Online brokerage eToro leads a $12.5 million funding round for the on-chain perpetual contracts platform Extended, with participation from Jump Crypto and Alber Blanc. eToro plans to integrate Extended's perpetual contract trading engine into Zengo, the self-custody wallet it acquired this April, enabling users to trade on-chain perpetual contracts while maintaining self-custody of their assets. Additionally, eToro aims to gradually introduce more DeFi products to its main platform. Extended was founded by the former head of crypto business at Revolut and has surpassed $245 billion in cumulative trading volume as of June, supporting over 100 perpetual contract markets. The platform also plans to expand into spot trading, tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), and multi-asset collateralization. (CoinDesk) https://www.(wublock123.com)/news/news-63913