[Ostium Upgrades Backend, Adds Off-Chain Institutional Liquidity Providers Like Jump] According to The Block, on-chain perpetual contract exchange Ostium has completed a major backend infrastructure upgrade, introducing a new real-time decentralized execution layer that combines on-chain liquidity pools with off-chain hedging. The platform has added institutional liquidity providers, including Jump, as hedging partners to manage the net directional risk of trades. Previously, Ostium relied on public liquidity pools to handle both pricing and risk absorption, which limited its scale and open position capacity. After the upgrade, Ostium serves as a bridge between traditional finance and DeFi, allowing users to maintain full self-custody while benefiting from the liquidity and depth of off-chain institutional markets.