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On August 11, the Binance contract platform launched four U-based perpetual contract trading pairs, including Kuaishou (KUAISHOUUSDT), Meituan (MEITUANUSDT), as well as the Southern Eastern SK Hynix Daily Leverage (2X) product (CSOPSKHYNIX2LUSDT) and the Southern Eastern Samsung Electronics Daily Leverage (2X) product (CSOPSAMSUNG2LUSDT). The Kuaishou and Meituan contracts support a maximum leverage of 20 times, while the two Korean semiconductor ETF products support a maximum leverage of 10 times, with a funding rate cap of ±2%, settled every eight hours, supporting a multi-asset model.Among them, CSOPSKHYNIX2LUSDT tracks the Southern Eastern SK Hynix Daily Leverage (2X) product listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (code 7709), and CSOPSAMSUNG2LUSDT tracks the Southern Eastern Samsung Electronics Daily Leverage (2X) product (code 7747), corresponding to the two major storage chip giants SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics with double long exposure. This is Binance's further expansion in the field of traditional asset perpetual contracts, bringing Hong Kong stocks and Korean tech stock leverage products into the crypto derivatives market. Binance reminds users that digital asset prices are highly volatile, and contract trading carries high risks; investors must bear the related risks themselves.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the ANET (Arista Networks) stock perpetual contract. This contract is settled in USDT, supports up to 20 times leverage, and is available for trading 24/7. So far, Bitget supports a total of 272 stock perpetual contracts.

Bitget's latest data shows that approximately one out of every three contract trades on the platform comes from stock perpetual contract trading. As of now, Bitget supports a total of 271 stock perpetual contracts.Previous data indicated that Bitget's monthly trading volume for stock perpetual contracts in July reached $85.445 billion, with a single-day peak trading volume of $6.674 billion; during the same period, the monthly trading volume increased by 30.6% month-on-month, the number of traders increased by 31.4% month-on-month, and the number of trades increased by 130% month-on-month. Multiple trading indicators have shown steady growth.

The Binance contract platform will launch multiple U-based TradFi perpetual contracts on August 14, including ZHONGJIUSDT, SAMSUNGEMUSDT, HANMIUSDT, LGELECTRONICSUSDT, NAVERUSDT, and KODEX200USDT.The launch times for each contract will be from 10:00 to 10:25, with a maximum leverage of 20 times.

The Gate stock derivatives section will launch on August 13 at 14:00 (UTC+8) with perpetual contract trading for MO (Altria Group), CIFR (Cipher Mining), NET (Cloudflare), VRTX (Vertex Pharmaceuticals), BIIB (Biogen), CLSK (CleanSpark), and REGN (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.

According to the official announcement, Coinbase will suspend trading of the following perpetual contracts around 21:00 on August 26: Memecoin (MEME-PERP), The Sandbox (SAND-PERP), Moonbirds (BIRB-PERP), Blur (BLUR-PERP), Katana (KAT-PERP), SPX6900 (SPX-PERP), ZORA (ZORA-PERP), Axie Infinity (AXS-PERP), Gensyn (AI-PERP), and LayerZero (ZRO-PERP).At that time, any remaining open positions will be automatically settled, with the final settlement price being the average index price for the 60 minutes prior to the suspension of trading, and the rate for the last funding rate period will be set to zero.

According to The Information, Hyperliquid is seeking a compliance path to enter the U.S. market for its perpetual contract business, and the platform is currently not open to U.S. users.Previously, the Hyperliquid Policy Center, funded by the Hyper Foundation, has conducted policy research and advocacy work in Washington to promote the establishment of a regulated access framework for on-chain perpetual contracts and decentralized market infrastructure in the U.S.If the relevant regulatory path is clarified, it will create conditions for Hyperliquid to offer products such as perpetual contracts to U.S. users.

According to The Block, a K33 research report states that the 30-day average trading volume of BTC/USDT perpetual contracts on Binance and Bybit has dropped to $10.8 billion, the lowest level since 2023, with only 5% of trading days recording lower volumes. Meanwhile, the average daily trading volume of Bitcoin spot has decreased by 18% from last week to $1.8 billion, and the 7-day volatility has also fallen to 0.6%, the lowest since Christmas 2025.K33 research director Vetle Lunde pointed out that low trading activity creates a self-reinforcing "hibernation cycle" in the market. Notably, the open interest in Bitcoin perpetual contracts remains high, with an average of about 300,000 BTC from June to August, above the average for 2025-2026, indicating a higher risk of liquidation-driven volatility.The market is currently awaiting the release of the U.S. July CPI data on Wednesday, with economists expecting a year-on-year increase of 3.4% in CPI and a year-on-year increase of 2.5% in core CPI. CME FedWatch shows that the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike in September is about 50%. Bitcoin has been oscillating between $60,000 and $80,000 for six consecutive months, down about 50% from the historical high of October 2025.

According to the latest exchange report released by CoinDesk, the Gate RWA perpetual contract market continues to grow, with the total trading volume in July rising to $460 billion, setting a new historical high. Gate ranks among the top three global centralized trading platforms with a market share of 4.39%, continuously strengthening its market layout in the RWA derivatives trading field.In terms of spot trading, Gate ranks as a top global spot trading platform with a Grade A rating in July, achieving a spot trading volume of $35.8 billion and a market share of 4.93%, placing it fourth globally. In the derivatives sector, Gate's futures trading volume in July reached $276 billion, with a derivatives market share of 9.08%; the open interest market share reached 11.2%, ranking it among the top two retail trading platforms. Meanwhile, in the comprehensive ranking of spot and derivatives trading volume, Gate has consistently remained in the global top four, further reflecting the platform's activity and comprehensive trading capability in the global crypto asset trading market.As of July, Gate's global user count has exceeded 58 million, supporting over 4,900 trading pairs and more than 12,500 stock assets. Additionally, Gate launched the gStocks tokenized securities service in July, supporting 1:1 fully reserved stock assets, 24/7 trading, and unified account management, further expanding the connection between traditional financial assets and the digital asset ecosystem. As of July 27, Gate's overall reserve rate reached 117%, covering nearly 500 types of user assets, with BTC and ETH reserves continuing to grow. With a robust increase in asset reserves, Gate is continuously optimizing its existing product ecosystem, leading the development of global digital assets and innovative applications.

According to official news, Aster announced that AOS-2 is officially in effect. Previously, AOS-1 opened up the listing of spot tokens to projects that meet public standards, and AOS-2 extends the same principle to the perpetual market, which traditionally relies on private negotiations for listings.According to AOS-2, eligible applicants must stake 1,000,000 ASTER, lock it for four years without an early exit option, and then apply to enter the on-chain validator voting phase. If the vote passes, the Aster risk control team will complete market allocation, and the perpetual contract will go live on T+1; if it does not pass, the full staked amount will be returned.The leverage and other risk parameters for each market are set by the Aster risk control system, with rules made public and decisions recorded on-chain. AOS-3 will be launched subsequently.

The Binance contract platform will launch the DOSUSDT perpetual contract on August 11 at 23:00, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the DOSUSDT perpetual contract on August 11, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC), supporting a maximum leverage of 20 times, with USDT as the settlement asset.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched U-based DOS perpetual contracts, supporting up to 10x leverage, and contract trading bots will be opened simultaneously. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

ChianCatcher news, Solana Foundation Chair Lily Liu tweeted that the foundation's work revolves around two main goals: attracting top talent and capital to Solana. Capital and talent are interdependent and mutually prerequisite. She pointed out that "king-making" is shortsighted and self-limiting, and that "trustworthy neutrality" is feasible in code, but insufficient when applied to humans who require judgment. The foundation's principle is to be open to talent: actively promoting competition and letting the market decide the outcome. No one can rise above the market.Regarding perpetual contracts, the foundation has always supported diversity among builders, and the recent efforts include making the perpetual plan and cutting-edge trader program public. It is not true that only one team on Solana can build fully on-chain perpetual contracts; several teams have recently challenged this. A fully on-chain architecture is more valuable for DeFi and Solana's future. The foundation does not determine success or failure; the market does.

Regarding the abnormal and severe fluctuations in the perpetual contract market for TUT (TUTUSDT), Lobster (LobsterUSDT), and BICO (BICOUSDT) on August 9, 2026, Gate has promptly initiated a special review and risk control investigation. To protect users' legitimate rights and interests, Gate will provide full USDT compensation to affected users who meet the compensation criteria. The platform has opened a special processing channel, and affected users can contact Gate through official channels such as VIP account managers and online customer service. The platform will assist in implementing the compensation plan within three working days and will distribute the compensation amount to users' spot accounts.Gate stated that user rights are always the core focus of the platform, and it will continue to strengthen the identification of abnormal trading, risk control in low liquidity markets, dynamic management of risk parameters, and the construction of pricing and settlement mechanisms, further enhancing the platform's risk prevention capabilities and market governance level. Gate is committed to creating a fair, transparent, and secure trading environment, continuously listening to user feedback, and working with the community to maintain a healthy and stable market ecosystem.

According to the official announcement, OKX will officially launch the DOSUSDT perpetual contract on August 10, 2026, at 20:00 (UTC+8), supporting web, app, and API trading.It is reported that DAPPOS is an AI operating system aimed at Web3.

The Binance contract platform will launch multiple U-based TradFi perpetual contracts on August 11, including KUAISHOU USDT, MEITUAN USDT, CSOPS KHY NIX 2L USDT, and CSOPS SAMSUNG 2L USDT, with specific launch times at 10:00, 10:05, 10:10, and 10:15, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.