Recent tensions in the Middle East have significantly affected both energy prices and investor behavior in financial markets. The news flow and price fluctuations, especially over the weekend, led investors to search for alternatives due to limited trading hours in traditional markets. Wintermute, one of the prominent companies in the crypto asset markets during this period, made a remarkable move.
24/7 Access to Oil Prices
Wintermute, a provider of high liquidity in the crypto market, has launched contract for difference (CFD) transactions for WTI crude oil through its Asian operations. Traditionally similar to futures, CFDs allow the investor to trade only on the price change, without owning the asset itself. In this instrument, the gain or loss between the buyer and seller arises from the difference between the opening and closing price of the contract.
Trading CFDs on the over-the-counter (OTC) market allows contract size, maturity period and margin rates to be adjusted according to need. This flexibility attracts the attention of professional investors who do not want to be locked into certain products in traditional markets.
Answer to the Increasing Needs of Investors
In recent weeks, the tension between Iran and the USA-Israel has led to fluctuations in energy prices. Existing gaps in markets traded on weekends prevent investors from reacting immediately to sudden developments. In particular, the transaction volume in Hyperliquid’s perpetual futures energy contracts increased noticeably. Wintermute also launched its CFD product in this high demand environment.
Evgeny Gaevoy, CEO of the company, pointed out that investors prefer digital infrastructure as an alternative to traditional markets and added:
“There is intense demand from counterparties to trade traditional products such as oil using digital asset infrastructure. Recent price movements have made this need even more urgent, as many investors cannot take action until classical platforms open.”
Gaevoy pointed out that Wintermute was trading as the counterparty during the weekend activity and stated that customers could take positions before the price gap on Monday or simultaneously with the return movement.
In this new model, investors trade directly with Wintermute; The demand is met without the parties matching each other, thanks to the company’s own risk management and liquidity capacity.
Investors can access WTI CFDs without any transaction fees. Both fiat and crypto currencies can be used as collateral. Investors can submit orders either via chat, electronic OTC platform or API. The company recently expanded its range of digital assets to traditional assets such as energy by introducing its tokenized gold product.
