Today there is good news in the Vooi community, the Ostium testnet is now with us!

What is Ostium?

It is a decentralized platform for trading perpetual contracts (perps) on real-world assets (RWA) like commodities (oil, gold), indices (S&P 500, Nasdaq), and forex pairs (EUR/USD), built on Arbitrum (Ethereum L2).

Hmmm commodities on blockchain…sounds interesting.

Do you remember that Vooi’s goal was to create a single platform where you can trade all types of assets? So this is one of the significant steps in this direction. While in the testnet, but sooon….

Key Features of Ostium:

1. Trade Traditional Assets via Crypto Wallet

   • Enables trading without owning the underlying asset (e.g., gold or oil) using synthetic perpetual contracts.

   • Supports up to 200x leverage with a minimum deposit as low as $0.

2. Self-Custodial Trading

   • Unlike traditional brokers (e.g., eToro), Ostium doesn’t hold your funds—you trade directly from your wallet (MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet).

3. RWA-Optimized Oracles

   • Uses a custom oracle system for real-time price feeds of traditional assets.

4. Low Fees & Gasless Transactions

   • Ostium V2 introduces tight spreads (no markups) and gasless transactions via account abstraction.

5. Event-Driven Trading

   • Designed for macroeconomic events (elections, Fed rate changes), making it ideal for high-volatility periods.

How to Use the Ostium Testnet?

1. Connect Your Wallet

   • Go to Ostium Testnet and connect your wallet (Arbitrum network).

   • Get test USDC from a faucet.

2. Trading on Vooi (Partner Interface)

   • Vooi is the frontend for Ostium’s trading engine.

   • Select an asset (e.g., Gold/XAU or S&P 500), set leverage, and choose direction (Long/Short).

   • Confirm the transaction in your wallet.

3. Test Trading Strategies

   • Use limit orders and partial position closing (available in Ostium V2).

Ostium bridges TradeFi and DeFi, letting traders speculate on traditional markets via blockchain. The testnet is a risk-free way to explore the platform before live trading.

And btw tons of investors/traders are looking for an ALL IN ONE trading platform, where you can trade Indices, Forex, Crypto, Stocks, Commodities and more...

Ostium has that & JUST announced a NEW POINTS SYSTEM based on referrals & trading volume for their platform.

Participate ;)

Where to Start?

• Official Site: ostium.io

• Docs: GitBook

• Trade: Vooi