Road Town, British Virgin Islands, August 7th, 2026, Chainwire — Over 250 traditional finance (TradFi) markets have joined Carbon's 530+ crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 real-world assets (RWAs) in a single trading venue, offering Wall Street-grade depth at listing, stable overnight rates, and on-chain settlement.

Carbon, the on-chain prime broker for global markets, opened public trading on 250+ Carbon TradFi markets spanning equities, indices, forex, and commodities. Each position is hedged 1:1 at regulated TradFi venues, making Carbon the largest TradFi-native on-chain derivatives venue. Combined with 530+ crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 RWAs, total tradeable instruments now exceed 950 in one account.

Carbon TradFi is Carbon's own on-chain instrument. A trader opens a position on-chain in their own wallet, and Carbon's solver architecture hedges it 1:1 at a regulated broker off-chain. The trader never leaves self-custody, and the price and depth they receive are the underlying market's rather than bootstrapped on-chain order books.

This structure removes the cold-start problem that has constrained real-world assets on-chain. While institutions such as BlackRock have validated demand for tokenized real-world exposure through products like its BUIDL treasury fund, most efforts to date have centered on tokenized fund shares rather than direct leveraged access to deep, regulated derivatives markets. Every Carbon TradFi market opens at full institutional depth on its first day, because the depth is inherited rather than manufactured. There is no per-market incentive program to run and no waiting period while liquidity accumulates.

Carbon now offers traders both models in one account. Its 150 24/7 real-world markets trade around the clock for traders who want access at any hour. Its 250+ Carbon TradFi markets track market hours with carry prices from the underlying, for traders who want institutional depth and predictable holding costs. Roughly 30 assets are live in both formats, allowing a trader to hold one against the other and capture the difference between the two financing rates without leaving the account.

The global market Carbon connects to is substantial. TradFi clears over $1.5 trillion daily in contracts for difference (CFDs) across thousands of markets — liquidity that until now had no direct route on-chain. Existing on-chain perpetual venues such as dYdX, GMX, and Hyperliquid have built significant crypto-native derivatives volume, but none provide a bridge into TradFi market depth, leaving a structural gap between what traders can access on-chain versus through traditional prime brokers.

Carbon TradFi coverage at launch includes:

• 200 stocks across US, EU, and Asia markets
• 62 forex pairs
• 12 indices
• 8 commodities

Carbon can list a trending name within the same week it begins moving in Seoul, Tokyo, or Hong Kong — a cadence order-book venues cannot match because they lack the off-chain rails to stand up a new market that quickly. A further 150 listings are scheduled.

The launch also opens the Carbon Liquidity Provider (CLP) vault to public deposits. The CLP is a delta-neutral yield product that funds the hedge behind trader flow rather than taking directional positions, earning from the difference between on-chain demand and off-chain liquidity. Modeled APY is illustrative and ranges from 20.3% at launch utilization to 57.1% at maturity, depending on flow and capital utilization.

"Traders have had to choose between the assets they want and the execution they need. Carbon ends that trade-off. Every position is hedged into the deepest liquidity in the world and settles in the trader's own wallet, with 950+ markets in a single account. This is what global markets look like when they finally arrive on-chain properly." — Levy, Co-founder and CEO of Carbon

"One of the biggest challenges for bringing traditional financial assets on-chain has been delivering deep liquidity. Carbon is operating an architecture that connects on-chain trading with established market infrastructure while preserving self-custody. We want Arbitrum to be home to teams building this next generation of financial infrastructure." — David Garcia, Ecosystem Lead at Arbitrum Foundation

About Carbon

Carbon is the on-chain prime broker for global markets, combining crypto perpetuals and Carbon TradFi in one venue. Carbon's solver architecture connects on-chain traders to institutional liquidity through bilateral 1:1 hedging, delivering Wall Street-grade depth and stable carry with on-chain settlement and self-custody. Live since 2023, Carbon has processed $20B+ in cumulative trading volume across 36K+ unique traders. Carbon operates on Arbitrum.

Contact: COO Rens Carbon, rens@carbon.inc

Source: Chainwire