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Bybit has today added three new US stock perpetual contracts: VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMHUSDT), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBIUSDT), and Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLEUSDT), with maximum leverage of up to 20x. To coincide with the launch, limited-time fee discounts are available: 0% maker fee rate and 50% off the taker fee rate.
According to the official announcement, HTX (formerly Huobi) has launched perpetual contracts for SMH/USDT, SOXS/USDT, DELL/USDT, and GRAM/USDT on June 18, with a maximum leverage of 10x for all. Concurrently, HTX is hosting a trading party for SMH, SOXS, DELL, and GRAM perpetual contracts from 15:00 on June 18 to 15:00 on June 25 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $20,000. During the event, users who register and trade the SMH/USDT, SOXS/USDT, DELL/USDT, and GRAM/USDT perpetual contracts—achieving a cumulative effective trading volume of ≥$1,000—will share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking. Additionally, new perpetual contract users trading any of the SMH/USDT, SOXS/USDT, DELL/USDT, or GRAM/USDT contracts will receive exclusive benefits.
OKX has announced the official listing of SMH, EWZ, RIVN, DKNG, and RDDT stock perpetual swaps on its web, App, and API for users in certain supported countries and regions, starting from 17:00 Beijing time on June 18. Among them, SMH/USDT will open at 17:00, EWZ/USDT at 17:15, RIVN/USDT at 17:30, DKNG/USDT at 17:45, and RDDT/USDT at 18:00. These contracts are settled in USDT, with a funding fee settlement period of 8 hours and 7×24 hour trading.
According to official announcements, Bitget has listed stock contracts for 10 new underlying assets, including FLNC (Fluence Energy), CGNX (Cognex), SMH (VanEck Semiconductor ETF), ROK (Rockwell Automation), and ISRG (Intuitive Surgical). These cover popular sectors such as energy storage, industrial automation, semiconductors, and medical technology. The aforementioned contracts support up to 20x leverage.
: According to official sources, Gate's Contract Stock Zone will debut the perpetual contract trading (USDT settlement) of TWLO (Twilio), ROK (Rockwell Automation), CGNX (Cognex), IVV (iShares Core S&P 500 ETF), SOXX (iShares Semiconductor Sector ETF), SMH (VanEck Semiconductor 25 Component ETF), SPYM (SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF), and VOO (Vanguard S&P 500 ETF) on June 16, 14:00 (UTC+8), supporting leverage of 1-20x.