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According to Lookonchain monitoring, in the past 15 hours, 2 whales went long on a total of 29,798 ZEC with 10x leverage, worth 37.57 million USD.

On October 19, Wu Qing, Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, stated at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Financial Street Forum Annual Conference that they will adhere to a steady approach, fully maintain the safety and stability of the capital market, closely monitor domestic and international market dynamics, and strengthen risk assessment and policy tool reserves.Wu Qing also stated that they will consolidate and improve the mechanisms for stabilizing the market, focus on strengthening the prevention of risks in new types of businesses, remain highly vigilant against new risk points such as leveraged products linked to A-shares from abroad, and continuously build a solid risk defense wall for the capital market.

According to reports from South Korean media, on October 19, during the National Assembly's inspection of state affairs in South Korea, when asked whether the launch of single-stock leveraged ETFs affected the volatility of the South Korean stock market, the head of the Financial Supervisory Service, Lee Chan-jin, stated that he believes it has had an impact to some extent. He expressed deep regret over criticisms for not actively preventing the listing of related products.On the same day, during the National Assembly's Administrative Committee's inspection of the Financial Supervisory Service, a member of the People Power Party stated that searching for news related to the listing of single-stock leveraged ETFs would reveal that there were occurrences from "Black Monday" to "Black Friday," turning an entire week into a black one, and asked Lee Chan-jin whether he believed the listing of this product had an impact on this. Lee Chan-jin responded that he believes it has had an impact to some extent. When asked about other reasons for stock market volatility, Lee Chan-jin added that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have experienced severe volatility.

According to Bloomberg, storage chip manufacturer Kioxia Holdings (TSE code 285A) is facing further downward pressure on its stock price. Investors previously borrowed funds to bet on a rise in the stock price and accumulated positions, which may now need to be sold at a loss.As of October 15, the company's outstanding leveraged long positions amount to approximately 920 billion yen (5.8 billion USD), the largest among all listed companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, according to data from the exchange. Trading activity has decreased as the stock price has fallen, with transaction volume dropping by 84% from its peak, falling to 766 billion yen on Friday, and some credit traders face the risk of being forced to close positions at prices below their purchase price.

According to Arkham monitoring, the whale trader 0x9c6 is long on SOL with 20x leverage on Hyperliquid, currently holding a position worth approximately 57.5 million USD, with an opening price of 80.86 USD.Based on the current SOL price of 104.43 USD, this position has an unrealized profit of about 13 million USD. The trader opened the position about a month ago and has not closed it yet. Their Hyperliquid account is currently valued at approximately 24.2 million USD.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a suspected hacker wallet (0xf15d...bddf) sold 262.78 ETH 40 minutes ago, obtaining 643,000 USDC and depositing it into Hyperliquid. It then shorted 305.51 BTC with 40x leverage, with a nominal value of 25.4 million dollars and a liquidation price of 84,086.03 dollars.

The cryptocurrency payment company Ripple has expanded into stablecoins, asset custody, and has entered the long-term leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF) swap financing sector, which has been dominated by large banks, becoming an important participant. According to The Wall Street Journal, leveraged ETF managers achieve target returns through total return swaps and other derivatives, such as amplifying the daily fluctuations of a particular stock or index; banks or brokers sell related contracts and charge fees, then buy stocks or derivatives to hedge their own exposure.According to Morningstar Direct, there are 593 leveraged ETFs in the United States, managing over $256 billion in assets, of which 426 are single-stock leveraged funds, a category that received regulatory approval in 2022. Ripple entered swap financing after acquiring the prime broker Hidden Road, which caters to cryptocurrency hedge funds last year; this business is now called Ripple Prime, which is collaborating with multiple ETF providers and hopes to expand to include other investment managers, including hedge funds.On Tuesday, Ripple Prime announced it would provide prime brokerage, clearing, and financing services to the hedge fund Brevan Howard. Ripple Prime President Noel Kimmel stated that this is a growing and significant part of the company's business. The report cited an example where a fund paid Ripple at a rate of 4 percentage points above the overnight bank financing rate, which as of Tuesday was approximately equivalent to 8% of the fund's assets on an annualized basis; this cost is included in the net asset value of the leveraged fund, separate from the approximately 1% management fee.

According to Bloomberg, the office of a South Korean lawmaker cited data from the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea, indicating that retail investors in South Korea are expected to lose approximately 2.3 trillion won (about 1.7 billion USD) from May 27 to August 14 by tracking single-stock leveraged ETFs and note products related to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix.Since July, South Korean regulators have implemented measures such as temporarily banning the listing of new leveraged single-stock products, raising minimum cash margin requirements, and strengthening investor education to mitigate the risks associated with these products.

CFTC Chairman Michael Selig stated in an interview with CNBC yesterday that under its proposed rules, only federally regulated cryptocurrency trading platforms will be able to offer leveraged trading. "States can only provide money transmission services, and the 100x leverage commonly seen outside the United States has never been allowed in the U.S., and this time will be no exception."Previously, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) proposed two new rules on Monday, aiming to establish a regulatory framework for U.S. cryptocurrency based on its authority to regulate leverage and margin trading, to fill the regulatory uncertainty left by Congress's failure to complete cryptocurrency legislation.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. stock-listed Bitcoin mining company PowerCompute (Nasdaq: PWCM) has fully repaid and terminated its Bitcoin collateralized credit line with Arch Lending.The credit line was settled on the reset date of September 24, with Arch selling approximately 267.3 of the 307 collateralized BTC to repay about $22.45 million in principal, interest, and fees, with approximately 39.6 BTC returned to the company.PowerCompute stated that the settlement was carried out as planned and was not due to additional margin calls or forced liquidations.After repayment, the company's secured debt decreased from approximately $19.4 million at the end of June to about $1.25 million, holding approximately 62 BTC as of September 25. The company announced it will exit the leveraged Bitcoin treasury strategy, with Bitcoin being used as operating capital for equipment procurement and expansion.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale went long on 550,087 SOL with 20x leverage a month ago, worth 67.88 million USD, and currently has unrealized profits exceeding 23 million USD.This whale also set a take-profit order at 200 USD; if SOL reaches 200 USD, its profits could exceed 65 million USD.

Bitwise announced the launch of the Bitwise Premium+ RWA Vault (PPLUS) on the Ember Protocol. PPLUS holds a curated portfolio of real-world assets (RWA) and employs a leveraged strategy, targeting a net yield of over 10%.Its assets include PST from Huma Finance, sUSDai from USDai, and PRIME from HastraFi, corresponding to cross-border payment financing, AI GPU loans, and tokenized debt secured by high-quality residential equity, respectively.It is reported that Bitwise is responsible for the strategy design of assets, positions, and leverage parameters, while Ember is responsible for vault operations and trade execution. PPLUS is open only to non-U.S. persons, and Bitwise warns that the vault involves leveraged credit strategies, and deposited assets may face the risk of partial or total loss.

Binance has now extended the eligibility for bStocks as leveraged collateral to all users' full-margin accounts and unified margin accounts, further enriching collateral options and enhancing capital flexibility. Regular users, VIP 1, and VIP 2 users must complete a suitability assessment questionnaire before using bStocks as collateral or engaging in bStocks leveraged trading. VIP 3 users and above are not subject to the aforementioned risk control measures.

REX Shares and Tuttle Capital Management jointly launched a leveraged ETF------T-REX 2X Long ASST Daily Target ETF, which began trading on Friday at the Cboe exchange under the ticker ASSX. The fund aims to achieve 200% of Strive's daily stock price performance before fees, providing traders with a leveraged betting avenue on this Bitcoin treasury company.Unlike spot Bitcoin ETFs, ASSX does not hold Bitcoin nor track its price, but instead offers leveraged exposure to Strive's stock price. The fund resets its leverage daily, so returns over more than one trading day may significantly differ from Strive's twofold performance. REX and Tuttle stated that the two companies also launched 2x leveraged ETFs related to Strategy, BitMine, Cipher Mining, Circle, and SharpLink.According to data from BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Strive currently holds 25,000 Bitcoins, making it the fifth largest Bitcoin holder among publicly traded companies. The company last purchased 469 Bitcoins, financing the acquisition through the sale of its perpetual preferred stock SATA. On Friday, Strive's stock price rose 6.4%, closing at $30.09.

According to the official announcement, Gate ETF will launch MINIMAX3L/USDT, MINIMAX3S/USDT, CRWV3L/USDT, CRWV3S/USDT, AAOI3L/USDT, AAOI3S/USDT, KORU3L/USDT, and KORU3S/USDT at 16:00 (UTC+8) on September 9, supporting 3 times leverage for long or short positions on MiniMax, CoreWeave, Applied Optoelectronics AAOI, and the daily MSCI Korea 3 times bullish ETF KORU. Gate ETF currently supports trading of 420 types of tokens.Gate ETF has also launched a new trading challenge activity. Users participating in the above 3 times ETF trading can share a reward of 60,000 USDT. During the event, the first trade volume of no less than 200 USDT can receive a 10 USDT ETF transaction fee cashback voucher, limited to the first 1,000 participants; a daily trading volume of no less than 1,000 USDT can complete a check-in, with a maximum cumulative reward of 100 USDT; the total cumulative trading volume of all participants reaching the corresponding tier can unlock a maximum prize pool of 30,000 USDT, shared by eligible users based on their trading volume ratio, with a maximum of 200 USDT per person. Invite friends to participate in trading, with a total invitation prize pool of 10,000 USDT.

According to Hyperbot data, "Ma Ji Da Ge" Huang Li Cheng has opened a 40x leveraged Bitcoin long position, currently holding 147 BTC, with a position value of 11.566 million USD and an unrealized profit of 46,000 USD.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, James Wynn (0x507...edb6) opened a 20x leveraged Bitcoin short position, shorting 1.33 Bitcoins with a nominal value of $103,000, and a liquidation price of $80,483.47.

XRP has dropped 6.23% in the past 24 hours to around $1.38, making it the token with the largest decline among the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Previously, XRP surged from around $1 on August 18 to $1.69, an astonishing increase within four days, briefly touching the psychological level of $1.7.The pullback is mainly due to leveraged liquidations. XRP has still risen 35.55% over the past week, second only to Hyperliquid's 38.65% weekly increase. Notably, XRP-related ETFs have recorded net inflows for nine consecutive days, indicating that institutions have not withdrawn, and the issue mainly lies in the leverage aspect rather than capital outflows.After breaking through $80,000 on Tuesday, Bitcoin has retreated to around $78,000, dragging down the overall altcoin market. The market is awaiting tonight's core PCE inflation data and Nvidia's earnings report; whether XRP can hold the $1.4 support level will determine if this rally is a healthy correction or a further decline.

As investor enthusiasm for AI trading cools and regulators strengthen measures to curb demand, leveraged ETFs linked to chip manufacturers in South Korea have seen nearly $1 billion in outflows this month. So far, leveraged products tracking Samsung Electronics have experienced outflows of $381 million in August, while related products tracking SK Hynix have seen outflows of $601 million, marking the first monthly outflow for these products since their launch at the end of May.Especially during the global AI trading sell-off in July, when the South Korean Kospi index experienced a historic plunge, with a monthly decline of 22%. Subsequently, South Korean regulators raised the minimum margin requirements for new investors purchasing such products and required investors to undergo a 5-day simulated trading period.

According to TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), a whale starting with 0xf517 currently has 190 BTC sell orders in the range of $79,654 to $108,888, planning to sell 951.3 BTC, with a nominal amount of approximately $91.787 million and a weighted average sell price of about $96,488. BTC is currently reported at $77,351, with the sell order range being about 3% to 40.8% higher than the current price. Since the above orders are not "only for reducing positions," if the transaction volume exceeds its existing long position, it will directly lead to a short position.This whale currently holds 94.1 BTC long positions with a 40x leverage, valued at approximately $7.277 million, with an average entry price of $77,330.3; it has reduced its previous holding of 109.4 BTC by about 15.3 BTC. About 10% of the 951.3 BTC sell orders are used to close long positions, while the remaining approximately 857.2 BTC will be converted into new short positions. If all are executed, the theoretical size of the short position would be about $82.7 million. Meanwhile, this address still has a buy order for 133.7 BTC at $74,088, valued at approximately $99.08 million.It also has 108 open orders in other cryptocurrencies, with a total nominal amount of about $89.32 million, mainly including: HYPE replenishment orders: it currently holds 197,800 HYPE long positions, valued at approximately $15.44 million, with an average entry price of $62.52, and has placed a buy order for $5 million at $62.2, which is about 20.2% lower than the current price. LIT has 71 sell orders in the range of $3.8081 to $6, planning to add short positions of 362,200, amounting to about $1.84 million; ZEC has 29 sell orders in the range of $890.71 to $999, planning to open about 1,560 short positions, amounting to about $1.484 million. It is reported that this whale's layout spans both the US stock and cryptocurrency markets, often participating in the hottest targets, and has repeatedly become a major whale in S&P 500, AMZN, SPCX, etc., with a historical total profit of nearly $30 million.