According to Onchain Lens, a whale deposited $5.058 million USDC to HyperLiquid and opened an ETH short position with 10x leverage on Oct 28, 2025 (source: Onchain Lens, X post; tracker: hyperbot.network/trader/0x218A65E21EDDeeCE7A9Df38C6bBdd89F692B7Da2). According to Onchain Lens, the position is tied to address 0x218A65E21EDDeeCE7A9Df38C6bBdd89F692B7Da2 via the HyperBot tracker (source: Onchain Lens; hyperbot.network/trader/0x218A65E21EDDeeCE7A9Df38C6bBdd89F692B7Da2). According to Onchain Lens, based on the reported 10x leverage, the $5.058 million deposit could support up to roughly $50.58 million in ETH short notional if fully used as margin (source: Onchain Lens). According to Onchain Lens, this reflects a significant short-side positioning to monitor on HyperLiquid for ETH market participants (source: Onchain Lens).

According to the source, a social post claims Kraken agreed to buy a small US exchange for 100 million dollars to support a US derivatives trading launch. Source: user-provided social media link. The post includes no primary confirmation from Kraken or US regulators, so the claim remains unverified within the provided materials and should not drive positioning until official disclosures are available. Source: user-provided social media link. Kraken previously expanded into crypto derivatives for non US clients via its 2019 acquisition of Crypto Facilities, which operates Kraken Futures. Source: Kraken company blog and press materials. US listed crypto derivatives require oversight by the CFTC via regulated venues such as designated contract markets or swap execution facilities, so any confirmed acquisition enabling US derivatives would need to comply with CFTC rules. Source: US CFTC public regulatory framework. Until confirmation, traders can monitor CME BTC and ETH futures basis, perpetual funding rates, and open interest as proxies for competition driven pricing shifts in US venues. Source: CME Group publishes BTC and ETH futures market data.

According to the source, a large crypto derivatives liquidation cascade hit the market, prompting forced unwinds across major venues and sharp deleveraging in BTC and ETH futures (sources: CoinGlass liquidation dashboard; Binance Research Derivatives Insights 2023). Historically, on the biggest deleveraging days, BTC and ETH open interest drop by roughly 20–30% in 24 hours while funding rates turn negative for multiple sessions, indicating capitulation and a cleaner market structure for mean reversion trades (sources: CoinGlass open interest and funding dashboards; Glassnode Week On-Chain reports 2022–2024). Spot-futures basis often inverts or compresses materially, enabling short-basis or neutral cash-and-carry opportunities until premiums normalize (sources: CME CF Benchmarks basis data; Kaiko derivatives market structure studies 2023). Options implied volatility typically spikes across BTC and ETH tenors, favoring long-volatility or gamma scalping tactics into peak IV with risk managed via term structure and skew signals (sources: Deribit Insights volatility reports; Amberdata options analytics 2023). Confirmation for re-entry includes stabilizing open interest, funding reverting toward neutral, narrowing bid-ask spreads, and recovering market depth at top-of-book (sources: Kaiko market depth metrics; Binance Research liquidity studies 2023).

According to Cas Abbé, Ethena Labs’ USDe reached 10 billion in circulating supply in roughly 500 days, which he describes as the fastest stablecoin to hit that milestone, source: Cas Abbé on X, Aug 10, 2025. He attributes the acceleration to approval of the GENIUS Act, which he says prohibits issuers from paying yields on stablecoins, source: Cas Abbé on X, Aug 10, 2025. For traders, expansion of USDe typically requires larger delta-hedged short exposure on BTC and ETH perpetual futures to back the asset, which can dampen funding rates and impact basis trades, source: Ethena Labs documentation. Monitor USDe circulating supply, sUSDe yield, and BTC and ETH funding-rate trends as leading indicators for liquidity flows and carry opportunities, source: Ethena Labs dashboard and major exchange funding data.