According to Foresight News, decentralized crypto derivatives trading platform Rho Labs, founded by former Copper Chief Product Officer Alex Ryvkin, has announced the completion of a $2.2 million pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Speedinvest, with participation from Keyrock, Re7 Capital, Daedalus Collective, and Copper.co CEO Dmitry Tokarev.

Rho Labs is building a crypto derivatives trading platform that offers on-chain trading services based on specific interest rates and traditional interest rates. The trading platform is expected to launch a beta version on the Arbitrum chain by the end of this year.