OKX launches $TAO $HYPE $TRX $LINK $BNB X-Perps in EEA with 10x leverage, boosting crypto derivatives access.

Solana CPO Vibhu discusses Phoenix Trade, perps future and $10K competition as SOL trades at $84.87 with bearish EMA structure.

Binance adds Uber, Cisco, Oracle, Disney, Home Depot, Lumentum perps with 10x leverage on Futures, bridging TradFi and crypto trading leverage.

Binance offers 20,000 USDT rewards in TradFi Perps copy trading competition, with 2,000 USDT top prize for lead traders and vouchers for copiers starting May 11, 2026.

dYdX Foundation breaks down tokenized spot equity advantages over perpetuals, highlighting perps' volume drive and spot's future in basis trades and corporate actions.

Cardano DEX volume hits $5.61 million last week, up 28.3%, with Perps exploding to 1.531 billion ADA amid bullish trends and Cardano price prediction buzz.

Three savvy traders netted $541K combined this week via Phantom's perpetual trading. Dive into Solana's bullish chart and app's rise in crypto futures.

Phantom rolls out long/short Zcash trading with 10x leverage, tapping into the privacy coin's bullish momentum as prices hit $367.44 on a 4h chart.

According to dYdX Foundation, native Solana (SOL) spot trading is now live on dYdX, enabling integrated spot and perps workflows on the platform as of Jan 15, 2026 (source: dYdX Foundation). The announcement confirms that spot and perpetuals can be managed together on dYdX (source: dYdX Foundation).

According to @phantom, three new perps markets SILVER, EUR, and JPY are live for trading with up to 50x leverage, allowing long or short positions; source: @phantom on X, Dec 30, 2025.

According to dYdX Foundation, its December 2025 Analyst Call sets a 2026 roadmap focused on tighter Spot and Perps integration, accelerated adoption, and an expanded ecosystem of traders and partners around dYdX, which are key for trading depth and product cohesion. Source: dYdX Foundation. According to dYdX Foundation, on-chain derivatives are now clearing nearly $1T per month, establishing a supportive backdrop for perpetuals activity and liquidity. Source: dYdX Foundation. According to dYdX Foundation, trading-relevant updates covered include a protocol overview, active trading fee discounts, a DYDX buybacks progress update, and December initiatives such as Surge Season 9. Source: dYdX Foundation. According to dYdX Foundation, market-facing integrations and campaigns include BTC and SOL fee holidays, BONK integration, Solana spot trading, FOXIFY integration, and a Crypto.com campaign, alongside a Q&A segment for additional context. Source: dYdX Foundation. According to dYdX Foundation, the session was hosted by Charles d’Haussy (CEO, dYdX Foundation) with the President of dYdX Labs in attendance and reviewed 2025 highlights and the evolving dYdX ecosystem map for traders. Source: dYdX Foundation.

According to @lookonchain, a newly created wallet 0x89BC deposited $4M USDC to Hyperliquid over the past 4 days and opened 10x long 218.6 BTC (~$19.15M) and 10x short 5,294 ETH (~$15.59M) positions, establishing a long BTC and short ETH exposure on Hyperliquid perps (source: Lookonchain on X; Hypurrscan address 0x89BC21cF0c2da44e2AFCCDB9493BE950c78A7358). The combined notional totals about $34.74M based on the reported figures, highlighting a sizable BTC-over-ETH relative value stance on the venue (source: Lookonchain on X; Hypurrscan address 0x89BC21cF0c2da44e2AFCCDB9493BE950c78A7358).

According to @simplykashif, Binance Perpetual Futures volume reached $25T in 2025, up from $21.2T in 2024 and 2.2x the closest competitor, driven by active daily traders on the platform; source: X post by @simplykashif on Dec 23, 2025 https://twitter.com/simplykashif/status/2003394371354501139. This equals roughly 17.9% year-over-year growth and implies the nearest rival processed about $11.4T in 2025, calculated from the figures reported; source: X post by @simplykashif on Dec 23, 2025 https://twitter.com/simplykashif/status/2003394371354501139.

According to @phantom, every token, perps, and prediction page in Phantom now features a live chat, unifying conversation and trading in a single interface for each market page, source: @phantom on X, Dec 22, 2025. According to @phantom, users can make friends and trades in the same place, indicating native page-level discussion directly alongside trading actions for immediate context, source: @phantom on X, Dec 22, 2025.

According to @Nick_van_Eck, choosing to work for a “casino” team focused solely on a TGE is a skill issue, and many high-integrity, focused teams are building across L1/L2, perps, yield+ stablecoins, and lending (source: @Nick_van_Eck on X, Dec 6, 2025). He said he is more energized than ever to work in crypto and framed the current period as a rare moment to reinvent market structure, export capital markets globally, and transform credit and money (source: @Nick_van_Eck on X, Dec 6, 2025). For traders, his comments highlight builder concentration in core infrastructure and DeFi primitives rather than short-term TGE narratives, pointing attention to L1/L2, perps, yield-focused stablecoins, and lending segments for fundamentals-driven monitoring (source: @Nick_van_Eck on X, Dec 6, 2025).

According to @Flavio_leMec, trading perpetuals on Infinex is "wild" in the current market environment (source: @Flavio_leMec on X, Dec 1, 2025). According to @Flavio_leMec, the platform's crate opening feature is "fire," signaling strong user praise for that experience (source: @Flavio_leMec on X, Dec 1, 2025).

According to @CoinMarketCap, Cork co-founder Phil Fogel says crypto perpetual futures have been on shaky ground since the Oct. 10 crash but remain a long-term fixture of the market. According to @CoinMarketCap, Fogel adds that perps will need stronger oversight and risk controls going forward, highlighting a shift toward tighter market discipline that traders should monitor.

According to @LexSokolin, financial health is peace rather than participation in perps or prediction markets, and the gamification of investing has turned portfolios into entertainment and slot machines, eroding financial security for a generation and warning traders in high-leverage derivatives to reassess risk exposure and capital preservation focus (source: Lex Sokolin on X, Nov 16, 2025).

According to @boldleonidas, they have begun trading in a Synthetix competition, as disclosed in a public X post on Nov 10, 2025. Source: @boldleonidas on X, Nov 10, 2025, https://twitter.com/boldleonidas/status/1987686335524831252. They also stated they intend to “lose it all,” and no details on position size, instruments, or strategy were provided in the post. Source: @boldleonidas on X, Nov 10, 2025, https://twitter.com/boldleonidas/status/1987686335524831252.

According to @LexSokolin, covering essential expenses and maintaining financial health is more valuable to traders than using 100x leverage, signaling a preference for stability over extreme risk in perps and prediction markets. Source: Lex Sokolin on X, Nov 9, 2025. For trading, this underscores prioritizing cash runway, conservative leverage, and disciplined risk controls rather than chasing high-beta exposure via perps to improve durability through market cycles. Source: Lex Sokolin on X, Nov 9, 2025.