Overview
- Blockchain.com has made TRX options available through its Trading Account as a principal-to-customer product, with the company’s BVI entity acting as the sole counterparty and the contracts traded bilaterally rather than on an exchange.
- The options are cash-settled European-style calls and puts with short expiries initially up to one week and purchases funded upfront in USDC so the premium paid is the buyer’s maximum loss.
- The product requires a minimum premium of $5 plus fees, includes a percentage purchase fee and a settlement charge, and buyers cannot close or sell contracts before expiration.
- Access is limited by geography and account eligibility, excluding residents of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and several other jurisdictions, and customers must accept risk disclosures and identity checks.
- The launch follows broader institutional steps on TRON this year, such as a staked TRX ETF and custody links, and may increase retail and institutional routes to TRX while concentrating settlement and counterparty risk with Blockchain.com.