ETHGas Secures $12M to Launch Ethereum Blockspace Futures

ETHGas raised $12M to launch Ethereum’s first blockspace futures market, securing $800M in liquidity commitments. The platform aims to make blockspace tradable, reduce gas volatility, and boost yields for validators.

ETHGas has raised $12 million in a seed funding round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Stake Capital, BlueYard Capital, Lafayette Macro Advisors, SIG DT, and Amber Group. The funding, structured as a token round, supports the launch of Ethereum’s first blockspace futures market, which has already secured $800 million in liquidity commitments from validators, block builders, and relays. ETHGas’s marketplace allows blockspace to be bought and sold in advance, offering various types of commitments such as whole blocks, inclusion guarantees, and execution guarantees. This enables validators to capture more value and provides more predictable yields, while users and institutions can hedge gas costs and avoid price spikes. The platform aims to make Ethereum blockspace a liquid, tradable asset, reduce gas fee volatility, and improve transaction predictability. ETHGas integrates with Ethereum’s proposer-builder separation model and plans further technological advancements to increase transaction speed and efficiency.