The on-chain perpetual contract exchange has extended a $12.5 million financing, led by eToro

According to The Block, the on-chain perpetual contract exchange Extended announced the completion of a $12.5 million strategic financing round. This round was led by multi-asset trading platform eToro, with participation from Jump Crypto.

It is reported that this investment is closely related to eToro's earlier acquisition of the self-custody wallet Zengo this year. eToro stated that both parties will work together to expand access to global financial markets through next-generation on-chain infrastructure and explore integration opportunities between traditional financial assets and decentralized trading environments.

Extended was founded by former Revolut employees and is built on StarkWare's scaling engine StarkEx, which is set to launch by the end of 2024. Currently, eToro is integrating Zengo's multi-party computation (MPC) based non-custodial wallet technology into its brokerage platform to further expand its digital asset technology ecosystem.