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According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has decreased by 5.14% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at 33.171 billion USD. Among them, Binance has an open interest of 6.961 billion USD, OKX has an open interest of 1.994 billion USD, Bybit has an open interest of 2.103 billion USD, and Gate has an open interest of 4.406 billion USD.

The Binance futures platform will launch the BTCUSD1 perpetual contract on May 18 at 17:00, with a maximum leverage of up to 100 times. This contract will support a multi-asset model, allowing users to use BTC as collateral for trading.

According to official news, the Gate contract stock area has launched SOXL (3x long semiconductor ETF) and BRKB (Berkshire Hathaway) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.

The daily trading volume of Solana's perpetual contracts reached a 31-week high of $3.45 billion, accounting for 56% of Hyperliquid's daily trading volume of $6.1 billion.

According to a report by Reuters citing sources, the United States has approved 10 Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba, ByteDance, Tencent, and JD.com, to purchase Nvidia H200 AI chips. Alibaba, Tencent Holdings, and JD.com saw significant intraday gains in Hong Kong stocks due to expectations, but after the related positive news materialized, Tencent has now given back most of its gains, while JD.com remains at a high level.Hyperinsight monitoring shows that on-chain, among the traditional market contracts currently supported by Hyperliquid, BABA (Alibaba mapped contract) is the only option among the relevant targets. This contract surged 11% last night and this morning, then slightly retreated about 4% during the day, currently reported at $140, with a 24-hour trading volume recently surpassing $12 million for the first time. A trader from Hyperliquid preemptively positioned, going long on 2,000 BABA contracts with 10x leverage over the past two days, at an average price of $137, with a position size of about $280,000, currently recording a floating profit of 24.5%.

The Binance futures platform will launch the SOXLUSDT perpetual contract on May 15, 2026, at 22:00, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times; on the same day at 22:05, the MRVLUSDT perpetual contract will launch, with a maximum leverage of up to 10 times.Subsequently, Binance futures will launch CRWVUSDT at 21:30, WMTUSDT at 21:35, JPMUSDT at 21:40, VUSDT at 21:45, and BRKBUSDT at 21:50 on May 18, 2026, all with a maximum leverage of 10 times.

According to official news, Gate has now launched STAR (Starpower) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.In addition, the Gate stock area has launched DIS (Disney), RKLB (Rocket Lab), and AMAT (Applied Materials) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.

According to the official announcement, Bitget's stock contracts are now live for INFQ (Infleqtion Quantum Technology), VRT (Vertiv), and ETN (Eaton), covering popular areas such as quantum frontiers, AI power, and cooling infrastructure. The aforementioned contracts support up to 20 times leverage, and more details can be found on the Bitget official platform.

According to the official announcement, Binance will launch PHAROSUSDT and STARUSDT perpetual contracts on May 14, 2026. The PHAROSUSDT contract will open for trading at 05:15 (UTC) with a maximum leverage of 20 times; the STARUSDT contract will open for trading at 05:30 (UTC) with a maximum leverage of 3 times. Both contracts are settled in USDT, support multi-asset mode, and will open contract copy trading services within 24 hours after launch.

The Binance futures platform will launch the PHAROS USDT perpetual contract on May 14, 2026, at 13:15, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times; on the same day at 13:30, the STAR USDT perpetual contract will be launched, with a maximum leverage of up to 3 times. The above perpetual contracts will open for copy trading within 24 hours after going live.

According to BBX data, institutional demand for Bitcoin ETFs maintained strong momentum yesterday. Today, both houses of Congress are advancing cryptocurrency legislation simultaneously for the first time, with the core dynamics as follows:The U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF recorded a total net inflow of approximately $358.1 million yesterday (May 13), with BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: $BLK) subsidiary iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: $IBIT) seeing a single-day net inflow of $269.3 million, the strongest single-day data in recent weeks; the overall U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF has recorded net positive inflows for seven consecutive weeks, further reinforcing the structural signal of institutional capital returning. Bitcoin closed above $80,000 yesterday, with a year-to-date increase of about 14%, and market sentiment remains relatively optimistic on the eve of the CLARITY Act markup.The House Ways & Means Committee held a closed-door meeting today (May 14) on cryptocurrency tax reform in sync with the Senate Banking Committee's CLARITY Act markup, covering topics such as the treatment of capital gains tax on crypto assets, tax reporting responsibilities for DeFi protocols, and the tax classification of Bitcoin mining and staking income; this marks the first time in 2026 that both houses of Congress are advancing cryptocurrency regulatory legislation on the same day, indicating that cryptocurrency regulatory legislation has expanded from a single market structure issue to a complete legislative ecosystem of "regulatory framework + tax system."

According to a notice from Transit Finance, a security incident recently occurred in the project due to historical vulnerabilities in an old version of the smart contract deployed on TRON, which was deprecated in 2022, affecting a small number of users after being exploited.The team stated that after discovering the issue, they urgently completed investigation, isolation, and repair, and on May 12, further auditing and rectification were carried out. The currently used contract version has not been affected, has been running safely for over four years, and continues to undergo security audits and monitoring.Transit stated that affected users will receive full compensation, and specific plans will be announced through official channels. They also reminded users to be wary of counterfeit official messages and not to disclose private keys or mnemonic phrases.

The Binance contract platform will launch the LITEUSDT perpetual contract on May 15 at 21:30, the ORCLUSDT perpetual contract at 21:35, the DISUSDT perpetual contract at 21:40, the UBERUSDT perpetual contract at 21:45, the CSCOUSDT perpetual contract at 21:50, and the HDUSDT perpetual contract at 21:55, with a maximum leverage of up to 10 times.

The Gate market shows that the gold contract underlyings XAU and PAXG have both fallen below the 4700 USD mark, currently reported at 4698.9 USD and 4694.5 USD respectively. The 24h price changes are -0.59% and -0.45%.Against the backdrop of short-term volatility, Gate continues to be active in contract trading. According to Coinglass data, the 24h trading volume for Gate XAU contracts reached 203 million USD, with a price increase of 10.86%, and an open interest of 114 million USD; the 24h trading volume for Gate PAXG contracts was approximately 3.4214 million USD, with an open interest of about 11.0763 million USD.Gate has pioneered the metal contract trading sector, providing 24/7 uninterrupted trading, offering users greater strategic flexibility and asset management efficiency in volatile markets. Gate contracts cover various traditional financial assets including stocks, metals, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities, supporting trading of core underlyings such as gold, silver, and globally popular stocks. Gate continues to build a more efficient and professional multi-asset one-stop trading platform for global users.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), the whale Loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has opened a 20x short position of 156 BTC, with a position value of approximately $12.66 million.The 10x position in SNDK opened 2 days ago is currently up over $648,000, and the 5x short position in HYPE is currently profitable by over $2.3 million. The overall cumulative profit of this address has exceeded $41 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale Loracle.hl (@loraclexyz) has opened a 20x short position of 156 BTC, worth 12.66 million USD. The 10x SNDK short position opened 2 days ago is currently up over 648,000 USD, and the 5x HYPE short position is up over 2.3 million USD. The total unrealized profit currently exceeds 41 million USD.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will launch RKLBUSDT, MRVLUSDT, and WDCUSDT U-based perpetual contract trading pairs today at 11:00 Beijing time (03:00 UTC).It is reported that the newly launched contract trading pairs support full position, isolated position, and split position modes, and users can experience trading through SuperEx's web and app platforms.

International oil prices continue to fluctuate at high levels, and market trading enthusiasm continues to rise. According to data from the Gate platform, WTI crude oil (XTIUSDT) reached a maximum of $99.69 in 24 hours, currently reported at $98.33, with a 24-hour increase of about 1.64%; Brent crude oil (XBRUSDT) reached a maximum of $105.58 in 24 hours, currently reported at $103.89, with a 24-hour increase of about 1.18%. Against the backdrop of high oil price fluctuations, the trading demand in the crude oil derivatives market has further been released.According to CoinGlass data, the 24-hour contract transaction volume of WTI crude oil (XTI) on the Gate platform reached $4.1903 million; the 24-hour contract transaction volume of Brent crude oil (XBR) reached $11.1608 million, both firmly ranking first in the industry. With continuous capital inflow, Gate's liquidity advantage and market influence in the commodity contract sector have further increased.Gate contracts pioneered the commodity contract sector, covering XBRUSDT (Brent crude oil), XTIUSDT (WTI crude oil), BZ (Brent crude oil), CL (WTI crude oil), and NG (natural gas) perpetual contract trading, providing 24/7 trading, USDT settlement, and up to 100 times leverage, assisting users in cross-market asset allocation and strategy layout in volatile markets.