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According to an official Binance announcement, Binance Futures will list U-margined perpetual contracts for SKUUUSDT, SKDDUSDT, RAMUSDT, DJTUSDT, and MRNAUSDT in batches on August 25 between 17:00 and 17:20 (UTC+8), with underlying assets including the SK Hynix Leveraged ETF, DRAM-themed ETF, Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT), and Moderna (MRNA) — traditional financial assets. All the aforementioned contracts settle in USDT, support 24/7 trading, multi-asset mode, and leverage of up to 20x. Funding rates are settled every 8 hours, with upper and lower limits set at +2% and -2%, respectively.
According to Odaily, blockchain network BNB Chain has activated the Pasteur hard fork on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet. The upgrade addresses cross-chain bridge verification, validator authorization, staking, and governance security, while increasing block capacity without altering the 450-millisecond block time.This upgrade includes BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675, which pertain to duplicate validator entries, validator key rotation and penalty governance, and the block submission process, respectively. In the internal test environment QANet, the new process increased throughput from 1,237 transactions per second to 2,324 transactions per second, though these figures are from controlled tests and do not represent mainnet measurements. (Cointelegraph)
According to the comment letter released by the Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC), it calls on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to establish a harmonized regulatory framework for perpetual contracts. The HPC asserts that while perpetual contracts lack fixed expiration dates, they exhibit traditional futures characteristics such as standardization, fungibility, the ability to be offset, and price convergence driven by funding rates; accordingly, cash-settled stock perpetual contracts possessing these traits should be allowed to be listed as "security futures." The HPC recommends that both agencies standardize classification criteria across different underlying perpetual contracts, retain exchanges' flexibility in product listing decisions, and modernize the security futures framework. It noted that clear regulatory guidance would help lower market entry barriers, foster exchange competition, and bring perpetual contract trading back to the U.S. market.
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Fireblocks Custody (9Ryc...4xfCxk) has deposited USD1 worth $28 million to Binance in three transactions over the past 21 hours, with amounts of $10 million, $15 million, and $3 million respectively.
HTX's 13th Anniversary Carnival Month is underway. Coinciding with the 13th day of the campaign, BTC has returned to the $80,000 level, market sentiment has improved, and participation in the anniversary event continues to surge. To date, the event has distributed over 100,000 rewards, with a total value reaching 60,000 USDT. By completing anniversary tasks and lighting up gems, users can progressively unlock lucky draws, red envelopes, and various exclusive perks. Participants can win up to 1,300 USDT worth of $HTX, and collecting all 13 gems grants eligibility for the ultimate grand prize draw.
the Hyperliquid Policy Center stated on the X platform that the world's largest perpetual contract market has developed in offshore regions because U.S. regulators have not yet answered a fundamental question: are these products futures or swaps? The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) began answering this question in May, allowing the first batch of perpetual contracts to be listed as futures contracts on U.S. exchanges. Now, the Hyperliquid Policy Center has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the CFTC to confirm that equity perpetual contracts can be listed as security futures. This confirmation would provide the necessary regulatory clarity for related products to return to the onshore market.Previously reported, the first Anthropic Pre-IPO market launched on Hyperliquid, with a 24-hour trading volume of nearly $3 million.
Odaily News: According to the official announcement, to meet users' diversified investment needs, Bitget has launched stock perpetual contracts for DE (Deere & Company) and JP225 (Nikkei 225 Index). These contracts are settled in USDT, supporting up to 20x leverage and 7×24-hour trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 282 stock contract trading pairs.
EntropyIO announced the completion of a $14 million funding round, led by Ribbit Capital, along with $40 million in HYPE staking support. The first batch of markets has gone live on Hyperliquid.EntropyIO stated that it has launched the first liquid Anthropic trading market and plans to further expand into assets such as Pre-IPO startups, computing resources, public companies, and global indices to enable around-the-clock trading.Team members come from Citadel Securities, Optiver, Polymarket, and Millennium, and have developed a liquidity-weighted oracle that dynamically adjusts external oracle price weights based on executable market depth, aiming to improve price discovery and liquidity for new asset classes.
Cosmos Labs stated that a security incident is occurring in the Cosmos EVM module and has already affected relevant users. Its security and engineering teams are addressing the situation and have advised the contacted Cosmos EVM chains to require validators to suspend chain operations. Cosmos Labs has not yet disclosed vulnerability details, the affected chains, or specific losses, stating that an incident report will be published after the matter is resolved.
Alibaba's video large model Wan3.0 officially launches, as Nvidia holds talks to invest in Perplexity, valued at over $30 billion. Xiaomi releases the Xuanjie O3 processor built on a 3nm process, and smart ring maker Oura plans to raise up to $3 billion through an IPO.
UK Prime Minister Bernam plans to visit the United States next month to lobby the Trump administration, seeking to secure its continued military and financial support for Ukraine.
Meta plans to launch the OpenClaw AI assistant (codenamed Hatch) as early as the next few weeks, with a new model dubbed "Watermelon" set to release in October. The product aims to expand non-advertising revenue, with the highest monthly subscription fee potentially reaching $199.99.
The U.S. State Department has approved revoking Syria's "State Sponsors of Terrorism" designation, while removing specific armed groups from the terrorist list, to eliminate barriers to private investment and promote local economic recovery.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced sanctions against nearly 60 Iran-related entities and proposed potential secondary sanctions targeting sectors such as digital assets and gold. The Middle East conflict is intensifying, with a large number of commercial vessels rerouting around the Strait of Hormuz, as regional tensions continue to escalate.
JPMorgan Chase and Santander will lead financing of up to $15 billion for Argentina's liquefied natural gas project.
Latest polls show US public support for military action against Iran has dropped to 31%, dragging Trump's approval rating to a historic low of 33%. Over 80% of the public believe the conflict will continue for a long time.
Odaily News: Sui announced on the X platform that it can now provide wallets to AI agents without exposing private keys to them. Squid Mode executes strategies outside the agent and splits each signature across independent validators, eliminating any single point of failure. This feature is built on @ikadotxyz's 2PC-MPC and is now live on Sui.
Stand With Crypto, a Coinbase-backed organization, has announced endorsements for 32 U.S. midterm congressional candidates, aiming to advance the passage of pro-crypto policies and influence federal digital asset legislation.
Coinbase has launched a Chainlink-based tokenized stock data feed on the Layer 2 network Base, providing developers with real-time market data and order book information.
Odaily News: Brian Armstrong posted on X platform, stating that his team, together with x402 and @CoinbaseDev, has built a feature in Slack: users can ask questions to agents in Slack; if a complete answer requires paid services, the agent will directly purchase the service. This supports micro-payments only, not subscriptions, and the answer will be returned in the same message.This way, everyone can get better and faster information without having to submit budget requests, fill out expense reports, or wait days for approval of expenses worth a few dollars.