[BNB Chain Ecosystem Project IOTrader Secures $3.8 Million in Strategic Financing, with Participation from Animoca Brands and Others] According to GlobeNewswire, IOTrader, a perpetual contract and prediction market protocol within the BNB Chain ecosystem, has completed a $3.8 million strategic financing 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, customized event markets, and AI-assisted trading into a unified wallet experience, with cumulative trading volume exceeding $1 billion and tens of thousands of monthly active traders. The IOI token has not yet been launched, the smart contracts have undergone third-party security audits, and the whitepaper has been filed with the Central Bank of Ireland under the EU MiCA framework.