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Goldman Sachs, Citadel and Google Alumni are building a blockchain exchange for real-world asset trading

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DeepSigma has launched a paper-trading demo covering 77 traditional financial markets, using patented blockchain technology to bring crypto-style perpetual futures to stocks, commodities and other real-world assets.

A team with backgrounds at Goldman Sachs, Citadel Securities, Google and Uber is developing a decentralized exchange designed to bring one of crypto’s most popular trading models into traditional financial markets.

The platform, called DeepSigma, has unveiled a live paper-trading demo supporting 77 real-world asset (RWA) perpetual contracts, spanning U.S. stocks, major indexes, commodities, sector ETFs and Treasury yields.

Powered by the Cypherium blockchain, DeepSigma aims to let traders take long or short positions on traditional assets without owning, tokenising or taking custody of the underlying instruments. Instead, its perpetual contracts track real-world markets using external price data.

The project brings together experience from both traditional finance and blockchain development. Its leadership includes Albert Xu, a former Goldman Sachs FICC portfolio manager; Jenny...

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