BNB Chain ecological project IOTrader completes US$3.8 million in strategic financing, with Animoca Brands and others participating.

On May 21, according to GlobeNewswire, IOTrader, a perpetual contract and prediction market protocol on the BNB Chain ecosystem, has completed a $3.8 million strategic funding round. Investors include Animoca Brands, ViaBTC Capital, Everwood Capital, CANDAQ, WAGMI Ventures, Credit Scend, and Web3 Labs. Over the past 11 months, the protocol has integrated perpetual futures, prediction markets, custom event markets, and AI-assisted trading into a single wallet experience, achieving a cumulative trading volume exceeding $1 billion and tens of thousands of monthly active traders. The IOI token has not yet launched, its smart contract has completed a third-party security audit, and its whitepaper has been filed with the Central Bank of Ireland in accordance with the EU's MiCA framework.