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According to official announcements, HTX launched perpetual contracts for PONS/USDT, ZKC/USDT, and SKR/USDT on August 31, supporting 1x to 20x leverage for both long and short positions.
Odaily News: Stablecoin issuer Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that stablecoins are a more credible form of money than tokenized bank deposits, as the former is almost fully backed by U.S. Treasuries, while the latter typically has only 10% liquid asset backing.Pablo Hernandez de Cos, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), said stablecoins raise concerns regarding redemption capacity, supply, interoperability, and their potential to facilitate criminal activity, adding that tokenized bank deposits represent a more direct path to preserving the foundations of the monetary system while leveraging tokenization.Ardoino noted that USDT's market capitalization has surpassed $183 billion and is used in some emerging markets for domestic and cross-border commerce. In discussions surrounding the CLARITY Act, banks have expressed concerns that allowing crypto exchanges to offer incentives on stablecoins could trigger deposit outflows. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: According to the official announcement, Gate has launched MARSCOIN perpetual contract live trading (USDT-settled), supporting 1-20x leverage.Gate has also added MARSCOIN trading bots and copy trading features.
Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the USDT-margined "Bull Run" perpetual contract, supporting up to 10x leverage, and the futures trading bot will be available simultaneously. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
In response to recent warnings from Bank for International Settlements (BIS) General Manager Pablo Hernández de Cos regarding the potential risks stablecoins may pose to financial stability, Tether CEO Paolo Ardonio lashed out at the BIS on the X platform. He stated that stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits have fundamentally different underlying risk structures. Stablecoins are essentially instruments fully backed by 100% reserves of highly liquid assets, such as U.S. Treasury securities. By contrast, tokenized bank deposits remain deposits within the banking system and typically operate under a fractional reserve model, where only a portion is backed by highly liquid assets.
According to official announcements, Binance Futures will list the Niu Lai USDT perpetual contract on August 30, 2026, at 11:30 UTC, offering up to 10x leverage. Futures copy trading services will be enabled within 24 hours after listing.
Odaily News: According to an official announcement, Binance Futures will list the Niulait USDT perpetual contract at 11:30 (UTC) on August 30, 2026, with up to 10x leverage supported. The copy trading service for this contract will be enabled within 24 hours after listing.
According to official announcements, Gate has launched Pons (PONS) perpetual contract live trading (USDT settlement), supporting 1-20x leverage.Gate has added PONS unified account lending and isolated margin trading pairs, and simultaneously launched PONS savings interest-earning, demand collateral lending, and fixed-term collateral lending features. PONS trading bots, copy trading, flash exchange, and recurring purchase functions have all been launched.
Odaily News, According to official sources, Gate's Contract Stock Zone will debut the listing of perpetual contract trades (USDT settled) for DJT (Trump Media & Technology Group), RAM (Roundhill T-REX 2x Long DRAM Daily Target ETF), TEM (Tempus AI), and MARA (Marathon Digital Holdings) at 20:00 (UTC+8) on August 28, supporting 1-20x leverage.
Odaily News: Bybit has launched the Bullish USDT perpetual contract today, supporting leverage of up to 20x.
According to an official announcement, HTX listed the INFQ/USDT perpetual contract on August 28, supporting 1x to 20x leveraged long and short positions. Concurrently, from today until 15:00 UTC+8 on September 1, HTX is hosting a new coin futures trading competition. Users who complete registration, engage in contract trading for the event's designated assets, and meet the required thresholds will have the opportunity to share a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
It is reported that Bybit has recently launched an SOL trading incentive campaign with a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT. During the event, users can participate in reward distribution by trading SOL and BBSOL pairs. This campaign will further enrich SOL trading scenarios, enhance market liquidity for the relevant trading pairs, and boost user engagement.
Odaily News, according to official announcements, Bitget has listed the HPQ (HP) stock perpetual contract. The contract is settled in USDT, supports up to 20x leverage, and offers 24/7 trading. To date, Bitget supports a total of 295 stock contract trading pairs.
According to official announcements, Upbit will list EURC/KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs.
According to Odaily, Gate has opened registration for the 2026 VIP Futures Elite Challenge Season 4 from August 27, 15:00 to September 21, 23:59 (UTC+8), with the competition running from August 31, 09:00 to September 22, 23:59 (UTC+8). This season features an upgraded format with three leaderboards — futures trading volume, CFD trading volume, and futures profitability — offering a combined prize pool of up to 60,000 USDT in cash rewards, plus additional prizes including an 88g pure gold bar and selected Dyson gifts.Additionally, during the event period, users who complete a specified futures trading volume or upgrade to VIP5 or above for the first time (or return to VIP5+) will earn a chance to draw prizes, including fee rebate vouchers and Dyson gifts. VIP8+ users who reach the designated futures trading volume can unlock the "Gold Bar Scratch Card" with a 100% win rate, sharing the 88g gold bar prize pool. The top 3 winners on the comprehensive leaderboard will also have the opportunity to enjoy F1 race tickets, including round-trip flights and luxury accommodation. This season also features a participation award: users who rank on the leaderboard and meet the futures trading volume threshold but do not receive cash rewards will each receive a 50 USDT fee rebate voucher.
According to the official announcement, HTX will open spot and grid trading for TAO/USDT on August 27 at 21:00 (UTC+8). The TAO deposit service is now live, and withdrawal services will be enabled on August 28 at 21:00.
Odaily News With the La Liga season progressing, event market-related trading remains open. The next round of matches kicks off on August 28 at 02:30 (UTC+8) and 03:00 (UTC+8). Celta Vigo will face Osasuna, with current support rates of 49% and 23%, respectively, and a draw support rate of 29%. Following that, Barcelona will take on Athletic Bilbao, with current support rates of 79% and 8%, respectively, and a draw support rate of 15%.The second phase of the Gate Event Points campaign is now officially live, with a total prize pool of $16,960, including a points pool of $13,521 and a lucky jackpot pool of $10,552. As of now, the Top 1 on the points leaderboard is expected to receive 5,088 USDT. Users can enter the Gate App (v8.32 or above), complete valid event contract trades, and earn scratch cards based on cumulative trading volume. In regular markets, users earn 1 scratch card for every 20 USDT of cumulative trading volume, while in designated events marked with a "2x" badge, users earn 1 scratch card for every 10 USDT of cumulative trading volume. Users have the chance to win USDT, event points, trial vouchers, and more. They can also trigger a super lucky prize, earning 88,888 PTS points and sharing the lucky jackpot pool. Additionally, the top 100 users on the weekly leaderboard can share the points pool.Furthermore, Gate is offering a limited-time "Big Five Leagues Kickoff Carnival" prediction event from August 12, 16:00 to August 31, 16:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to 200,000 USDT. During the event, users who participate in designated football event trading can receive a 10 USDT prediction trial voucher. If users predict a loss for a top-tier club in their opening match, they can receive up to 100 USDT in downside compensation. As an official sponsor of Inter Milan, Gate will select 10 lucky users to receive co-branded jerseys. Users who rank in the top 100 of the cumulative trading volume leaderboard can share a 50,000 USDT prize pool.
Bitget has added two new stock spot rTokens: rDJT (Trump Media & Technology Group) and rPURR (Hyperliquid Strategies). As of now, the Bitget platform supports a total of 695 rTokens. Identified by an "r" prefix followed by the stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for Nvidia), rTokens are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. Through a partnership with the regulated brokerage Alpaca, they connect directly to global liquidity pools including Nasdaq and the NYSE. Key features include underlying assets backed 1:1 and held by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, synchronous mapping of corporate actions (such as stock splits and consolidations), and the eligibility of holdings to serve as joint margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, enabling users to hold global stock assets while maintaining flexible fund management.
According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korean crypto asset custodian BDACS will partner with Devall Company, the operator of the accounts receivable management service "Cheonggus," to build a stablecoin-based B2B cross-border payment and settlement infrastructure. The initiative will enable exporting companies to send invoices through Cheonggus, allowing overseas buyers to settle using stablecoins such as USDT and USDC. BDACS will subsequently handle asset custody and convert the funds into Korean won for settlement. Both parties also plan to explore integrating payment and settlement data into enterprise ERP systems to automate accounting processes.
Odaily News, according to the official announcement, Bitget's equity contracts have launched MARA (MARA Holdings). The contract is settled in USDT and supports up to 20x leverage with 7×24-hour trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 292 perpetual equity contract trading pairs.