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The cryptocurrency trading platform OKX announced the launch of the QUANTUSDT global perpetual contract, and related trading is now open.OKX introduced that Quant Network builds a programmable currency infrastructure through Overledger and QuantNet to connect banks, blockchains, tokenized deposits, and traditional payment rails.

According to CoinDesk, Cboe is exploring the launch of perpetual futures linked to the VIX index, which is still in the early stages, with no contract specifications yet and no filing documents submitted. This news comes from Bloomberg.The VIX index measures the expected volatility over the next 30 days as reflected by the pricing of S&P 500 options. As investors buy options to hedge against sharp market declines, the demand for options during downturns surges, thereby raising the index, which is why it is regarded as Wall Street's "fear gauge." Perpetual futures were first proposed by economist Robert Shiller in 1993 and were subsequently commercialized by the cryptocurrency industry.A mature derivatives ecosystem has already formed around the VIX, covering futures, options, and exchange-traded products tracking the index. However, futures come with expiration dates, and when contracts terminate, traders must roll over their positions or shift their bets to the next available contract. This rolling operation is costly and erodes returns, which was a major criticism faced by Bitcoin futures ETFs when they debuted at the end of 2021.In contrast, perpetual swaps never settle and instead anchor contract prices to the spot index through a funding rate mechanism, theoretically providing investors with the closest investment channel to the actual VIX spot price. Martin Lee, Head of Market Insights at DWF Labs, told CoinDesk that traders do not need to worry about expiration and value decay, as they can focus solely on assessing the direction of the underlying asset. He expects a strong trend of "perpetualization" to emerge in the coming months.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid24/7.xyz, the current price of BTC is approximately $86,199. The Binance perpetual near-end sell orders are about $62.71 million, and buy orders are about $40.03 million, with a net sell order surplus of about $22.67 million; Binance spot sell orders are about $11.80 million, and buy orders are about $8.18 million, with a net sell order surplus of about $3.62 million; Coinbase spot buy orders are about $10.98 million, and sell orders are about $9.28 million, with a net buy order surplus of about $1.71 million.OKX perpetual buy orders are about $15.84 million, and sell orders are about $9.94 million, with a net buy order surplus of about $5.90 million; Hyperliquid perpetual sell orders are about $10.98 million, and buy orders are only about $0.58 million, with a net sell order surplus of about $10.41 million. The near-end buy orders on Hyperliquid are noticeably thin, and if a large market order occurs, slippage may significantly increase.

Volmex has launched the Bitcoin Implied Volatility Index (BVIV) perpetual contract on Hyperliquid. This contract is based on options data from Deribit and OKX, reflecting traders' expectations of Bitcoin's volatility over the next 30 days, without reflecting the direction of the spot price.Recently, the BVIV readings have been in the mid-high range of over 30 points. Each index point of the contract corresponds to a settlement of 1 USDC, using a per-position margin model, supporting a maximum leverage of 5 times, and has an hourly funding rate and a cap on the number of open contracts during the initial launch phase.

According to Finbold, the AI perpetual trading platform PERPTools developed by DEXTools has raised a total of 8 million dollars through two rounds of token financing, including 3 million dollars in the pre-seed round and 5 million dollars in the seed round. Investors include BigBrain Holdings, NEAR, Animoca Brands, Sfermion, and Shima Capital.The platform plans to conduct its Token Generation Event (TGE) in the fourth quarter of 2026.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched U-based CT perpetual contracts, supporting up to 20x leverage, and the contract trading Bot will be opened simultaneously.

According to the official announcement, the Binance Futures platform will launch the CTUSDT perpetual contract on October 1 at 15:45, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.Users can trade using a multi-asset mode, supporting BTC as collateral.

Binance contracts will automatically settle PROMPTUSDT, PUMPBTCUSDT, and 1000000BOBUSDT U-based perpetual contracts on October 5 at 16:30, and the trading pairs for the above contracts will be delisted thereafter.Users need to close their positions by 17:00 to avoid automatic settlement.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid24/7.xyz, the current price of BTC is approximately $83,549. The Binance perpetual near-end sell orders are about $36.7 million, buy orders about $32.26 million, with a net sell order surplus of approximately $4.44 million; Coinbase spot buy orders are about $19.41 million, sell orders about $17.23 million, with a net buy order surplus of approximately $2.17 million; Binance spot buy orders are about $12.15 million, sell orders about $12.03 million, with a net buy order surplus of approximately $116,000.Hyperliquid perpetual buy orders are about $3.75 million, sell orders about $2.53 million, with a net buy order surplus of approximately $1.22 million; OKX perpetual buy orders are about $10.78 million, sell orders about $11.22 million, with a net sell order surplus of approximately $435,400. Binance's perpetual sell orders are significantly thicker than buy orders, while Coinbase's spot market shows a slight advantage for buy orders.

According to the market intelligence platform Liquid24/7.xyz, Binance's perpetual ETH has approximately 6,589.04 sell orders at $2,696.00, with a nominal value of about $17.764 million, which is an increase of about 0.41% from the mid-price of approximately $2,685.10 at that time.The total buy orders on the near-end market are approximately $51.2519 million, while the sell orders are about $67.4179 million, resulting in a net sell order surplus of approximately $16.1661 million, accounting for 13.62% of the total depth.

Cindy Leow, co-founder of the Solana perpetual contract exchange Drift (now Velocity), stated thatVelocity has completed audits with OtterSec and Asymmetric Research this week and is fully open-sourced, with the exchange restarting today.At the same time, as the exchange restarts and enters the next phase, she will step down. Previously, ChainCatcher reported on April 1 that Velocity was hacked by North Korean hackers due to a security vulnerability, resulting in a theft of $295 million.

The perpetual contract trading platform based on Hyperliquid technology, papertrade.xyz, announced that it will officially launch on October 10, 2026.

According to CoinDesk, brokerage Robinhood (HOOD) announced at the HOOD Summit held in Houston, Texas, that it will launch executable trading AI agents, cryptocurrency perpetual contracts with up to 10x leverage, and weekend trading for U.S. stocks, while extending options trading hours, providing more intraday margin, and introducing contracts based on corporate earnings metrics.Robinhood Agents allow customers to create AI agents within the app, choose models from OpenAI or Anthropic, and authorize them to access independent trading accounts. The agents can analyze the market, create watchlists, and trade stocks, options, and crypto assets. A feature called Loops allows customers to give long-term instructions to the agents to monitor the market and execute strategies when specific conditions arise. Since opening its trading infrastructure to external AI agents earlier this year, over 150,000 agent accounts have been created. By default, every trade proposed by the agent requires customer approval, and users can disable this protection; agents cannot use margin when they go live and can only utilize funds in dedicated accounts.Regarding perpetual contracts, Robinhood plans to offer them to eligible U.S. customers through Robinhood Derivatives and Bitstamp, initially focusing on crypto assets, with Bitcoin and Ethereum contracts having leverage up to 10x, while other supported assets starting at 3x. Additionally, Robinhood will provide earnings binary contracts through Cboe, allowing customers to trade directly on whether companies meet revenue, earnings per share, and other metrics; weekend trading will offer select stocks and ETFs through Bruce ATS.

According to official news, the Gate perpetual contract area for stocks was launched on September 29 at 20:00 (UTC+8) with the trading of contracts for TWST (Twister BioTech), CVNA (Carvana), RUM (RUM Group), WBD (Warner Bros. Discovery), CRML (Critical Metals Company), and BWET (Breakwave Shipping ETF). Within one hour of the launch, trading bots and Order Tracking features were made available, supporting 1-20 times long and short operations.At the same time, Gate has launched CARDS (Collector Crypt) and XDP (Doppler Finance) contract trading, trading bots, and Order Tracking features. Among them, CARDS contracts support 1-10 times long and short operations, while XDP contracts support 1-20 times long and short operations. CARDS is a platform for real-world assets (RWA) of physical collectibles; Doppler Finance is dedicated to building tokenized capital market infrastructure, covering areas such as yield management, collateral asset utility release, and tokenization of real-world assets (RWA). This new addition further enriches the selection of trading targets in the Gate contract market.

During an interview with The Block at the Ondo event held in Seoul, South Korea, Ondo Perps CEO David Wells stated that offering perpetual contracts in the United States is a "huge opportunity," and that it is "reasonable" for Ondo to explore such expansion. He mentioned that everyone is paying attention to the U.S. because there are now more opportunities opening up that were previously impossible. However, he also noted that U.S. perpetual contract products will differ from existing products, with structures that vary from non-U.S. markets.Wells' remarks come as U.S. regulators are testing how perpetual contracts can enter the U.S. market with several companies. In August, Trump stated that the CFTC is "bringing Hyperliquid to the U.S. in a fully compliant and legal manner." Kraken's parent company, Payward, has announced plans to launch Hyperliquid's HIP-3 perpetual market for eligible U.S. customers through the CFTC-regulated Bitnomial Exchange and NinjaTrader Clearing. Coinbase has also applied to launch single-stock perpetual contracts in the U.S. Earlier this month, Ondo Finance submitted a letter to the SEC and CFTC arguing that U.S. stock perpetual contracts fall under the securities futures category as defined by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.Wells indicated that while the U.S. version of perpetual contracts and its market structure may be similar, settlement and clearing would need to change to comply with U.S. regulations. He did not confirm any plans to enter the U.S. market, stating that the team has not "gone too far" in exploring the U.S. market.

The Binance Futures platform will launch multiple U-based TradFi perpetual contracts on September 29, including CRMLUSDT, BWETUSDT, ACNUSDT, MPUSDT, SECZUSDT, UNHUSDT, and NKEUSDT, with specific launch times from 17:00 to 17:30, and a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.

According to The Defiant, Ondo Finance's perpetual contract platform Ondo Perps has launched spot trading for 12 tokenized stocks and ETFs. Traders can buy related tokenized assets and use them as collateral to open short perpetual contract positions. Ondo Perps also announced that there will be no spot trading fees for the first 30 days after the launch of spot trading.

According to on-chain analyst Specter, North Korea is laundering funds across multiple chains, including underlying chains such as dYdX, Noble, and Osmosis, and has opened perpetual contract positions on dYdX.

The Binance Futures platform will launch multiple USDT-denominated perpetual contracts on September 28, including OKLOUSDT, TWSTUSDT, CVNAUSDT, RUMUSDT, and XOMUSDT. The specific launch times are 17:00, 17:05, 17:10, 17:15, and 17:20, with a maximum leverage of 20 times.