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Hyperliquid Behind the Scenes: How to Build a Perpetual DEX
9.10.2026
Offering traders worldwide the ability to open leveraged positions on virtually any asset, without going through a licensed broker: this is the promise of perpetual DEX platforms. With the massive success and traction of names such as Hyperliquid and GMX, one may wonder: how do these companies...
Kraken Parent Payward to Launch US Onchain Perpetuals
17.9.2026
Payward plans to launch the first regulated U.S. onchain perpetual futures markets using the Hyperliquid protocol. Regulatory framework and oversight Payward, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, announced Sept. 16 its plans to deploy onchain perpetual futures markets for U.S....
XRP Open Interest Recovers as Analyst Flags ‘Unusual Structure’
7.9.2026
XRP derivatives exposure is returning after a sharp late-August contraction, but aggressive selling continues across perpetual and spot markets. A new analysis suggests bearish taker-side positioning remains active even as the token’s price shows resilience. XRP Open Interest Rebounds From...
Coinbase Brings 24/7 Stock Perpetuals to the US
4.9.2026
Coinbase has filed two notices with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer single-stock perpetual futures to U.S. traders, and its policy chief says the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) must sign off next. What Was Filed The filings, dated Sept. 1, cover two regulated...
DeFi Roars Back as $10B DEX Boom Sends TVL Flying Above $83B
20.8.2026
Decentralized finance (DeFi) markets roared back to life Thursday as total value locked (TVL) jumped 9.15% in 24 hours, decentralized exchange (DEX) volume punched through $10 billion, and Hyperliquid swallowed a massive chunk of derivatives trading. Defillama TVL data at about 10:30 a.m. EDT...
Trump’s Hyperliquid Name-Drop Sends HYPE Charging Toward Record Highs
20.8.2026
Hyperliquid’s HYPE token charged toward record territory after U.S. President Donald Trump revealed regulators are working on a legal pathway that could bring the crypto trading heavyweight into the American market. Trump Drops Hyperliquid Into Washington’s Spotlight Trump made the comments on Aug....
Kalshi Seeks CFTC Nod for Perpetual Bets on 500 Shares and Copper
19.8.2026
Kalshi has asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to approve perpetual futures tied to a U.S. large-cap stock index and the price of copper, extending its push from prediction markets into mainstream financial products. The two Aug. 18 filings seek permission to list the US500...
Coinbase Launching 170+ Derivatives Contracts for UK Professionals
13.8.2026
Coinbase will open more than 170 derivative contracts to eligible UK professional investors, with leverage of up to 50x. The offering spans crypto, commodities, equities, and foreign exchange, while availability expands progressively from the coming weeks into the following months. UK Professional...
Quickswap Adopts Orbs Layer 3 Perps Stack After 81.8% Vote, Challenging CEX Execution
16.7.2026
Quickswap is integrating Orbs’ perps as its default perpetual futures infrastructure across all supported blockchain networks. A New Era for Decentralized Derivatives Quickswap has adopted Orbs’ Perpetual Hub Ultra 2.0 as its default infrastructure for perpetual futures trading across all supported...
BitMEX Says Collateral Design Drove 3.93% Funding Gap That Traders May Exploit Repeatedly
11.7.2026
A report by BitMEX reveals that perpetual swap funding rate disparities are driven by deep structural mechanics rather than simple short-term market sentiment. The Impact of Collateral Choice A new report by derivatives exchange BitMEX challenges the conventional wisdom that funding rates...
Hyperliquid Helps VALR Launch Over 200 Perpetual Markets as Decentralized Liquidity Gains Ground
5.7.2026
Crypto exchange VALR is introducing perps, a new derivatives product offering over 200 cross-asset perpetual futures markets. Evolution of the Perpetuals Market Cryptocurrency exchange VALR announced it is preparing to roll out a major expansion of its derivatives offering with the launch...
A Whale Just Opened $48 Million in Shorts Against Bitcoin, Solana and Ethereum
22.6.2026
A freshly created wallet deposited 6.68 million USDC into Hyperliquid and opened 20x leveraged short positions against bitcoin, solana and ether worth a combined $48 million. Anatomy of the Bet Onchain analytics firm Lookonchain reported that the wallet, labeled 0xaeaa, moved 6.68 million USDC onto...
CME’s Terrence Duffy Targets CFTC Perps Approval as Kalshi Volume Tops $3B
18.6.2026
CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy announced plans to sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over its decision to allow prediction-market operator Kalshi to offer bitcoin perpetual futures. Perps Should Be Classified as Swaps, Says CME Boss CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy said June 17 he plans to...
Kalshi’s Perpetual Futures Top $5.5 Billion in Two Weeks as It Eyes Markets Beyond Crypto
17.6.2026
Prediction-market platform Kalshi says its newly launched perpetual futures have generated more than $5.5 billion in trading volume in just two weeks, and the company is already planning to push the never-expiring contracts beyond crypto. From $1 Billion to $5.5 Billion The growth has been rapid...
No More Venue Hopping: Kraken Pro Adds US Perpetual Futures for Eligible Clients
15.6.2026
Kraken just handed eligible U.S. crypto traders access to perpetual futures, bringing one of the industry’s most heavily used trading tools onto a CFTC-licensed venue through Kraken Pro. The Cheyenne, Wyoming-based exchange Kraken disclosed Monday that U.S. clients can now trade perpetual futures...
Fable 5 Shutdown: US Export Controls Force Anthropic Offline, Pre-IPO Speculators Bleed
13.6.2026
The U.S. government killed Anthropic’s most capable artificial intelligence (AI) models on June 12, 2026, and crypto markets betting on the company’s so-called private valuation immediately felt it. A Two-Stage Collapse in Four Days Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 on June 9, 2026, billing it...
Hyperliquid Whale Holds 81% Short Book and $2.7M Profit as HYPE Bet Pays off
12.6.2026
A Hyperliquid trader dubbed a “perma-bear” is running an 81% short book with a $2.7 million all-time profit, led by a $13.57 million HYPE short up $539,000, per analytics firm Nansen. A Bear That Keeps Winning Onchain analytics firm Nansen said a Hyperliquid trader (referred to by the firm as...
Defillama Adds Pre-IPO Perps for OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic as Onchain AI Bets Heat Up
10.6.2026
Defillama has begun tracking pre-IPO perpetual futures for Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Quantinuum, as onchain traders are racing to bet on the year’s biggest private companies before they go public. Onchain Markets for Companies That Aren’t Public Yet Crypto data aggregator Defillama said it...
BitMEX CEO Says Regulation Opens Doors but Liquidity Still Decides Winners
8.6.2026
The violent liquidation event on Oct. 10, 2025, was less about price action and more of a diagnostic test exposing the systemic risks of crypto’s deep structural fragmentation across centralized, decentralized, and disjointed collateral systems. Systemic Risk and Market Fragmentation When crypto...
Multi-Trillion-Dollar Market: Coinbase Opens Global Crypto Derivatives to US Traders
29.5.2026
Coinbase said it now offers regulated access to global crypto derivatives markets, including perpetual futures and options. The move expands U.S. access to products that account for a significant share of crypto trading activity. Coinbase Opens Regulated Access to Global Crypto Derivatives Crypto...