Recently, the trading volume of gold perpetuals on @OstiumLabs has started to steadily increase.

The cumulative trading volume for metals has surpassed $5 billion, with gold contributing the most stable growth curve.
At first glance, this appears to be traffic driven by macro market trends, but in reality, it’s Ostium’s product structure that was validated first, and then amplified by using gold as a sample.

The problem with traditional gold trading lies in the process.
Account opening, compliance checks, overnight fees, position limits, funding costs—any one of these steps can block small capital from participating in the short term.
But what Ostium is doing is not just “Web3-ifying gold,” but removing the layered participation barriers and keeping only the most crucial element:
Exposure to price.

Ostium’s perpetual model is built on a “transparent liquidity pool + automated delta neutral hedging” system.
The function of this structure is actually quite simple:
It allows on-chain users to use self-custodied assets to access derivative positions with controllable risk structure, continuous pricing, and virtually frictionless entry and exit.
This happens to fit the characteristics of gold as an asset—public data, deep liquidity, sustained volatility, and strong position demand.

The result is:
Ostium doesn’t need to rely on hype or push with incentives.
Gold trading volume can grow organically because Ostium provides a lighter entry point for “participating in gold perpetuals” compared to traditional markets.

More importantly, once this structure is validated, Ostium essentially confirms its own thesis:
As long as an asset is hedgeable, priceable, and has natural open interest demand—it can be brought into this perpetual framework.

Gold is just the most suitable first asset, but it’s not the end.
Ostium’s real value lies in creating a replicable, modular structure for the complete process and risk model of “on-chain RWA perpetuals.”
As long as this holds true, more and more assets can be supported in the future, and trading depth will become increasingly organic.
@Bantr_fun