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OKX will officially launch the USAR/USDT perpetual contract on April 27, 2026, at 22:00. The COST/USDT contract will open at 22:15, the LLY/USDT contract will open at 22:30, the HIMS/USDT contract will open at 22:45, and the BMNR/USDT contract will open at 23:00. All contracts are settled in USDT, and trading hours are 7×24 hours.

The newly appointed chief economist of New Fire Group, Fu Peng, stated on Twitter that the underlying business model of Bitcoin perpetual contracts is essentially the same as the "rollover fee/overnight fee" in traditional finance's gold and industrial commodity spot exchanges.Fu Peng pointed out that back in the day, gold exchanges settled through daily forced liquidation, with longs and shorts paying each other rollover fees. When retail investors held a large number of high-leverage long positions, the rollover fee became the most stable and hidden source of income for the platform. Nowadays, Bitcoin spot platforms mainly rely on perpetual contracts, with both sides settling the funding rate every 8 hours. When longs dominate, retail investors holding long positions continuously pay funding rates to shorts.Although the platform does not directly collect this fee, it significantly enhances trading activity, open interest, and liquidity, indirectly generating a large amount of fee income and forming a stable and substantial cash flow. Essentially, it is a business model where large players/institutions "collect rent" from long-term holdings, retail investors pay for leverage to go long, and the platform indirectly takes a cut.

Binance contracts will automatically liquidate the VINEUSDT and AIUSDT U-based perpetual contracts on April 28, 2026, at 18:00, and the aforementioned perpetual contract trading pairs will be delisted after the liquidation is completed. Starting from April 28, 2026, at 17:30, users will not be able to open non-reducing positions in the aforementioned perpetual contracts.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will soon launch Canton (CANTON) in the innovation zone and open the CANTON/USDT spot trading pair. Trading will officially start on April 24, 2026, at 11:00 Beijing time (03:00 UTC), and the deposit and withdrawal channels will soon be opened.The official stated that with the launch of spot trading, CANTON will also be included in the margin support range for all-currency contracts, allowing users to use it directly as margin assets for contract trading.It is reported that the Canton Network is a public, permissionless blockchain network designed specifically for institutional finance, aiming to integrate privacy, compliance, and scalability. The network is managed by the Canton Foundation and supported by several leading global financial institutions, enabling instant, secure synchronization and settlement of various asset classes on its shared infrastructure powered by its native token, Canton Coin.

Binance contracts will delist the B3USDT, DEGENUSDT, and BOBUSDT U-based perpetual contracts on April 28, 2026, at 17:00, and will delist the ZKJUSDT, IRUSDT, and DAMUSDT U-based perpetual contracts on April 29, 2026, at 17:00. Users are advised to close their positions before trading stops to avoid automatic liquidation of positions.

Meta Pool indicates that a suspicious contract has been found attempting to impersonate a legitimate staking pool and tokens. Meta Pool emphasizes that this contract is not associated with Meta Pool or any official NEAR liquidity staking provider.

According to the official announcement, the Binance Futures platform will launch the OPGUSDT perpetual contract on April 22, 2026, at 23:30, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.The underlying asset of this contract is OPG (OpenGradient), the settlement asset is USDT, the trading time is 24/7, and it supports a multi-asset mode.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will soon launch Chip (CHIP) in the innovation zone and open the CHIP/USDT spot trading pair. The specific trading start time is April 22, 2026, at 12:00 PM Beijing time (04:00 UTC), and the recharge channel is now open.The official statement indicated that with the launch of spot trading, CHIP has also been included in the support range for margin of all cryptocurrency contracts, allowing users to directly use it as margin assets for contract trading.It is reported that Chip is a permissionless lending protocol designed to provide financing for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The protocol allows GPU operators to tokenize their hardware assets as collateral to obtain instant financing.

According to official news, Coinbase has suspended trading on 25 perpetual contracts as previously announced, and the related open positions have been automatically settled at the final settlement price.The contracts involved include TRB, RARE, NEIRO, A, ME, XTZ, KMNO, RAY, STX, ENS, GMT, SNX, 1000FLOKI, 0G, ORDI, NIL, BIO, UMA, BEAM, INIT, SOMI, EGLD, CLANKER, SOPH, BIGTIME, etc. The final settlement price is calculated based on the average index price in the 60 minutes prior to the suspension.Coinbase stated that this move aims to focus on continuously meeting liquidity and market quality standards for products and will accelerate the launch of new perpetual contracts by optimizing internal processes.

According to CoinGlass data, Brent crude oil (XBR) has a 24-hour contract trading volume of 16.5 million USD across the network, with a contract open interest of 6.2258 million USD; among them, the Gate platform has a 24-hour contract trading volume of 15 million USD, ranking first in the world; the contract open interest is 2.67 million USD, ranking second in the world. WTI crude oil (XTI) has a 24-hour contract trading volume of 20.6188 million USD across the network, with a contract open interest of 22.8109 million USD.Among them, the Gate platform has a 24-hour contract trading volume of 13.08 million USD, ranking first in the world; the open interest reaches 4.75 million USD, ranking second in the world.In the metals sector, the 24-hour trading volume of XAG contracts across the network reaches 900 million USD, among which the Gate platform's XAUT/USDT contract open interest records 72.3609 million USD, ranking third in the world.Currently, Gate has fully deepened its TradFi layout, with the spot sector supporting stock and metal trading, and the contract sector covering diversified assets such as gold, silver, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities. With a flexible USDT settlement mechanism and up to 100 times leverage, Gate continues to assist global investors in achieving cross-market, round-the-clock asset allocation and risk management.

SuperEx will launch the MSFTUSDT and AVGOUSDT U-based perpetual contract trading pairs on April 20, 2026, at 14:00 (UTC). The above contract trading pairs support full position, isolated position, and split position modes. Users can trade through the web or the app.

According to official social media news, the Chinese decentralized contract trading platform Sun Wukong has now launched META/USDT and AAPL/USDT, with a maximum leverage of 20 times.

According to Jinshi reports, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) shows that for the week ending April 14, stock fund managers increased their net long positions in CME S&P 500 index futures by 71,259 contracts, bringing the total to 1,011,108 contracts. At the same time, stock speculators increased their net short positions by 186,638 contracts, bringing the total to 414,897 contracts.

According to the official announcement, Binance will adjust the minimum price movement unit (TickSize) for multiple U-based perpetual contracts on April 21 and 22, 2026. The contracts involved include LABUSDT, RAVEUSDT, ESPORTSUSDT, SNXUSDT, C98USDT, ONEUSDT, CELRUSDT, and XTZUSDT. Among them, trading for SNXUSDT, C98USDT, ONEUSDT, CELRUSDT, and XTZUSDT contracts will be suspended during the adjustment period.

According to CoinGlass data, WTI crude oil (XTI) is priced at $89.92, with a 24-hour increase of 2.02%; Brent crude oil (XBR) is currently priced at $92.66, with a 24-hour increase of 2.08%, and oil-related contract trading remains active. For XTI, the trading volume on the Gate platform is approximately $7 million, ranking first in the entire network; for XBR, Gate has a position of about $3.42 million and a trading volume of approximately $6.58 million, both occupying the top spot. Against the backdrop of fluctuating oil prices, Gate maintains a leading position in the related derivatives market.Gate contracts have taken the lead in oil, pioneering the commodity contract sector, covering XBRUSDT (Brent crude oil) and WTIUSDT (WTI crude oil) perpetual contract trading, providing 24/7 trading, USDT settlement, and up to 100 times leverage, assisting users in cross-market asset allocation and strategic layout amid volatile markets.

According to HTX data, ORDI has continuously surged, briefly breaking through 7 dollars, currently reported at 6.889 dollars, with a 24-hour increase expanding to 151%.In the past 12 hours, the total liquidation of RAVE contracts across the network reached 11.91 million dollars, with long positions liquidating 9.47 million dollars and short positions liquidating 2.44 million dollars. The liquidation amount exceeds that of Bitcoin and Ethereum, ranking first across the network.

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the MSFT USDT perpetual contract on April 20, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC), the AVGO USDT perpetual contract at 13:40 (UTC), and the BABA USDT perpetual contract at 13:50 (UTC).These contracts track the stock prices of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO), and Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) respectively. The above contracts support up to 10x leverage and multi-asset mode.

Binance's TradFi perpetual contracts are rapidly expanding. In just 90 days, the average market share of Binance TradFi contracts in mainstream TradFi futures surged from 0.2% to 4.9%. Among them, silver reached a peak of 20.8% of COMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) trading volume, while gold also reached 8.3%.

SuperEx will launch the INTCUSDT and HOODUSDT U-based perpetual contract trading pairs on April 16, 2026, at 14:00 (UTC). The above contract trading pairs support full margin, isolated margin, and split margin modes, and can be traded through the Web and APP for an enhanced trading experience.