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Coinbase Chief Business Officer Shan Aggarwal published a post disclosing the integration progress after acquiring the cryptocurrency options trading platform Deribit, stating that the overall integration progress is "generally good." As of now, several advancements have been completed, including the launch of over 100 new USDC settlement contracts in 5 market areas, covering pre-IPO perpetual contracts, marking the largest expansion of perpetual contracts in Deribit's history.For the first time, stocks and ETFs are being traded in the form of perpetual contracts; a new matching engine has been launched to enhance the core trading infrastructure, making the large-scale trading environment faster and more stable while maintaining the user experience; and Deribit's spot trading has accessed Coinbase's spot liquidity. Shan Aggarwal added that the platform integration process still faces a lot of work, and more phased results will be announced in the future.

Oracle announced the expansion of its Digital Assets Data Nexus platform, adding payment execution integration, configurable wallets and smart contract controls, as well as AI-driven transaction monitoring and risk analysis features.This upgrade supports connecting existing bank payment systems with digital asset transaction execution through the ISO 20022 messaging standard, helping banks establish a unified operational model for the flow of funds between traditional currencies and digital currencies, while enhancing ledger visibility, compliance controls, and operational efficiency. The platform will also support integration with Oracle Banking Payments and Swift Ledger, covering application scenarios such as tokenized deposits, stablecoins, CBDCs, digital bonds, and real-world assets. Oracle stated that the relevant features are planned for release in fiscal year 2027.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for BTC has decreased by 7.56% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at 57.131 billion USD. Among them, the open interest for Binance is 11.313 billion USD, OKX is 3.153 billion USD, Bybit is 5.781 billion USD, and Gate is 5.032 billion USD.

David Hoffman, founding partner of Bankless Ventures, published a discussion on the "Bitcoin Buy Side Trophy," stating that the crypto market occasionally sees a single asset absorbing the capital shift from Bitcoin holders. The Bitcoin community has long maintained a consensus of "holding only BTC," with a scale of about $1.7 trillion; individual shifts usually go unnoticed, but when enough people turn to the same asset, it becomes contagious. He cited 2021's ETH as an example, where its market cap rose from about $12 billion at the bottom to about $554 billion at the top, and referenced Su Zhu's statement from October that year, indicating that some people specifically moved cold-stored Bitcoin to buy ETH, and some publicly known Bitcoin maximalists may privately hold ETH.He believes that ZEC in 2026 is similar to ETH in 2021, having formed a consensus point for some Bitcoin capital, with reasons including privacy, quantum, or as a hedge against Bitcoin exposure "just in case." ZEC's market cap rose from about $200 million to about $2.6 billion, which is still small relative to the $1.7 trillion BTC; the key lies in relative scale rather than dollar appreciation, as the buying pressure is driven by Bitcoin wealth. As long as a very small proportion of holders can be persuaded to allocate a small amount of ZEC, the buying pressure will continue; very few people skip BTC, ETH, and other crypto assets to buy based solely on ZEC's own merits.He also believes that NEAR will win the weaker "smart contract buy side" in 2026, with funds coming from more decentralized market participants. The crypto market has always prioritized value storage, with smart contract chains coming second; ETH's position is weaker than BTC's, and SOL's challenge to ETH is greater than any asset's challenge to BTC.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for BTC has decreased by 5.32% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at 58.446 billion USD. Among them, Binance has an open interest of 11.681 billion USD, OKX has an open interest of 3.267 billion USD, Bybit has an open interest of 5.761 billion USD, and Gate has an open interest of 5.216 billion USD.

According to the official announcement, the Gate contract Robinhood section has launched AGRIPPA and MONITOR contract trading, trading robots, and Order Tracking features, all supporting 1-10 times leverage for long and short positions.AGRIPPA (Agrippa) is named after the ancient Roman general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and features a cute Bear-style Avatar; MONITOR (The Situation) revolves around the long-popular internet meme "Monitoring the Situation." Both are on-chain tokens of Robinhood.

Bitget has upgraded its AI assistant GetAgent to version 2.0, expanding the scope of AI research from the cryptocurrency market to include U.S. stocks, CFDs, and on-chain data scenarios, forming a cross-market research framework that covers various assets such as cryptocurrency, U.S. stocks, gold, and crude oil. Users can complete market inquiries, opportunity screening, position diagnostics, and trade reviews through natural language, and combine relevant market data, events, and fundamental information to obtain structured analysis that includes key price levels, participation conditions, risk boundaries, and conditions for judgment failure.In terms of functional interaction, this upgrade further enhances GetAgent's continuous research capabilities. Users can set up regular reports, event reminders, and continuously track market changes based on specific conditions, extending AI from one-time Q&A to ongoing market research and dynamic tracking, transforming fragmented market observations into coherent trading plans.As an important part of Bitget's Agent-native strategy, GetAgent 2.0 is evolving from an information inquiry tool to a continuous research assistant. As UEX covers more cryptocurrency assets and traditional financial markets, GetAgent will also serve as the corresponding intelligent research layer, providing users with cross-asset analysis, regular reports, and continuous market tracking capabilities.

The Federal Register of the United States published today a rule filing notice from KalshiEX LLC (Kalshi), stating that the prediction market platform has submitted a proposed rule change to the SEC, claiming immediate effectiveness. The content is the addition of Chapter 14 to the rules manual, aimed at listing "Perpetual Securities Futures Products" (Perpetual SFPs).The contracts have no fixed expiration date, and the contract price is anchored near the spot price of the underlying U.S. stocks or ETFs through periodic funding fees from both long and short parties. Kalshi qualifies it as a securities future, planned to be cleared by its clearing platform Kalshi Klear. The listing threshold is relatively high, requiring the underlying to have a deliverable supply of over 20 million shares, a market capitalization of at least $100 billion, and an average daily trading volume of at least $450 million over the past six months, with contract units mostly being 100 shares.

Based on RootData's character and X influence data, and combined with market samples from 28 projects that launched on Binance Spot in the past two years, the dynamics of individuals and project performance show a noteworthy accompanying relationship.In terms of onboarding, among the 24 projects where character and influence data can be matched, in the months where 77 projects recorded new member entries, 65 saw a month-on-month increase in X influence, accounting for 84.4%, which is higher than the 67.4% in months without recorded new members. The median month-on-month growth rates for the two groups were 3.4% and 1.6%, respectively. For example, Vana added three new positions for growth, ecology, and product directors in August 2024, and its average monthly X influence rose from 189.14 in August to 607.50 in November, an increase of 221.2%.In terms of departures, 7 projects formed 18 comparable three-month observation windows, of which 15 saw a decline in coin prices; among the 17 windows with market capitalization data, 14 experienced a decrease in circulating market capitalization. The head of AI agency business at BIO Protocol left in October 2025, and from the end of that month to the end of January 2026, the coin price and circulating market capitalization decreased by 60.1% and 46.7%, respectively.The above statistics reflect accompanying phenomena. Continuously updating information on personnel onboarding, departures, and position replacements can help users track team expansion, organizational adjustments, and core talent loss, providing more basis for interpreting changes in influence and valuation.

According to the official announcement, Huobi HTX has launched MUBARAK/USDT and OURA/USDT perpetual contracts on September 23, supporting 1-20 times long and short operations. At the same time, from now until September 29 at 15:00 (UTC+8), Huobi HTX is launching a new contract trading competition. Users who complete registration, participate in the contract trading of the event tokens, and meet the specified thresholds will have the opportunity to share a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX.

The Binance Futures platform will launch the OURAUSDT U-based Pre-IPO perpetual contract on September 23 at 16:30, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.

The WeChat Security Center has released a governance announcement regarding the crackdown on organizers and promoters of illegal activities such as pyramid schemes and fraud. Recently, some black and gray market accounts have falsely claimed to be "national projects," "ethnic asset unfreezing," and "blockchain virtual currencies, stablecoins," using high returns as bait to lure users into groups and implement pyramid-style "referral" schemes. Subsequently, they induce users to input their account passwords and download fraudulent imitation apps through forged links, ultimately committing property fraud or account theft.WeChat officials stated that once verified, they will take tiered penalties against violating accounts based on the severity of the circumstances, in accordance with relevant laws and platform regulations. This includes banning community functions, restricting feature usage, and permanently banning accounts. They also remind users to be wary of Ponzi schemes that claim to be associated with blockchain but lack substantive technology and applications, and to avoid participating in paying entry fees, developing downlines, and downloading applications from unofficial channels.

The open contracts on Hyperliquid reached 18 billion dollars, setting a new historical record.

According to official news from Gate, the number of stock underlying assets supported by Gate's perpetual contracts has exceeded 450+, continuously expanding the coverage of popular global stock perpetual contracts, creating the trading platform with the widest industry coverage and the most underlying assets for stock perpetual contracts.Driven by both ecological expansion and market enthusiasm, several star stock derivatives on the platform are actively traded. According to data from the Gate platform, SpaceX (SPCX) is currently priced at $154.75, up 1.91% in 24 hours; Micron Technology (MU) is currently priced at $1094.41, up 4.89% in 24 hours. CoinGlass data shows that the open interest for Gate's SPCX contracts has reached $98.48 million; the open interest for MU contracts has reached $71.03 million. Both have ranked third in the entire network in terms of open interest, demonstrating a high level of market recognition.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for Bitcoin is currently $61.258 billion, with a 24-hour aggregated long-short ratio of 0.972. The positions on trading platforms are as follows:Binance Bitcoin contract open interest reaches $9.233 billion, with a trading volume of $13.792 billion in the past 24 hours and a 24-hour long-short ratio of 0.9099; Hyperliquid Bitcoin contract open interest reaches $4.044 billion, with a trading volume of $2.667 billion in the past 24 hours and a 24-hour long-short ratio of 0.994; Bybit contract open interest reaches $5.226 billion, with a trading volume of $5.82 billion in the past 24 hours and a 24-hour long-short ratio of 0.9857; Bitget Bitcoin contract open interest reaches $1.787 billion, with a trading volume of $2.674 billion in the past 24 hours and a 24-hour long-short ratio of 0.9814.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) market regulatory department announced that prediction contracts based on whether specific individuals mention certain words or attend events face a high risk of market manipulation and can only be launched on designated contract markets under limited circumstances.CFTC recommends that relevant platforms assess whether individuals who can influence contract outcomes are bound by legal, professional, contractual, fiduciary, or confidentiality obligations, and take proactive trading rules and risk control measures to prevent manipulation.

According to Business Insider, Oracle launched its second round of layoffs this year last week. A leaked document shows that 546 employees from its U.S. cloud infrastructure organization were laid off, accounting for about 7.6% of the listed 7,185 employees. The most affected positions include managers, engineers, software developers, and employees in the data center maintenance and service departments. The document states that the information was provided to comply with federal age discrimination laws. Oracle did not disclose the total number of layoffs last week and did not respond to requests for comment.Oracle previously revealed that it expects to reduce its workforce by 21,000 employees, a decrease of 13%, by May 31, 2026, with the total number of employees before the recent layoffs being 141,000. The cloud infrastructure department's revenue grew by 121% year-over-year in the most recent quarter. The document indicates that 57 software developer III positions were cut, with software development-related positions accounting for about 17% of the layoffs; the data center support services department laid off 41 people, including the department's vice president and two senior directors.A total of 128 positions containing the word "manager" were eliminated, accounting for about 23% of the layoffs, with project managers totaling 61 people. Most affected employees are over 40 years old, with about 16% being 60 years or older. Oracle is increasing its investment in AI data centers, expecting related expenditures to be between $90 billion and $95 billion this year.

According to The Wall Street Journal, traders on the prediction market platform Kalshi have executed nearly 1 million trades of nearly identical amounts in a single market since August, an unusual activity that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and traders. Kalshi stated that these trades represent normal activity, and the company does not disclose the identities of traders in its public data.The Wall Street Journal's analysis of publicly available trading data found that in recent weeks, more than one-third of trades in the Ethereum price speculation market consisted of rapid trades around the same order size of approximately $5,500. These rapid trades, all close to $5,500, occurred in a single Kalshi market, totaling about $5 billion.

Cosmos ecosystem DEX Astroport stated that the attack event that occurred on Neutron may have led to the theft of administrator privileges for the Astroport contract. Neutron has suspended chain operations for investigation.Astroport advises users to withdraw liquidity from all Astroport liquidity pools.