According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, Huobi HTX has launched the ARC/USDT perpetual contract on February 14 at 18:00 (UTC+8), with a maximum leverage of 20 times. At the same time, Huobi HTX is holding an ARC contract trading party from February 14 at 18:00 to February 21 at 18:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to 12,000 USD.The event includes:New user benefits: Users who conduct their first historical contract trade of no less than 100 USDT can receive an equivalent of 3 USDT in HTX;Exclusive for fans: Users who transfer assets to the contract account, with a net transfer of no less than 100 USDT, can receive an equivalent of 1-10 USDT in HTX; completing no less than 5 ARC/USDT contract trades can earn an equivalent of 2-10 USDT in HTX;Trading party: Users who participate in ARC/USDT contract trading, with a cumulative effective trading volume ≥10,000 USDT, will have the chance to receive a maximum of 200 USDT in HTX airdrop.

ChainCatcher news, Greeks.live macro researcher Adam posted on the X platform that market sentiment has diverged, with some traders expecting a breakout in the $96,000-$98,000 range, while others remain bearish and continue to sell call options. Prices are oscillating in the $95,000-$96,000 range, while the S&P 500 index hits a new all-time high. Options trading strategies:Traders are actively rolling out call option spreads and extending put option positions to collect premiums, mainly focusing on contracts expiring on February 16.Notably, despite being in a low volatility environment at 36, there is still significant trading activity selling call options in the $98,000-$99,000 strike price range, expiring on February 16.Strategies include balancing short-term premium collection with long-term positions expiring in March/April/June as protection.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Hotcoin exchange has launched spot trading and perpetual contract trading for the meme coin BROCCOLI. Spot trading for the token BROCCOLI has started, and perpetual contract trading will begin on February 14, 2025, at 19:00, providing users with convenient investment channels.In addition, BROCCOLI briefly broke through $0.28, with a market capitalization exceeding $280 million, and a daily increase of over 300 times.

ChainCatcher news, Hotcoin exchange will launch perpetual contract trading for $GRIFFAIN, $ALCH, and $IP on February 14 at 16:00 (UTC+8), with all tokens supporting up to 25x leverage trading.

ChainCatcher news, according to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the department has canceled 167 contracts today, saving approximately $115 million in expenditures. This includes a $2.23 million contract for the "Existing Program Policy Equity Assessment" from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ChainCatcher message, according to a warning from the Slow Mist security team, "We have detected two suspicious transactions using the same method on the ETH and BSC chains. The attacked contracts may have failed to check the incoming parameters in their swap-like functions, allowing attackers to construct malicious tokens and profit. However, these contracts are not open source."Slow Mist reminds users to stay vigilant and pay attention to asset security.

ChainCatcher message, according to SoSoValue data, the encrypted market sector has mostly seen slight pullbacks, while the PayFi sector has risen against the trend by 2.96%, and Hyperliquid remains strong. Within the PayFi sector, the leading project XRP has increased by 3.38% in the last 24 hours, Litecoin (LTC) has risen by 2.54%, and Telcoin (TEL) has surged by 13.22%. The Hyperliquid ecosystem has grown by 3.70%, and the HYPE native token has increased by 3.79%.In other sectors, the Meme sector has dropped by 1.06%, but OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) has risen against the trend by 3.79%; the DeFi sector has decreased by 1.87%, the Layer1 sector has fallen by 1.97%, the Layer2 sector has declined by 2.27%, and the CeFi sector has decreased by 4.13%. Among these, Binance coin (BNB) and Bitget token (BGB), which previously had higher gains, have dropped by 4.51% and 11.48%, respectively.

ChainCatcher message, Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced will launch SPX and KAS contract trading, which will open for trading on February 20, 2025, at 9:30 AM (UTC) or later.

ChainCatcher message, Binance will launch IPUSDT 1-25x perpetual contracts on February 14, 2025, at 01:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher message, Coinbase International announced on platform X that it will begin transitioning the IP-PERP pre-launch market to a standard perpetual contract market around 23:00 Beijing time (15:00 UTC). The conversion process is expected to take 4 hours.

According to ChainCatcher news and the official announcement, Huobi HTX has launched the IP/USDT perpetual contract on February 13, with a maximum leverage of 20 times. At the same time, Huobi HTX will hold an IP contract trading party from February 13, 20:00 to February 20, 20:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to $12,000. The activities include:New user benefits: Users who conduct their first contract trade with a minimum of 100 USDT can receive HTX worth 3 USDT;Exclusive for fans: Users who transfer assets to the contract account, with a net transfer of no less than 100 USDT, can receive HTX worth 1-10 USDT; complete no less than 5 IP/USDT contract open and close trades to receive HTX worth 2-10 USDT;Trading party: Users who participate in IP/USDT contract trading, with a cumulative effective trading volume ≥10,000 USDT, will have the chance to receive airdrops of HTX worth up to 200 USDT.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Coinbase International Exchange and Coinbase Advanced have launched perpetual contract trading for PENGU, POPCAT, and HNT.

ChainCatcher news, the Binance futures platform will launch the B3USDT perpetual contract on February 13, 2025, at 19:30 (UTC+8), with a maximum leverage of up to 25 times.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance Wealth Management, One-Click Buy, Flash Exchange Trading Platform, Leverage, Dollar-Cost Averaging Platform, and Contracts will launch Heima (HEI).Binance will launch HEI 1-75x U-based perpetual contracts on February 13, 2025, at 17:00 (UTC+8).

ChainCatcher news reports that according to Yu Xian, the founder of Slow Mist, the lending protocol zkLend on the Starknet chain was hacked on February 12, resulting in losses exceeding $9.5 million. The reason for the attack lies in the safeMath library used by its market contract, which employs direct division for calculations. This led to a rounding error in the actual number of zTokens that needed to be burned during withdrawals, which the attacker exploited for profit.On-chain data shows that the attacker's address has an active history of 235 days and has interaction records with multiple platforms, including Binance. The hacker has since transferred the stolen funds across chains, with most of it moved to the Ethereum network. Yu Xian stated that by tracking the associated Starknet addresses, it was discovered that this attacker is linked to the hacking incident of EraLend on July 25, 2023.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, OKX will launch the IP/USDT perpetual contract on the web, App, and API at 18:00 (UTC+8) on February 13, and will launch leveraged trading and simple coin earning for IP at 12:00 (UTC+8) on February 14.

ChainCatcher message, regarding today's zkLend theft of over 9 million dollars, SlowMist released an analysis stating that the core reason for this attack lies in the safeMath library used in the market contract. During division calculations, direct division was used, resulting in a rounding vulnerability when calculating the actual amount of zToken that needs to be burned during withdrawals. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to gain illegal benefits.Users are advised to closely monitor their asset status on zkLend and temporarily halt any deposit actions related to zkLend to avoid potential losses.

ChainCatcher message, according to official news, the B3USDT and XCNUSDT perpetual contracts will officially launch on Hotcoin at 16:00 (UTC+8) on February 12, 2025, supporting up to 25x leverage.$B3: A horizontally scalable gaming ecosystem built on Base. Its development company is NPC Labs.$XCN: Onyxcoin is a cloud blockchain infrastructure that provides Chain Core and Sequence, helping enterprises build financial services. The XCN token can be used for payments, discounts, and governance.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, Binance Futures will update the leverage and margin tiers for the LAYERUSDT U-margined perpetual contract on February 12, 2025, at 12:45 (UTC+8). Existing positions before the update will not be affected. Users are advised to refer to the updated leverage and margin tiers to avoid forced liquidation.Binance Futures will adjust the funding fee settlement frequency for the LAYERUSDT U-margined perpetual contract on February 12, 2025, at 12:45 (UTC+8). The funding fee settlement frequency will be changed from once every eight hours to once every four hours.