Robinhood Launches U.S. Crypto Perpetual Futures with Up to 10x Leverage
September 30, 2026
Robinhood has begun rolling out U.S. crypto perpetual futures offering up to 10x leverage across eight digital assets, bridging retail finance and advanced crypto derivatives.
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Lighter Token Slumps 22% as Robinhood Moves into Crypto Perpetual Futures Market
September 30, 2026
Lighter Network's LIT token dropped 22% over seven days following news that retail trading app Robinhood plans to launch in-app crypto perpetual futures using Bitstamp infrastructure and its registered Futures Commission Merchant.
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Ethena Expands USDe Yield Mechanism into Equity Markets via Strategic Binance Integration
September 27, 2026
Ethena Labs has launched an equity-basis reserve strategy for USDe on Binance, combining tokenized equities with short perpetuals to diversify synthetic dollar yield.
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Trade Size Anomaly Raises Questions Over Kalshi Ethereum Perpetual Market Volume
September 21, 2026
Public API data from Kalshi reveals that a single repeating trade size accounts for a major share of its Ethereum perpetual futures volume, sparking debates over market incentives and wash-trading concerns.
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Kalshi Joins Race for U.S. Stock Perpetual Futures with New CFTC Filing
September 20, 2026
Kalshi has filed for U.S. regulatory approval to launch stock perpetual futures, joining Coinbase and Bitnomial in bringing crypto-style derivatives to traditional equities.
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Kraken Parent Payward Plans Regulated Hyperliquid Perpetual Futures for US Traders
September 16, 2026
Kraken parent company Payward is advancing plans to offer permissioned Hyperliquid perpetual futures to U.S. traders through a compliant framework involving Bitnomial and NinjaTrader Clearing.
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Lighter Leads Perp DEX Token Rally as Traders Bet on U.S. Regulatory Shift
September 4, 2026
Lighter (LIT) has doubled over the past month, leading gains among perpetual DEX tokens. Driven by Robinhood order flow and speculative positioning around potential U.S. regulatory changes, the rally comes despite a wider 30% drop in sector volume.
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Polymarket Expands Into Crypto Derivatives with 20x Leveraged Perpetual Futures
September 3, 2026
Polymarket has expanded into crypto derivatives, launching 67 perpetual futures contracts with up to 20x leverage on Bitcoin, Tesla, gold, and major indices while blocking U.S. traders.
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Ethena Protocol to Diversify USDe Reserves with Equity-Perpetual Basis Trading Strategy
August 29, 2026
Ethena Labs has announced plans to integrate equity-perpetual basis trades into its USDe synthetic dollar strategy, aiming to diversify yield streams and scale backing capacity beyond traditional crypto derivatives.
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Real-World Asset Derivatives Overtake Crypto Volume on Hyperliquid in Historic Milestone
August 21, 2026
In a historic milestone for decentralized finance, real-world asset perpetual futures surpassed crypto trading volumes on Hyperliquid for two consecutive weeks in July, generating over $25 billion in weekly volume.
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