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21Shares exposes institutional investors to the DYDX Chain via new exchange-traded product

21Shares launched the 21Shares DYDX exchange-traded product (ETP) on ￰1￱ fund is a regulated and physically backed investment product that aims to provide institutional investors with secure and compliant exposure to the ￰2￱ crypto company revealed that the dYdX Treasury subDAO supported the launch through its operator, kpk. 21Shares noted that dYdX had settled over $1.4 trillion in cumulative trading volume, saying it’s the most operationally mature decentralized derivatives ￰3￱ proof-of-stake blockchain network also serves more than 230 perpetual markets ￰4￱ ETP bridges traditional and decentralized finance As one of the leading platforms in decentralized perpetuals, @dYdX continues to see strong adoption and ￰5￱ have launched the 21Shares dYdX ETP giving investors a transparent way to access this ecosystem through traditional ￰6￱ more: ￰0￱ ￰7￱ — 21Shares (@21Shares) September 11, 2025 The private company acknowledged that the DYDX ETP bridges traditional and decentralized ￰8￱ product also offers institutional allocators a regulated, trusted pathway into the rapidly growing on-chain derivatives ￰9￱ crypto ETP provider disclosed that it led the product design, regulatory approvals, and exchange listing to ensure seamless integration into institutional trading ￰10￱ firm said it leverages its track record as one of Europe’s leading ETP issuers to deliver professional investor access to DYDX. 21Shares also believes its momentum aligns with accelerating inflows into ￰11￱ Bitcoin ETFs such as the Grayscale Bitcoin ETF (GBTC) to address growing institutional adoption.

“The dYdX ETP empowers institutions to harness DYDX’s pioneering technology, which redefines the $28 trillion crypto derivatives markets.” – Charles d’Haussy , CEO of dYdX ￰12￱ of financial product development at 21Shares, Mandy Chiu, said the ETP is an addition to the company’s product lineup, which provides investors with institutional-grade access to one of the first DEXs to offer perpetual future ￰13￱ added that the launch represents a milestone in DeFi adoption, which she believes will allow institutions to access dYdX through the ETP ￰14￱ to the firm’s official, the initiative will utilize the same infrastructure already used for traditional financial ￰15￱ and co-founder at KPK, Marcelo Ruiz, argued that promising DeFi tokens often go under the radar for investors unfamiliar with decentralized ￰16￱ noted that the 21Shares dYdX fund makes the dYdX blockchain network accessible via ticker and ￰17￱ to him, the initiative makes the market easily reachable as any other listed ￰18￱ also acknowledged that the launch helps dYdX align real protocol revenues with tokenholder value by contributing to the Treasury ￰19￱ added that the fund will avoid the hurdles often experienced with on-chain operations by giving institutional investors a clear entry into one of the most dynamic DeFi protocols.

On-chain data showed that the DeFi derivatives market represents only 1% of the global derivatives market, with more than $100 trillion in notional value. 21Shares believes it launched the ETP at a crucial moment that aligns with dYdX’s high-velocity ￰20￱ ETP provider revealed that the fund will provide institutions with a timely and regulated on-ramp as it expands into Telegram trading this ￰21￱ initiative aims to provide seamless cross-platform execution and a growth incentive ￰22￱ ETP also came as 21Shares plans to launch spot trading on its ￰23￱ firm said the initiative aims to provide global market access and will launch first with Solana integration. 21Shares plans to introduce perpetuals for real-world assets (RWAs), including equities, indexes, and pre-IPO shares ￰24￱ firm plans to establish a stake-for-reduced-fees feature, which offers customizable fee tiers rewarding long-term DYDX ￰25￱ company said it will expand its deposit options to include USDT, Solana, and fiat ￰26￱ exchanges expand their derivatives offerings Traditional and centralized crypto exchanges are also expanding their derivatives offerings to allow traders to speculate on the price of virtual assets without directly owning ￰27￱ July, Kraken launched its derivatives arm to provide access to CME-listed crypto ￰28￱ crypto exchange also acquired futures broker platform NinjaTrader for roughly $1.5 ￰29￱ also announced plans to establish continuous futures for BTC and ETH on November ￰30￱ initiative is pending regulatory review, and the contracts will be listed on the Cboe Futures Exchange with 10-year ￰31￱ smartest crypto minds already read our ￰32￱ in?

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