Carbon Launches TradFi-Native On-Chain Derivatives Venue With 950+ Markets in One Account
Carbon, the on-chain prime broker for global markets, has opened public trading on over 250 Carbon TradFi markets covering 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 its existing 530+ crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 real-world assets (RWAs), total tradeable instruments now exceed 950 in one account.
Carbon TradFi is Carbon’s own on-chain instrument. Traders open positions on-chain in their own wallet, and Carbon’s solver architecture hedges them 1:1 at a regulated broker off-chain. The trader never leaves self-custody, and price and depth come from the underlying market rather than bootstrapped on-chain order books. This removes the cold-start problem that has constrained RWAs on-chain, as every market opens with full institutional depth on its first day.
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 without taking directional positions, earning from the difference between on-chain demand and off-chain liquidity. Modeled APY ranges from 20.3% at launch utilization to 57.1% at maturity, depending on flow and capital utilization.
Traders can now access both 24/7 RWA markets and TradFi markets tracking standard hours within one account. Roughly 30 assets are available as both, allowing arbitrage between financing rates. Carbon TradFi coverage at launch includes 200 stocks across US, EU, and Asia markets, with 150 more listings scheduled. Carbon can list a trending name within the same week it starts moving in global markets.
Carbon operates on Arbitrum and has processed over $20 billion in cumulative trading volume since 2023. “Traders have had to choose between the assets they want and the execution they need. Carbon ends that trade-off,” said Levy, Co-founder and CEO of Carbon. David Garcia of Arbitrum Foundation added that Carbon’s architecture connects on-chain trading with established market infrastructure while preserving self-custody.