PANews February 3 News, according to Cointelegraph, institutional crypto derivatives provider Rails announced the launch of an “Institutional Grade Vault” on the Stellar network. This product allows brokers, fintech companies, and other intermediaries to access crypto perpetual contracts through a single backend, with plans to launch options trading in Q2 2026. Rails CEO Satraj Bambra stated that the core design philosophy is to separate trade matching from fund custody. Customer assets will be stored in audited smart contract vaults on Stellar, while Rails operates a centralized matching engine. Every 30 seconds, profit and loss, fees, and liability data will be submitted on-chain in the form of Merkle roots for independent verification by institutions. This design aims to reduce counterparty risk and operational risk by isolating customer collateral from market-making capital and company operating funds.