Rho on Arbitrum: Bringing Interest Rate Derivatives Onchain

Rho on Arbitrum: Bringing Interest Rate Derivatives Onchain

Rho Protocol launches on Arbitrum to unlock trading and hedging of crypto interest rates—offering futures for BTC/ETH funding rates and ETH staking yields. This brings traditional finance-style rate derivatives into the DeFi space for risk management and macro strategy.

Key Ideas

  1. Converts passive yield signals (like CEX funding rates and staking yields) into tradable contracts

  2. Leverages Arbitrum’s low-fee, high-speed infrastructure and supports onboarding via Squid and Axelar

  3. Enables complex strategies like hedging, yield curve speculation, and automated rate-based Vaults

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Read the whole article at: blog.arbitrum.io