Ostium, an on-chain perpetual futures exchange, has announced a partnership with Nasdaq to launch stock perpetual contracts using Nasdaq data. This collaboration positions Ostium as the first on-chain trading platform to offer such contracts, enabling global traders to invest in U.S. stocks with blockchain benefits like transparency and instant settlement. Ostium's platform, which has surpassed $50 billion in trading volume, provides access to a wide range of trading instruments, including stocks, indices, and commodities. Founded by Harvard alumni Caledonia Kiernan-Lynn and Marco Antonio Ribeiro, Ostium has raised $27.8 million, with significant backing from General Catalyst and Jump Crypto. The partnership with Nasdaq follows extensive discussions and engineering efforts to ensure data integrity and security. Ostium's CEO highlighted the strategic importance of this collaboration, which was celebrated with an advertisement on the Nasdaq building in Times Square.