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Market Maker DWF Labs Invests $20M in Derivatives Trading Platform Synthetix

DWF Labs purchased $15 million worth of Synthetix's native token SNX on March 16 with a further purchase of $5 million to follow

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Market maker and investment firm DWF Labs is making a $20 million investment in on-chain liquidity and derivatives trading protocol Synthetix.

DWF Labs purchased $15 million worth of Synthetix's native token SNX on March 16 with a further purchase of $5 million set to follow, the Synthetix Treasury Council announced via email on Monday.

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Synthetix's perpetual futures product will be integrated into DWF Labs' trading business with the aim of boosting Synthetiix's trading volume.

Ethereum-based Synthetix is a decentralized platform allows users to mint and trade synthetic assets that track the value of real-world assets like gold and stocks.

DWF Labs' investment follows less than a week after its $10 million purchase of blockchain infrastructure provider's Orbs Network's native token ORBS. The price of ORBS has risen 14.5% in the last seven days.

SNX was up 2.9% in the last 24 hours to $2.96.

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Jamie Crawley

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