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Decentralized exchange Hyperliquid closed the third quarter with a record $16.8 billion in open interest (the sum of all open futures positions) and for the first time surpassed three major centralized competitors on this metric.
Over 24 hours, $1.64 billion in leveraged positions were forcibly closed on the crypto market - 513.7% more than the day before. Almost 89% of the amount came from long positions: BTC's drop to $67,770 wiped out those who bet on growth.
The main US securities market regulator filed a brief in Manhattan court on November 9 asking the judge not to halt trading in perpetual futures on US stocks. Cboe and Citadel Securities filed the lawsuit against the CFTC - now both agencies are against them.
On November 10, Binance stopped processing any transactions related to MEXC and 12 of its other legal entities. A day earlier, the platforms were only slowing down such transfers; now it is a ban. The reason was a FinCEN order (the financial intelligence unit of the US Treasury), which linked $16 billion in suspicious transactions to MEXC.
Large players on the Hyperliquid exchange pushed the volume of short positions in Bitcoin futures to the highest level in the past 12 months. The data was provided by the analytics company Glassnode, published on November 8, 18:52 MSK.
The Kalshi platform has launched trading in perpetual futures (a contract with no expiration date that can be held indefinitely) on individual stocks. In the contracts on Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN), the estimated leverage came out to about 5:1. At the same time, the legal basis on which these instruments exist at all is being challenged in court.
The Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin has announced the date for the phased return of clients - November 9. The new estimate of what was stolen has risen to $48.6 million versus about $46 million in the first hours after the hack.
Prop firm Goat Funded Trader has allowed traders to change some of the risk parameters on $100,000 accounts themselves. In exchange for a tighter limit, the cost of the evaluation drops by $96-100. The change was announced on November 4.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Tuesday approved the listing of perpetual futures on individual US stocks. Until now, Americans could trade such contracts only on foreign venues.
Michael Selig, chairman of the CFTC (the US derivatives market regulator), in an interview with CNBC on October 30 called the theft from Binance an argument in favor of federal rules for crypto exchanges operating outside the US.
As of November 1, 2026, the prop firm PipFarm has abolished the fixed maximum payout of $5,000 per withdrawal. Instead, an increasing limit applies: after each successful payout it rises by 1 percentage point, with no announced upper limit.
The American Federal Bureau of Investigation has officially named a group linked to the DPRK as the culprit behind the Binance hack last Thursday. About $6.3 billion in digital assets was stolen - this is the largest theft in the history of the crypto market.
On Friday, Ethereum dipped below $2,200, losing 3-4% for the day. Over 24 hours, $360.5 million worth of positions were forcibly closed on the market, and almost all of that amount was bets on growth.
India's largest crypto exchange CoinDCX banned opening new futures positions (leveraged contracts on an asset's price). The reason is a security incident at Binance, from which CoinDCX sources a significant portion of liquidity for its futures market.
Over the past 24 hours, $356 million worth of positions were forcibly closed on the crypto market's futures, and almost 60% of them were longs. Bitcoin dropped from $81,700 to $79,800 during the Asian session on Thursday, cutting short a two-day rebound.
Crypto.com, together with the OG.com exchange, has launched crypto perpetual futures for qualified US traders: 24/7 trading, long and short positions, up to 5x leverage, and oversight by the CFTC, the US futures market regulator.
On October 23, Brent crude passed two round marks in a matter of minutes: at 16:49 Moscow time the price went above $115, and already at 16:58 Moscow time - above $116. The reason - a sharp escalation of rhetoric around Iran.
On Thursday, October 15, BTC dropped below $80,000, but recovered back to $82,300-82,500 in less than two hours. Over the day, $937.06 million worth of positions were forcibly closed on the crypto derivatives market.
Pierre Wunsch, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium and member of the ECB Governing Council, said that at the next meeting the regulator will most likely raise the rate. For the market, this is an important signal, since expectations of a tighter policy directly affect the euro and asset yields in the eurozone.
Bitcoin fell from $84,200 to $81,382 over the day, losing about 2.8%, while total liquidations on the crypto market reached $771 million. By the morning of October 13, BTC had recovered above $83,000.
Today at 17:00 MSK, the preliminary University of Michigan survey will be released. The market's main focus is inflation expectations: in September, the one-year-ahead figure rose from 4.0% to 4.6%, while five-year expectations climbed to 3.4%.
On October 8, the Nasdaq 100 lost more than 300 points in about 30 minutes after reports that OpenAI's annual revenue run rate was closer to $50 billion rather than the previously discussed $70 billion. High bond yields and oil above $100 added to the pressure.
Bitcoin recovered to $82,000 after Donald Trump's statement that the US will not strike Iran until November 3. Amid easing geopolitical risks, oil reversed downward, and the crypto market partially recouped the overnight decline.
Over the past 24 hours, positions worth $555.6 million were forcibly closed on the crypto market, with about 88% of the amount coming from longs. Bitcoin at one point dropped below $84,000, and the low on Coinbase was $83,551.
