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According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched four stock perpetual contracts: USDESTOCK (StablecoinX), VKTX (Viking Therapeutics), PCVX (Vaxcyte), and XP (XP).The above contracts are settled in USDT, support up to 20 times leverage, and allow trading 24/7. As of now, the Bitget platform supports a total of 337 stock underlying assets.

During an interview with The Starting Block at the Digital Asset Summit 2026 Asia, Brian Smith, the president of Jito Foundation, the parent company of the Solana ecosystem trading platform JTX, stated that JTX plans to launch stock trading features within the next two weeks and will release a native mobile app later this fall. The integration of perpetual contracts "may take until later this winter." He mentioned that the team is currently focusing on differentiating the spot trading features.JTX launched in July this year, supporting spot trading for cbBTC, SOL, HYPE, and meme coins, while also offering tokenized stocks and ETFs. The platform charges a fee for each transaction, with 80% of the revenue allocated to Jito DAO for the buyback and destruction of JTO tokens, and 20% distributed to referrers. Smith did not disclose the trading volume since the launch but emphasized the speed of product iteration, stating that the team has two full-time data scientists mining on-chain data to develop in-app discovery features.Smith positioned JTX as a "permissionless Robinhood" for Solana, emphasizing longer holding periods and competitive rates, and noted that other Solana applications tend to focus on early meme coin trading. Regarding perpetual contracts, he acknowledged that Solana "has a lot of work to do" and affirmed Hyperliquid's role in pushing centralized exchange traders on-chain, while stating that Solana is the "king" in the spot trading space.

The American compliance prediction market platform Kalshi has launched the US 500 perpetual futures contract, which has no expiration date, utilizes a daily funding fee payment mechanism, and uses futures account assets as collateral.According to The Defiant, Kalshi displayed a maximum leverage of 15.3 times on the day of the launch.

On Tuesday, Coinbase added short-term up-and-down contracts to its prediction market, covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 8 other tokens, allowing for bets on crypto price direction at 15-minute and hourly intervals.These contracts are listed by the prediction market platform Kalshi, which previously operated the same 15-minute market on its own exchange.

Aptos Labs announced the launch of MonoMove, which is the largest proposed upgrade in the history of the Aptos blockchain execution engine. Aptos Labs stated that internal testing shows that MonoMove can run smart contracts up to 55 times faster than existing systems.On its fully incubated on-chain trading platform Decibel, the speed of collateral withdrawal is increased by up to 55 times, and the order placement speed is increased by up to 22 times.

According to the official announcement, the Binance Futures platform will launch multiple USDT-denominated perpetual contracts on October 6, including USDEXUSDT, VKTXUSDT, MCDUSDT, and AKAMUSDT. The specific launch times are 17:00, 17:05, 17:10, and 17:15, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.

According to CNBC, U.S. Democratic Congressman Don Davis proposed the "No Betting on Your Own Race Act," which aims to prohibit federal office candidates from trading prediction market contracts related to their own election results.Under the bill, violators will be fined at least $10,000 or three times the net profits from the related trades, whichever is higher. Before this proposal was introduced, Davis's Republican opponent in North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, Laurie Buckhout, was fined nearly $2,600 for trading Kalshi contracts related to her candidacy and was suspended from trading on Kalshi for three years.

According to The Block, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a "no-action" exemption, allowing designated contract markets (DCM) to convert certain existing contracts that essentially possess the characteristics of perpetual contracts into "true" perpetual contracts with no expiration date.This exemption is effective until October 20. Exchanges must consult with holders of open positions before the conversion, provide advance notice, and offer them an opportunity to exit, while also providing risk disclosures.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported that for the week ending September 29, stock fund speculators increased their net short positions in the S&P 500 CME by 575 contracts, bringing the total to 355,697 contracts; stock fund managers reduced their net long positions in the S&P 500 CME by 33,658 contracts, bringing the total to 901,255 contracts.

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.

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.

DogeOS, the application layer of Dogecoin, launched its public testnet on Wednesday, introducing EVM-compatible smart contracts to the Dogecoin network as a zero-knowledge rollup, with DOGE as the native token for transaction fees. The project aims to support applications such as trading, lending, stablecoins, prediction markets, and gaming, while settling state back to the Dogecoin network.DogeOS currently uses a trusted execution environment, validators, and a permissioned sequencer to ensure network security. Future proposed upgrades to Dogecoin Core will allow Dogecoin miners to directly verify their execution proofs. DogeOS CEO Jordan Jefferson stated that Dogecoin does not currently verify ZK proofs on its own, and bridging state transitions requires valid proofs as well as signatures from a majority of validators and TEE signers. He mentioned that the team is currently focused on the public testnet, allowing developers time to build and test applications, with the mainnet timeline to be announced upon reaching the next development milestone.DogeOS comes from the MyDoge wallet team, which announced a $6.9 million funding round led by Polychain Capital in May 2025. Two months later, the DogeOS team submitted a proposal for a Dogecoin Core upgrade to add native ZK proof verification for Dogecoin, but this upgrade has not yet been implemented. Timothy Stebbing, a director of the Dogecoin Foundation, expressed hope that DogeOS will serve as a springboard for a new wave of practical engineering.

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has submitted two rules for review to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). One rule aims to include event contracts within the regulatory definition of swaps, while the other is a "temporary final rule" that seeks to exclude "casino-style gambling products" from the scope of swaps.These two rules were received by the OMB this week, with the document dated September 28. OMB review is typically the last step before rules are submitted for public comment, and the temporary final rule will take effect immediately while allowing for subsequent public input and revisions.This move comes as the CFTC engages in a tug-of-war with multiple states over the nature of prediction markets. Event contracts are typically binary yes-or-no bets on measurable outcomes such as sports events and elections. Last week, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Kalshi's sports contracts do not fall under swaps and should be governed by state gambling regulations, while the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals made a similar ruling; however, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals previously determined that the CFTC has jurisdiction over prediction markets, creating a legal divergence at the federal level. CFTC Chairman Mike Selig believes that the CFTC has exclusive jurisdiction over prediction markets.If event contracts are classified as swaps and not as gambling products, it could weaken the positions of various states in multiple lawsuits against prediction market platforms like Kalshi. The CFTC is legally required to consist of five commissioners, but President Trump has yet to nominate additional commissioners, leaving Selig as the sole commissioner, who is unilaterally advancing regulatory and policy decisions. Additionally, information disclosed by the OMB indicates that the CFTC recently submitted a "pre-rule" focusing on cryptocurrency regulation to the White House.

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.

K33 Research Research Director Vetle Lunde analyzed that in the past 7 days, the total open interest of CME and perpetual contract BTC decreased by 49,000 contracts, marking the largest weekly decline since October 2025, during which market volatility was low and funding rates continued to decline.Unlike previous significant reductions in positions that were accompanied by forced liquidations, this round of deleveraging is more akin to proactive profit-taking, with overall market sentiment trending towards rationality.

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.

As U.S. consumer confidence data remains strong, driving expectations for high interest rates and rising U.S. Treasury yields, gold and silver are under pressure. According to CoinGlass data, gold (XAU) is currently priced at $4,225.56, with a 24-hour decline of 1.45%; silver (XAG) is currently priced at $62.69, with a 24-hour decline of 2.41%.During the period of significant market fluctuations, trading volume for Gate precious metal contracts surged: Gate silver contracts had a 24-hour trading volume of $59.5667 million, ranking second in the industry; Gate XAU gold holdings are approximately $417.78 million, also ranking second in the industry.

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.