HelloTrade, founded by former members of the BlackRock crypto team, has completed a $4.6 million seed round of financing. It is positioned as a borderless trading gateway, combining the MegaETH high-performance public blockchain to provide leveraged trading of stocks, crypto, and RWA, allowing users to access global markets 24/7 without needing a wallet or gas fees.
A new gateway to global trading
HelloTrade was founded by core members of the former BlackRock crypto asset team. After completing a $4.6 million seed round of financing, it aims to be a “truly borderless trading platform.” It does not seek to show off but aims to solve the long-standing pain points of DeFi: allowing ordinary investors to trade global assets directly without needing to understand wallets, Gas, or cross-chain. This makes the platform more like a Web2 application (such as Robinhood), but the backend is driven by high-performance blockchain.
Simplified operations: Web3 upgrade with Web2 experience
HelloTrade’s core strategy is to hide the complexity of blockchain, allowing users to place orders simply by opening the app, without the need for wallet setup, private key management, or RPC configuration. The platform supports multiple asset classes including stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, commodities, and RWAs, with all trades conducted in perpetual contract form, offering up to 10x leverage and providing uninterrupted operation 24/7. This addresses the time zone and threshold issues of traditional finance, making global markets truly accessible at your fingertips.
MegaETH: The cornerstone of high-frequency trading performance
HelloTrade selects the MegaETH public chain as the underlying foundation because it can support extremely high-frequency demands: over 100,000 transactions per second, near-instant settlement, and massive order processing. This architecture allows the platform to match the speed of centralized exchanges while retaining the advantage of on-chain transparent auditing. The design of MegaETH is specifically optimized for leverage and liquidation scenarios, ensuring stable operation in highly volatile markets.
Hybrid architecture: a balance between performance and trust
The platform adopts a hybrid model, leveraging the matching efficiency of centralized exchanges at the front end, while achieving on-chain settlement and public verification through smart contracts at the back end. This allows traders to enjoy low-latency responses, while asset status can be audited at any time, mitigating single point of trust risks.
HelloTrade also launched on-chain native derivatives and structured strategies, allowing flexible products that are difficult to achieve in traditional finance to be quickly iterated and deployed in an automated manner.
Explore areas that traditional finance cannot reach.
HelloTrade’s innovation lies in the development of on-chain native financial tools. By constructing leveraged products, crypto derivatives, and customized strategies through smart contracts, it breaks through the institutional and cost limitations of traditional systems. This model not only enhances trading efficiency but also opens up new space for cross-market operations, allowing investors to manage global assets through a unified interface.
Summary
HelloTrade reimagines the possibilities of global investment. It combines the seamless experience of Web2 with the openness and transparency of Web3, enabling 24/7 borderless trading through MegaETH. Whether you are a crypto native or a traditional investor, HelloTrade offers cross-asset leverage tools, signaling that financial markets are moving towards a truly borderless and barrier-free future.
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