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Carbon, the on-chain prime broker for global markets, has opened public trading on 250+ Carbon TradFi markets spanning equities, indices, forex, and commodities. With each position hedged 1:1 at regulated TradFi venues, the launch makes Carbon the largest TradFi-native on-chain derivatives venue. Alongside 530+ crypto perpetuals and 150 24/7 RWAs, total tradeable instruments now exceed 950 in a single account.
How Carbon TradFi Works
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, not bootstrapped on-chain order books.
That structure solves the cold-start problem that has long constrained real-world assets on-chain. Every Carbon TradFi market opens at full institutional depth on day one, because the depth is inherited rather than manufactured. There’s no per-market incentive program to run, and no waiting period while liquidity accumulates.
 
Two Kinds of Markets, One Account
Carbon now offers traders both around-the-clock and market-hours access in a single account. Its 150 24/7 real-world markets trade at any hour, for traders who want constant access. Its 250+ Carbon TradFi markets track market hours and carry prices from the underlying markets, for traders who want institutional depth and predictable holding costs. Roughly 30 assets are live as both, letting a trader hold one against the other and capture the difference between the two financing rates — without ever leaving the account.
The global market Carbon connects to is substantial. TradFi clears over $1.5 trillion daily in CFDs across thousands of markets — liquidity that, until now, had no direct route on-chain.
Coverage at Launch
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.
Opening the CLP Vault
The launch also opens the Carbon Liquidity Provider (CLP) vault to public deposits. The CLP is a delta-neutral yield product: it 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, ranging from 20.3% at launch utilization to 57.1% at maturity, depending on flow and capital utilization.
In Their Own Words
“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,” said 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,” said David Garcia, Ecosystem Lead at the Arbitrum Foundation.
About Carbon
Carbon is the on-chain prime broker for global markets, combining crypto perpetuals with Carbon TradFi in a single 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.
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