NFTs
Wasabi Secures $3 Million to Enable Leveraged Trading of Memecoins and NFTs
Quick Take:
- Wasabi is a DeFi protocol on Ethereum and Blast that allows users to trade long-tail assets like memecoins and NFTs with leverage.
- The platform has over 18,000 traders who have generated over $500 million in volume this year.
- The company plans to use the new capital to expand its team from six to ten people.
Wasabi, a DeFi protocol on Ethereum and Blast, announced a $3 million funding round led by Electric Capital.
The round also attracted participation from Alliance, Memeland and Spencer Ventures, with Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz, Magic Eden co-founder Zhouxun Yin, angel investor Santiago Santos, Cygaar, Zagabond, DCF God and Bob Loukas joining as angel investors.
The company claims to have more than 18,000 traders who have already generated more than $500 million in trading volume this year.
Wasabi Co-Founder Eren Derman told the block that the protocol will use the funds to expand its team from six to 10 people, including hiring a smart contract engineer, back-end developer, quantitative engineer, and head of operations.
Commenting on the reasoning behind the product, Derman said it is the first protocol to enable leveraged trading backed by real assets. Wasabi’s on-chain perpetual futures mean all trades are asset-backed, and this eliminates counterparty risk, he said.
“[It] It is significantly different from conventional decentralized exchanges like Aevo and Hyperliquid, which rely on market makers to keep their synthetic prices pegged to the real price of assets on the network.”
Users can trade long and short, or stake memecoins and NFTswith 2-3X leverage available for more exotic assets, while more established assets like ETH and USDB have up to 10x leverage,” said Derman.
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