Panama City, Panama, April 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
- $NUSD, Neutrl's synthetic dollar, offers stable and institutional-grade yields to professional investors by leveraging OTC discounts for major altcoins and delta-neutral hedging using perpetual futures
- Neutrl targets the $10 billion locked token trading market by democratising access to OTC arbitrage strategies through its market-neutral yield offering
Neutrl's funding comes at a time when decentralised finance (DeFi) is experiencing one of its lowest rate environments to date, with a TVL-weighted average annual percentage rate (APR) of 5.8%.
As part of this emerging category, Neutrl is tackling key challenges in DeFi - such as cyclical yields, capacity constraints, and unreliable short-term yield sources - that often leave investors exposed to market volatility. Neutrl's $NUSD uses OTC arbitrage, buying major altcoins at a discount in private markets, to deliver crypto-native trading yields while minimising directional risk. This is achieved by employing delta-neutral hedging using perpetual futures, through a dual approach balancing long and short positions to minimise exposure to market swings, allowing a higher margin of safety than traditional basis trades and enabling users to access premium returns from strategies presently reserved for institutional players.
Locked token transactions soared past a record $10B in volume in 2024 (source: STIX), indicating the appetite for OTC arbitrage yields across altcoins. Tokens like $SOL, $AVAX, $TON, $TIA, and $WLD, amongst others, were heavily traded by foundations and concentrated token holders. Neutrl has built a new DeFi primitive via its single-point yield offering via $NUSD, enabling mainstream investors to access OTC yields without needing to manage several positions simultaneously. It also engages autonomous risk systems, ensuring 100% liquidity and uptime and introducing a layer of liquidity over illiquid positions.
"With a projected USD $2 billion in total value locked over the next 24 months, together we're opening up exclusive private market strategies and making them accessible, transparent, and usable for a new generation of crypto users”, said Behrin Naidoo, Co-Founder of Neutrl.
This model has the potential to uniquely influence the crypto-native capital landscape by connecting private OTC markets with decentralised finance, drawing long-term capital from allocators seeking real trading yield in altcoin markets.
About Neutrl:
Neutrl is a DeFi protocol designed to bridge private OTC markets with decentralised finance, offering $NUSD - a yield-generating, capital-efficient synthetic dollar backed by discounted assets and delta-neutral strategies. Neutrl is led by a team with deep expertise in portfolio management, traditional finance, institutional crypto trading, and DeFi.
Disclaimer: The information provided in this press release is not a solicitation for investment, nor is it intended as investment advice, financial advice, or trading advice. It is strongly recommended you practice due diligence, including consultation with a professional financial advisor, before investing in or trading cryptocurrency and securities.
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