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The Binance Futures platform will launch the EWZSUSDT perpetual contract priced in USDT at 18:05 on October 29, followed by SMRUSDT at 18:10, OXYUSDT at 18:15, AMGNUSDT at 18:20, PFEUSDT at 18:25, and MELIUSDT at 18:30, with a maximum leverage of 20 times.

The trading application Fomo's early investor and advisor HDF (@PaikCapital) announced joining the Fomo team as the head of perpetual contract business.HDF stated that he has been engaged in trading for ten years. The goal of joining Fomo is not only to enable everyone to trade perpetual contracts but also to build a network that can elevate the level of all traders.

Google's parent company Alphabet released its third-quarter financial report early this morning, and its stock price fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading.Possibly influenced by market fluctuations, according to CoinGlass data, the total open interest for GOOGL contracts across the network increased by 64.32% in the past 24 hours, with the current open interest valued at approximately $637 million; among them, the open interest for Bitget GOOGL contracts reached $52.6894 million, with a 24-hour increase of over 69%.

The Solana-based token issuance platform Pump.fun announced on X that it has partnered with the on-chain perpetual contract protocol Hyperliquid to launch perpetual contract features within the Pump.fun application.Pump.fun stated that users can directly use their USDC balance within the app to go long or short on cryptocurrencies, stocks, and commodities without the need for cross-chain bridging. This feature is powered by Hyperliquid's on-chain perpetual contract engine for trading.

According to Decrypt, Buzz, a former advisor of the public blockchain Aptos, known by the pseudonym BuzzlamicJihad, left Aptos after the expiration of a one-year contract. Buzz stated that it was a mutual decision and that he has sold his holdings of APT. He mentioned that he believes the project has not made further progress, and some plans have not been realized as expected, which is why he did not renew the contract. APT has dropped 10.7% this month, with a market cap of approximately $607 million.Buzz has begun to promote Meta using the same Meme marketing strategy. His arguments surrounding Aptos have always been based on the project's connection to Facebook, as Aptos was founded by developers of the Libra project. Buzz believes that Meta has strong fundamentals, but retail investors are being overlooked, especially with the recent creation of Class C shares that have no voting rights. He has started posting messages like "META looking good here" and mentioned that he has moved communication from Telegram to WhatsApp. Meta dropped 1.2% on the day, with a market cap of approximately $1.59 trillion, about 2,619 times that of Aptos.

According to a report by Reuters citing informed sources, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O) has signed agreements with Bloomberg, quantitative trading and market-making giant Hainar International, and Jump Trading to obtain posts released by Trump more quickly.

Binance announced that due to abnormal situations such as restricted deposits and withdrawals and price deviations in the spot markets of multiple exchanges, it will enable the latest price protection (LPP) mechanism for the BULLAUSDT U-margined perpetual contract at 14:00 (UTC+8).During the protection period, the mark price will be calculated based on the average transaction price over the past 10 seconds, with a fluctuation limit of ±1% per second; the upper and lower limits of the funding rate will be adjusted from ±2% to ±0.005%.

Zilliqa stated that the investigation into the recent security incident is still ongoing, with affected components including the X-Bridge and certain liquidity pools using ZRC2 proxy contracts, involving tokens such as zUSDT, SEED, kUSD, and Zoge.Zilliqa emphasized that the native ZIL and Zilliqa EVM network were not affected, and the X-Bridge will remain suspended; users are advised not to use the cross-chain bridge and the affected liquidity pools for the time being.

Bitget has launched two popular perpetual contracts for HONHAI and MEDIATEK stocks. The above contracts are settled in USDT, supporting up to 20 times leverage and 24/7 trading. So far, Bitget supports a total of 384 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

Galaxy Research report shows that the share of Meme coins in Solana's trading volume has dropped from over 50% at the end of 2024 to 15% to 20% in the second quarter of 2026. In addition, SOL has seen a decline of nearly 20% this year, and the U.S.-listed spot and staking SOL ETFs have recorded outflows for two consecutive weeks this month, totaling approximately $50 million.Meanwhile, Solana's share in on-chain perpetual contract trading volume has decreased from 17% to 6%. It is reported that the Solana Foundation has issued a statement indicating that Solana's transformation is underway, attempting to shift from a growth model reliant on Meme coins and speculative trading to more mainstream financial applications such as stablecoins and tokenized assets, in order to attract adoption from Wall Street institutions. However, with the cryptocurrency market in a downturn and competitors like Hyperliquid rising, Solana faces challenges in its growth model transformation. Market analysts point out that Solana's future key lies in its ability to attract stable assets, developers, and users, rather than relying solely on speculative trading to drive growth.

CryptoQuant analyst BaykusCharts stated that Binance's Ethereum open interest is currently about 5.8 billion USD, which is about half of last summer's peak of over 12 billion USD. On the surface, this looks like large-scale deleveraging, but open interest is denominated in USD, and the ETH price has also dropped by about half during the same period. When converted to ETH, the current open interest is about 2.5 million ETH, close to the peak of about 2.5 million ETH. Therefore, the decline is primarily driven by price rather than traders closing their positions.In terms of funding rates, the significant positive premiums seen in early 2021 and early 2024 have disappeared. After experiencing several periods of negative funding rates this year, it is currently just slightly above zero, with both long and short positions not overly crowded, and longs are not paying significant premiums. Analysis suggests that there is still a large amount of leveraged ETH exposure in the market, but there is a lack of strong directional confidence. This limits the risk of a one-sided liquidation chain reaction, but it also means that any decisive breakthrough in either direction could accelerate quickly. The key signals are: a price increase and a sharp rise in funding rates indicate long crowding; a price decrease and an increase in open interest indicate a growth in short positions.

The trading platform Robinhood announced its third-quarter financial report, with revenue of $1.42 billion, slightly below Wall Street's expectation of about $1.43 billion; earnings per share were $0.51, lower than the expected $0.55 and also down from $0.61 in the same period last year. Net profit was $476 million, a year-on-year decrease of 14% and a quarter-on-quarter decrease of 17%. This quarter included an unrealized loss of $67 million from Robinhood Ventures Fund I, equivalent to $0.07 per share; adjusted earnings per share were $0.60, a year-on-year decrease of 3%. After the financial report was released, the stock price fell in after-hours trading, closing at about $94.61 on Tuesday, a cumulative decline of about 18% for the year.By business segment, event contract revenue increased from $156 million in the second quarter to $173 million, with customer trading volume reaching a record 16.4 billion contracts, more than seven times that of the same period last year. Cryptocurrency trading revenue rebounded from $100 million in the second quarter to $120 million, but was down 55% from $268 million in the third quarter of 2025; this quarter's cryptocurrency trading volume was $50 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 38%, with $21 billion from in-app and $29 billion from its acquired exchange Bitstamp.Robinhood narrowed its guidance for adjusted operating expenses and equity incentive costs for 2026 to $2.675 billion to $2.75 billion, lowering the previous upper limit of $2.775 billion. A few hours before the financial report was released, the company announced a partnership with Ripple to introduce the stablecoin RLUSD to Robinhood Chain and Bitstamp, with plans to launch it in-app later this year; RLUSD has a market capitalization of over $2.5 billion, and Ripple will also provide fund management software and lending services for Bitstamp traders. Robinhood Chain went live as a Layer 2 network on July 1, generating about $3.13 million in fees within 30 days as of the end of August, surpassing Ethereum and Base.

The prediction market platform Polymarket announced the addition of 5-minute cryptocurrency contracts in the U.S. version of the app. This feature initially supports BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP markets.Contract prices use pricing data from CF Benchmarks. According to the rules, ties will be settled as "Up," and the taker fees will be charged separately from the bid-ask spread.

Crypto.com and its derivatives partner OG.com began offering crypto perpetual contracts to eligible U.S. traders on Tuesday. The contract offers up to 5x leverage, allowing traders to bet on the price movements of crypto assets without an expiration date, and provides take-profit and stop-loss orders as well as isolated margin features.Crypto.com stated that it has recently registered as an introducing broker with the National Futures Association in the U.S. to offer the aforementioned perpetual contract products. These products operate through OG.com on exchanges, clearinghouses, and futures commission merchants regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This launch follows the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's decision in May to open the U.S. market to crypto perpetual contracts.Previously, the agency approved Kalshi's Bitcoin perpetual contracts and provided Coinbase with no-action relief to offer digital commodity derivatives; Kraken launched U.S. perpetual contracts on Kraken Pro in June after acquiring Bitnomial. Crypto.com is also advancing its stock derivatives business, with OG.com’s exchange Nadex registering last month with the Securities and Exchange Commission to trade securities futures. CEO Kris Marszalek stated at that time that the company is working with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to offer individual stock perpetual futures.

NEAR ecosystem announces the launch of the Confidential Jio pre-IPO trading contract, allowing users to participate in the trading of related assets before Jio officially goes public.The contract offers up to 5 times leverage, providing investors with a more flexible risk management tool. According to official statements, this product is expected to transform into an equity perpetual contract after Jio completes its IPO, thereby extending its trading lifecycle.It is important to note that this contract currently does not involve the delivery of actual shares, nor does it provide IPO allocation quotas; its core positioning is focused on price discovery and risk hedging around pre-listing assets.

Bitget has launched perpetual contracts for 3 stocks: EIDO (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF), STM (STMicroelectronics), and EQT (EQT Corporation). The aforementioned contracts are settled in USDT, supporting up to 20 times leverage and 24/7 trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 382 stock perpetual contract underlying assets.

Hyperliquid posted on platform X that HIP-3 will support optional configurations for licensed markets in future network upgrades, with related additional features collectively referred to as HIP-3*. The core feature is an on-chain allowlist managed by the deployer or its sub-deployers. This feature is an optional addition to HIP-3, and whether to enable it is decided by the deployer; existing markets are not affected. The first version has been launched on the testnet, and the related specifications are still in preliminary version.Hyperliquid also stated that Kraken's parent company Payward plans to become the first deployer of HIP-3* markets regulated by the CFTC, utilizing Hyperliquid to deploy perpetual contract markets for U.S. customers. Upon regulatory approval, Payward's CFTC-regulated Bitnomial will serve as the deployer, responsible for creating and managing the market and clearing settlement contracts, while NinjaTrader Clearing will handle customer accounts.

Base is promoting "tokenized Anthropic shares," while Trade.xyz has launched a Pre-IPO betting product for Anthropic. Trade.xyz's new ANT contract allows users to trade with up to 10 times leverage, but users do not own equity.Base did not specify the issuer of the tokenized shares or the specific token contract address in its promotion.

According to disclosures from the U.S. SEC, Bitcoin Treasury Company Strive has signed a sales agreement with seven institutions including Cantor Fitzgerald, Barclays, Clear Street, StoneX, B. Riley Securities, Maxim Group, and H.C. Wainwright, planning to periodically sell up to 15% of Series A perpetual preferred stock with a total issuance price of up to $1 billion through ATM (at-the-market) offerings, with the stock ticker SATS.The document shows that the annual dividend yield for the preferred stock issued this time is 15%, with a set amount of $100 per share. Strive may issue shares based on market conditions through existing trading markets such as Nasdaq or other legal means, with the relevant institutions acting as sales agents, with a commission of up to 2% of the total proceeds from each sale.This issuance is considered an additional offering and does not include the previously issued 7 million shares of SATS preferred stock. The document states that Strive may issue shares periodically based on market conditions, and the actual issuance scale and timing will depend on the company's arrangements and market conditions.

Due to the ChainSecurity report revealing compatibility and security issues with EIP-8037 and certain smart contracts, core developers decided last week to postpone the Hoodi testnet upgrade to Glamsterdam. The issues identified so far include: the remaining Gas during transaction execution may increase, leading to underflow in some Gas counting logic and triggering rollbacks, or causing code paths that should not be executed to be triggered, making the transaction appear successful. Additionally, some contracts may underestimate usage due to the inability to correctly calculate Gas consumption during calls.ChainSecurity previously stated that 13 real cases have been identified and they are responsibly disclosing this information to the affected projects. Toni Wahrstätter mentioned that this week they will further investigate the relevant contracts and assess subsequent solutions, which may require collaboration among application developers, core developers, auditors, and node operators. In the worst-case scenario, adjustments to the protocol specifications may be necessary. He reminded application developers and auditors to check the compatibility of contracts with EIP-8037 and EIP-8038 and to report issues in a timely manner.