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- XRP Leads Five-Asset Futures Snapshot With 10.9% Annualized Funding
XRP open interest rose 7.60% in 24 hours to $446.7 million, the largest gain in the group. Funding was positive for all five assets.
· Investing
- Tokenized gold futures positions expand as metals rally cools
Tokenized gold futures open interest has reached 7 tonnes, up 62% from February’s spot trading peak. Gate accounts for 42% of this year’s net increase.
· Insights & Views
- Coinbase’s AI Agent Derivatives Access Was Already Available
Coinbase listed crypto and derivatives as existing agent features on Sept. 22. Perpetual-contract trading by agents had been covered by Oct. 19.
· Technology
- Lighter Plans November CFTC Derivatives Filing as LIT Rises More Than 22%
Founder Vladimir Novakovski said the company has been in contact with regulators for about 11 months. LIT traded at $3.89 in a market snapshot.
· Regulation
- Lighter Plans November CFTC Filing for On-Chain Perpetual Futures
Lighter (LIT) rose 22.26% over 24 hours to $3.89 as the company outlined its U.S. regulatory plan.
· Regulation
- Separate Cash Cat Market Checks Show 11% Gain, 9.56% Decline
The readings cover different rolling 24-hour periods. The later check showed $34.60 million in futures volume, more than four times the $7.74 million in spot volume.
· Investing
- Kalshi Sets Up Loans Backed by Bitcoin and Ether for Futures Margin
Kalshi Katalyst will lend against digital assets held at BitGo Bank & Trust, including qualifying stablecoins.
· Business
- Micron Perpetuals Fell 6.32% in a 10-Minute Oct. 17 Move
The decline coincided with $51.6 million in liquidations. U.S. stock markets were closed during the weekend trading window.
· Investing
- Binance Wallet Launches PREDICTUSDT Perpetuals With bStocks Margin
The premarket contract offers up to 5x leverage, while eligible users can count tokenized stocks toward margin at up to 90% of market value.
· Investing
- Kalshi and BitGo Arrange Crypto-Backed Loans for Perpetual Futures
Kalshi Prime clients can borrow against Bitcoin, Ether and eligible stablecoins held at BitGo Bank & Trust; Kalshi Katalyst will make the loans.
· Business
- OKX Records Single $3.37 Million Bitcoin Short Liquidation
The liquidation price was $84,139 at 10:35 a.m. ET (14:35 UTC) Oct. 21.
· Investing
- Binance’s BABAUSDT Trades Below Five Moving Averages at $106.14
BABAUSDT was down 1.21% over 24 hours, with Stochastic readings below 12.
· Investing
- Binance ETH Perpetuals Record a Single $8.74 Million Short Liquidation
The position was liquidated at $2,497 at 9:06 a.m. ET (13:06 UTC) on Oct. 21.
· Investing
- Gate Schedules Four Stock-Linked Futures for U.S. and Japanese Firms
The contracts cover two Japanese companies and two U.S. firms, with trading bots and copy trading slated to follow within an hour of launch.
· Investing
- Gate Scheduled Axis Robotics (AXIS) Perpetuals With Up to 20x Leverage
Gate set a 9:10 a.m. ET start time for Oct. 21. Coinbase had already opened limit-only AXIS-USD trading earlier that day.
· Investing
- Binance Ether Perpetual Book Shows $15.78 Million Buy-Side Lead
Buy orders totaled about $65.50 million against $49.72 million in sells. Orders totaling 3,519.45 ETH at $2,436 were valued at about $8.57 million.
· Investing
- Binance to Adjust Tick Sizes for Five USDT Perpetual Contracts
The changes take effect Oct. 22 at 2:30 a.m. ET (06:30 UTC), lowering increments for three contracts and raising them for two.
· Investing
- CFTC Defends Dismissal Bid in CME's Kalshi Bitcoin Contract Case
The agency's Oct. 16 reply supports a motion filed Sept. 2 and argues that CME has not alleged enough competitive injury to challenge the approval.
· Regulation
- Pump.fun Perps Add Order Fees Alongside Hyperliquid Trading Costs
Pump.fun lists charges of up to 0.10% per order and 0.25% per in-app bridge transfer. Hyperliquid sets margin and liquidation rules, while Pump.fun may impose lower leverage limits.
· Investing
- SpaceX-Linked SPCX Perpetual Rises 7.23% After Earnings Call
The largest tracked SPCX long position gained about $1.09 million on paper as 24-hour trading volume reached about $277 million.
· Investing
- Decibel Adds Optional Order Encryption to Aptos Trading Venue
Traders can conceal instructions while validators order transactions, but sender addresses and gas fees stay visible. Completed transactions remain onchain.
· Technology
- Dogecoin Open Interest Rises 6.89% as Bitcoin Takes Funding Lead
Bitcoin’s funding rate reached 0.0085% per eight hours, or 9.3% annualized. Funding was positive across all five markets.
· Investing
- Imperial Lists 0.01% Per-Side Fee for Solana-Settled Perpetuals
Phoenix displayed a trading interface during an Oct. 21 check and has separate maker and taker fees.
· Business
- Traditional-Asset Perpetuals Hit $18.8 Billion in Daily Volume
The contracts made up 18.5% of futures volume across tracked crypto venues during Sept. 3-9, with higher shares on Hyperliquid and Binance.
· Investing
- Outpoll Announces Perpetual Futures for Prediction Market Platform
The announced lineup includes crypto, stock- and index-linked, and commodity pairs. Outpoll’s terms bar specified U.S. users from its site.
· Business
- Bitcoin Spot Selling Deepens as Futures Longs Pay More in Funding
Spot cumulative volume delta moved from negative $67 million to negative $83.6 million in the week through Oct. 18, while options skew rose to 8.6%.
· Investing
- Hyperliquid Builders Can Launch Perpetual Markets With 500,000 HYPE
HIP-3 began in October 2025. trade.xyz restricts U.S. access to its interface, while a separate CFTC approval covers a KalshiEX Bitcoin contract.
· Technology
- Binance Ether Futures See Single $11.83 Million Long Liquidation
The position was liquidated at $2,433 at 8:13 p.m. ET on Oct. 20.
· Investing
- Webull Plans November U.S. Rollout of Bitcoin Perpetual Futures
The first phase is limited to customers approved for futures trading. Webull plans to expand access before the end of 2026.
· Business
- Binance Liquidates $11.96 Million Bitcoin Short at $83,276
The single liquidation occurred on Binance's BTC perpetual futures market on Oct. 20.
· Investing
- OKX Liquidates $4.82 Million Ether Short in a Single Event
The position was liquidated at $2,412 at 9:59 a.m. ET (13:59 UTC) on Oct. 20.
· Investing
- Arcus Halves Perpetuals Fee Tier Thresholds as Crypto Rates Rise
Base-tier crypto taker fees will double to 0.045% when the new schedule takes effect Oct. 22.
· Business
- Grvt Completes First Buyback, Burning 1.1 Million GRVT Tokens
The burn equaled 0.96% of circulating supply. Grvt plans an Earn launch by the end of October and aims to list more than 1,000 names by December 2026.
· Business
- Binance’s AMD-Linked Perpetual Contract Falls 2.72% in 24 Hours
The contract’s stochastic readings were below 20. AMD plans to make its Helion rack configurations available in November.
· Investing
- Walt Opens Perpetual Futures Trading to AI Agents in Telegram
Users can connect ChatGPT, Claude or Mira to a dedicated trading account. Agents cannot withdraw its funds, and order execution starts switched off.
· Technology
- Pendle Cites 38% Average APR for 0x87c Over 3.5 Months
The figure is an average annualized rate, not a 38% return earned during the period. Pendle’s Boros Bitcoin and Ether markets were a separate development.
· Investing
- Top Crypto Exchanges Lose 14.2% of Spot Volume as Market Value Rises
Binance’s share of the 10 largest venues climbed to 42.7%, while open interest at leading perpetual futures exchanges rose 40.6%.
· Investing
- Ether Liquidation Risk Tops $20 Million Within 2% of Hyperliquid Price
Within a wider 5% range, potential liquidations totaled about $38 million for longs and $49.5 million for shorts. A large short was rebuilt after four partial liquidations.
· Investing
- Binance Ether Perpetual Book Shows $11.73 Million Bid Surplus
A displayed bid at $2,406.87 represented about $5.98 million, roughly 51% of the difference between nearby bids and asks.
· Investing
- Arcus Adds Wrapped Ether (WETH) and Stock Tokens as Perpetual Collateral
The early-access feature automatically borrows Global Dollar (USDG) against collateral, uses a 50% initial loan-to-value ratio and caps non-USDG deposits at $20,000 per account.
· Investing