Bitnomial is a CFTC-regulated digital-asset derivatives exchange, clearinghouse, and clearing brokerage founded by Luke Hoersten that was acquired by Payward for up to $550 million in cash and stock in May 2026. Bitnomial's Twitter Score is 23 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #43,182 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Bitnomial was designated as a designated contract market by the CFTC in April 2020, establishing it as a regulated venue for digital-asset derivatives in the United States. The platform brings together leveraged spot, perpetuals, futures, options, and prediction markets under a single unified exchange and clearinghouse structure. Bitnomial is affiliated with Kraken through its parent Payward, and operates Botanical as a retail trading platform. In October 2024, Bitnomial Exchange filed a lawsuit against the SEC over XRP futures, though the case was voluntarily dismissed in March 2025.
Bitnomial has attracted backing from a range of investors including Electric Capital, Jump Capital, RRE Ventures, ValueStream Ventures, Digital Currency Group, and Ripple. Bitnomial has published 211 posts and has been mentioned by 90 accounts a total of 176 times.
Bitnomial's portfolio includes Luxortechteam.
Who follows Bitnomial on X?
The accounts that follow Bitnomial include 72 founders, 17 angel investors, 34 influencers and 4 VCs. Among them are H.E. Justin Sun, Tyler Winklevoss, Mario Nawfal, Matthew Graham, DEGEN NEWS and Agentyoda.