Turkish crypto exchange Paribu enters prediction markets

Nine year old crypto exchange, Paribu, which recently acquired CoinMENA, and is Türkiye’s leading digital asset platform, has launched DeFi access, covering DEX trading, perpetual contracts via Hyperliquid, and option markets via Polymarket. It has also opened an equity trading waitlist. Curated prediction markets are accessible through the same DeFi section. Paribu serves as the interface layer; execution and settlement occur onchain via Polymarket’s infrastructure. Markets are curated: each contract is reviewed for integrity, liquidity depth, and risk profile before it appears in the app.

Paribu is the first regulated exchange to deliver both Hyperliquid perpetuals and Polymarket option markets directly inside a CEX interface, without a separate wallet app. Users access all DeFi features from within the existing Paribu app, using their existing balance, through a fully self-custodial setup. Paribu delivers onchain access from within the exchange interface itself: same account, same balance, no separate app, no seed phrase. Every DeFi position is self-custodial, assets remain in the user’s own wallet at all times.

Türkiye ranks fifth globally in retail crypto activity, recording $40 billion in volume in Q1 2026 alone, growing 7% year-over-year amid an 11% global contraction (TRM Labs, April 2026). Until now, its retail investor base had no meaningful access to onchain perpetuals or option markets.

Existing integrations for both Hyperliquid and Polymarket have reached users already operating in DeFi wallet environments. However today, Paribu is offering this to clients who manage their primary crypto holdings in a single application.

As per the announcement, Paribu’s integration lets them reach perpetuals and option markets without giving up that familiar setup: no separate wallet app, no new account, no platform switch, and the entire experience stays inside Paribu.

Yasin Oral, Founder and CEO, Paribu noted that Paribu is becoming a single app for all of finance for crypto, DeFi, equities, and yield. He explains, ” Integrating Hyperliquid and Polymarket is another step toward that vision. Instead of asking users to navigate multiple wallets and protocols, we’re bringing a seamless in-app self-custodial DeFi experience to millions of people, making onchain perpetuals and prediction markets as accessible as the rest of their financial lives. Soon, we’ll expand that vision even further by bringing access to both U.S. equities and Borsa Istanbul-listed stocks into the Paribu app, creating a single destination for investing across traditional and onchain markets.”

Perpetual contracts are now accessible through the DeFi section of the Paribu app. Trades route directly to Hyperliquid’s decentralized blockchain. Every position exists onchain, in the user’s self-custodial wallet, at all times.

Hyperliquid has become the dominant infrastructure layer for onchain perpetuals. The protocol has processed over $4 trillion in cumulative trading volume, leads the decentralized exchange market by open interest, and has attracted a fast-growing builder ecosystem — including integrations with major self-custody wallets. Its builder code program has distributed over $85 million in revenue to frontend developers. For Paribu, integrating Hyperliquid means connecting its users to the deepest onchain liquidity available in the perpetuals market today.

As for the future, Paribu intends to add stocks given that it holds a Capital Markets Brokerage which is still on its way to being licensed. NYSE, Nasdaq, and Borsa Istanbul stocks will be tradeable on Paribu.

Kalshi and Polymarket recorded $45 billion combined volume in June as World Cup boosted activity.