Paribu has launched DeFi access inside its main app as the Türkiye-based digital asset platform moves toward a single service for crypto, onchain markets, yield and equities.
The Wednesday launch adds DEX trading, Hyperliquid perpetual contracts and Polymarket option markets, while Paribu also opened a waitlist for U.S. and Turkish stock trading.
Meanwhile, the company said the expansion marks a strategic shift for the nine-year-old exchange. Paribu is trying to keep users inside one app while giving them access to products that often require separate wallets, new accounts or external DeFi platforms.
Paribu brings DeFi into its exchange app
The company said users can access DeFi tools through their existing app balance and account. The company described the setup as self-custodial, meaning DeFi positions stay in the user’s own wallet while the trading experience remains inside the Paribu interface.
The company said it is the first regulated exchange to offer both Hyperliquid perpetuals and Polymarket option markets inside a centralized exchange interface without a separate wallet app. Users do not need a seed phrase or platform switch to reach those products through Paribu.
Paribu founder and chief executive Yasin Oral said the company is building “a single app for all of finance: crypto, DeFi, equities, and yield.” He said the Hyperliquid and Polymarket integrations are part of that plan and added that Paribu wants to make onchain perpetuals and prediction markets more accessible to its users.
The company’s equity push remains in progress. Paribu said real-time market data for NYSE, Nasdaq and Borsa Istanbul stocks is already live for users, while trading is expected after its brokerage arm receives an operating license.
Hyperliquid and Polymarket enter a mainstream interface
The Hyperliquid integration gives Paribu users access to perpetual contracts through the app’s DeFi section. Trades route to Hyperliquid’s decentralized blockchain, while each position remains onchain in the user’s self-custodial wallet.
Paribu said Hyperliquid has processed more than $4 trillion in cumulative trading volume and leads decentralized exchange open interest. The company also said Hyperliquid’s builder code program has distributed more than $85 million in revenue to frontend developers.
Polymarket markets are also available through the same DeFi section. Paribu acts as the interface layer, while execution and settlement happen onchain through Polymarket’s infrastructure.
Paribu said each Polymarket contract shown in the app is reviewed for integrity, liquidity depth and risk profile before it appears. The company also said this is the first time option markets have become available to Türkiye’s retail users through a mainstream exchange interface.
Türkiye’s crypto activity frames the timing
Paribu’s launch comes in a market with high retail crypto activity. TRM Labs reported on April 23 that Turkey ranked fifth globally in Q1 2026 retail crypto activity, with $40 billion in volume and 7 percent year-over-year growth.
The same TRM Labs report said global retail crypto activity fell 11 percent year-over-year to $979 billion in Q1 2026. Turkey was one of the few major markets to grow during that period, while several developed markets saw weaker retail participation.
Paribu is targeting users who already keep their main crypto holdings inside one exchange app. The company said many of those users have not had easy access to onchain perpetuals or option markets because existing tools mainly serve people who are already comfortable with DeFi wallets.
That user base explains the product design. Paribu is not only adding new markets, but also trying to remove setup steps that often stop retail users from reaching DeFi products.
DeFi and traditional markets move closer
On May 21, Variational raised $50 million to connect traditional finance liquidity with onchain RWA markets, as previously reported. That report said existing onchain RWA platforms, including Hyperliquid, face a “cold-start problem” because new markets often need to build liquidity from scratch.
Moreover, Variational planned to bring more than 100 traditional finance markets onchain through a brokerage-style model. That article framed a wider push to connect crypto trading, traditional assets and faster settlement in one structure.
Paribu’s plan follows a similar market direction, but from an exchange-app angle. Instead of building a new trading venue from the ground up, Paribu is placing Hyperliquid, Polymarket, DeFi access, yield tools and future stock trading inside one consumer app.
The company said it supports more than 220 crypto assets and serves millions of users. Its next test will be whether users adopt these new tools beyond spot crypto trading, especially as equity trading, DeFi yield and onchain markets become part of the same app experience.
