Crypto and traditional finance are converging fast, with perpetual futures emerging as the strongest bridge between the two.
About 20% of Ledger users will be able to access Hyperliquid's onchain perps markets from their hardware wallets.
With the deal closed, Payward now holds a full suite of U.S. derivatives licenses issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
XRP's estimated leverage ratio has flattened at low levels, while price has held near $1.39, with a market cap of $85.7 billion and roughly $1.75 billion in daily volume. CryptoQuant analyst PelinayPA flagged that traders reduced speculative exposure, and the price didn't follow them down. When leverage runs hot into a rally, crowded longs introduce […]
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CryptoQuant's latest Apr. 30 read shows that perpetual futures are driving Bitcoin's recovery, while spot demand is still shrinking. That is the same market structure seen during the 2022 bear market rallies, when leverage-driven rebounds gave way to fresh downside. Spot buying through exchanges, ETFs, or direct on-chain accumulation represents committed capital. At the same […]
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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss' crypto exchange now holds licenses allowing it to expand into regulated derivatives and prediction markets, the fastest-growing sectors in crypto.
Solana Ventures, Solana Labs' Anatoly Yakovenko and Solana Foundation’s Nick Ducoff have all participated in the round.
The bank said DeFi’s $300 million-plus rescue effort and structural upgrades reinforce its long-term $2 trillion real-world asset thesis.
Following a major backend overhaul, Ostium pitches itself as a “decentralized execution layer” for global markets.
The exchange’s institutional arm has quietly assembled trading, custody, financing, derivatives and cross margining into a single stack, something its rivals still piece together.
Bitcoin fell 2.86% today from yesterday's intraday high while the S&P 500 gapped lower. The current Bitcoin price chart shows BTC rallying from roughly the mid-$74,000s on Monday, Apr. 20, to a local high near $79,500 yesterday, then reversing by about $2,276 over roughly 17 hours. As of press time, CryptoSlate's Bitcoin page shows BTC […]
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Bitcoin is approaching a point where the market may have to choose between two very different outcomes. Traders are still paying to stay short, yet price, ETF flows, and market leadership are no longer behaving as if the market were stuck in a collapse. In a recent X post, Alphractal analysts argued that Bitcoin funding […]
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Kalshi is reportedly preparing to offer US crypto perpetual futures, while Polymarket announced today that perpetual contracts are coming to its platform and opened early access sign-ups. Hyperliquid's docs support outcome token trading alongside its mainnet-deployed perpetuals via the Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 4 (HIP-4). Pump.fun has evolved over the past few years into a social […]
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Bitcoin is heading into one of the year's largest options expirations at the worst possible moment. CoinGlass data shows roughly $8.07 billion in notional open interest for Deribit's options expiring on April 24, split between 56,300 calls and 49,540 puts. While the ratio itself leans bullish, it's sitting against one of the most uncertain macro […]
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Tehran is fighting a new price signal in public Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf chose a strange phrase for a dangerous moment. In the middle of a live crisis around the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s parliament speaker mocked “vibe-trading digital oil” and took a swipe at US Treasuries as well, turning a market argument into part of […]
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Crypto traders traded more than $500 million in synthetic oil futures over the weekend on the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, betting that renewed military conflict in the Middle East could push crude prices back to $100 a barrel. The surge in blockchain-based trading followed Iran's abrupt decision to shut the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, […]
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The deal gives Payward control of a fully licensed U.S. crypto derivatives stack, accelerating its expansion in regulated markets.
Derivatives funding rates have now remained negative for 46 days, a streak last seen following the FTX crash which marked the bottom of 2022's crypto winter.
Commodities led the growth, with oil trading reaching $6.9 billion in weekly volume after geopolitical tensions, while stock perpetual swaps grew 908% to roughly $4.9 billion.
Ethereum exchange reserves have fallen to a record low, even as the token trades near $2,15 and still struggles to break out. CryptoQuant data shows reserves are down about 77% from their 2021 peak, while CoinGlass data points to a surge in futures activity, with volume topping close to $50 billion in 24 hours. Related Reading: XRP Wallet Count Tops 8 Million As Trading Volume Nears $4 Billion Exchange Balances Keep Sliding The long slide in exchange balances has been building for years. According to CryptoQuant analyst Rich_dady, the decline has accelerated since late 2025, and the gap between price and reserve levels suggests that coins are still leaving exchanges at a fast pace. That kind of movement usually means holders are sending ETH to cold storage, staking it, or parking it away from trading venues. Even with that tighter supply, the market has not shown the kind of buying pressure that would normally push price higher. The report says ETH rose about 4% over the past 24 hours, but the move has not been enough to change the broader picture. Buyers, it says, have not stepped in with much force. Futures Trading Is Running Ahead Of Spot The bigger action has been in derivatives. CoinGlass data cited in the piece shows open interest climbing at the same time futures volume jumped past $49 billion in a single day. The report also points to $1.2 billion in futures inflows over 24 hours, a sign that traders are taking on more leverage while spot flows stay mostly flat. That split matters. When derivatives heat up faster than spot buying, the market often gets choppier instead of trending cleanly in one direction. The report says that setup points to weaker demand than the supply picture might suggest on its own. $2,100 Support Still Holds For Now ETH remains above $2,100 support, but the report says that level has not yet turned into a clean launch pad for a stronger move. The current setup leaves the market waiting on spot demand, which the piece says is still the missing piece. Related Reading: XRP Headed For A Price Shock, Japan’s Financial Heavyweight Says Without more consistent buying from new entrants, lower exchange reserves alone may not be enough to force a breakout. For now, the picture is uneven. Supply on exchanges keeps shrinking, yet price action stays boxed in. Traders are active, leverage is rising, and the spot side remains quiet. That leaves Ethereum in a narrow and uneasy stretch, where the next clear move may depend less on supply and more on whether buyers finally return. Featured image from Meta, chart from TradingView
On March 31, 2026, Wall Street saw its best trading day in nearly a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained over 1,100 points, the S&P 500 rose 2.9% for its best single-day performance since last May, and the Nasdaq jumped 3.8%. The mood, as one market recap cheerfully dubbed it, was “Hormuz Hope,” a […]
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Washington has escalated its fight with states over prediction markets, launching lawsuits that could decide whether these platforms operate as national financial products or state-regulated gambling. The outcome will determine if sports contracts can scale or get forced back into local licensing regimes. On Apr. 2, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Arizona, Connecticut, […]
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The exploit, which started over two hours ago, seems to be targeting multiple Drift vaults, totaling at least $200 million.
Aster previously released nearly 80 million ASTER per month per its linear schedule, a figure expected to drop by at least 97%.
Bitcoin price has again been knocked lower by an oil shock, higher Treasury yields, erased rate-cut expectations, and a massive Deribit expiry now due to land on top of that already-weakened market. Roughly $14.1 billion in BTC options were set to expire today, Mar. 27, with another $2.2 billion in Ethereum contracts clearing the same […]
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On Mar. 24, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) launched its Innovation Task Force, tasked with developing frameworks for crypto assets, blockchain technologies, AI systems, and prediction markets. Alongside everything else Washington has done in the past three months, it reads as the moment when a provisional, enforcement-heavy posture toward crypto began to harden into […]
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The launch aims to improve liquidity and price discovery for PURR shares, Hyperliquid Strategies said in a press release.
Top pairs on the largest HIP-3 market platform mainly involve tokenized real-world assets, such as crude oil and silver.
US senators recently introduced the 'Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act' to ban sports betting on prediction markets.
Despite stabilizing spot prices, investors remain defensive, with leveraged speculation cooling and realized volatility dropping from 80 to 50, suggesting a cautious market sentiment.