, which reduces the costs of AMM; smaller spreads, which lower traders' fees; and a modular design that enhances flexible deployment capabilities. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum Layer 2 network Arbitrum tweeted that it will discuss integration plans with the options protocol Lyra on January 18 at 6:00. Previously, Lyra had tweeted that the cooperation progress with the Arbitrum ecosystem derivatives protocol GMX had reached 95%. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized options protocol Dopex has partnered with Lido to launch the stETH Single-Staking Option Vaults, allowing stETH holders to purchase call options on Dopex.It is reported that investors will be able to use wrapped stETH (wstETH) as collateral to buy call options, with Dopex allocating 6000 LDO weekly as incentives. The option vault will use Chainlink's wstETH and stETH for pricing feeds and will be deployed on the Arbitrum network. (source link)

Chaincatcher news, the decentralized options protocol Premia announced the acquisition of the structured DeFi protocol Knox Vaults, and will collaborate to build the next generation of DeFi strategy vaults on Premia.It is reported that Premia is a decentralized options market that utilizes a peer-to-pool architecture to aggregate liquidity, enabling effective pricing of options. Knox's flagship product is DeFi Options Vaults (DOV), which provides automated yield strategies to formalize the process of underwriting options for profit. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, DeFi options protocol Pods Finance today announced the completion of a $5.6 million seed round financing, with participation from IOSG, Tomahawk, Republic, Framework Ventures, 4RC, and others. The funds will be used to create structured products for crypto assets.It is reported that Pods Finance was formerly known as ohmydai, launched in November 2019, and is a decentralized, non-custodial American options protocol aimed at guiding the market for any ERC20 token using algorithmic pricing and specific options AMM. Pods Yield is a series of open-source smart contracts that run known investment strategies algorithmically, accept deposits, and process withdrawals. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized options protocol Numoen has announced that it is now live on Arbitrum. Initially, it will only support ETH and DPX, and will support one additional token every other day.Numoen stated, "Its smart contracts have been audited by Certik, but this does not guarantee the safety of user funds, and interactions may carry risks; never expect governance tokens." It is reported that Numoen previously received a $5,000 grant from the Uniswap Foundation. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 options protocol Volare Finance announced the completion of its seed round financing, led by Master Ventures Investment Management (MVIM), with participation from GSR, Arrington XRP Capital, Spark Digital Capital, GSR Markets, Huobi Ventures, among others, but the specific amount of this round of financing has not been disclosed.It is reported that Volare Finance helps investors adopt standard options strategies or customized options strategy combinations to hedge, speculate, and enhance returns, aiming to reduce the friction traders face in options trading. Previously, Volare Finance launched a testnet on the Fuji protocol, and the team continues to push for a transparent, reliable, and convenient decentralized mechanism for crypto options trading. (Source link)

Chain Catcher news, the decentralized perpetual options protocol Shield has launched the Garden Planet Fest 2022 event based on its unilateral staking vault product SS-Vault. Garden Planet Fest 2022 is an online carnival focused on the next generation of single-coin staking mining, gathering over 10 Web3 projects such as Game Wonderlab, Alchemy Pay, Metagame Arena, TMON NFT, Burger Cities, Tap Fantasy, Digital Baby, etc., to issue single-coin staking vaults for their Holders. The brands hosting and participating in this event will engage in a series of online thematic discussions about the impact of the Ethereum Merge upgrade on the industry.Previously reported, Shield announced the completion of a $2 million financing round, led by A&T Capital and HashKey Capital, with participation from SevenX Ventures, Incuba Alpha, Youbi Capital, OKEx Blockdream Ventures, Bonfire Union, Moonwhale Ventures, Zonff Partners, Shima Capital, and individual investor Sharlyn Wu. (Source link)