
Hotstuff
Hotstuff is a DeFi L1 for trading crypto and RWA perps, investing in tokenized equities and ETFs, and accessing built-in fiat rails.

What is Hotstuff?
Hotstuff is a DeFi L1 that combines perpetual trading, tokenized equities, and neobanking into a single platform. With 200k+ TPS, 75ms block time, and 150ms finality, Hotstuff offers high-performance infrastructure for trading and investing. Traders can access 22+ perpetual markets across crypto, ETFs, RWAs, and equities with up to 50x leverage and 24/7 market access from a unified margin account. Hotstuff also offers tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs — including Netflix, Google, Amazon, Tesla, NVIDIA, Meta, S&P 500 ETF, and Nasdaq-100 ETF — available to trade around the clock from anywhere. Built-in fiat rails support USD (ACH + Fedwire), EUR (SEPA), MXN (SPEI), BRL (PIX), GBP (FPS), and more across 190+ countries. Developers can integrate trading, market data, and account actions via a TypeScript SDK with real-time WebSocket streams and sandbox environments.
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