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Kraken moves into US perpetual futures: the first CFTC-supervised market on Hyperliquid

Payward, the parent company of the Kraken exchange, is set to become the first operator of perpetual futures on the Hyperliquid blockchain operating under the supervision of the US regulator CFTC. The announcement came out on October 26, 2026; no launch date was given.

Binance BTC funding rate turned negative — lowest in 9 months

The funding rate for Bitcoin perpetual futures on Binance dropped to about -0.00215, the lowest level since January. Negative funding indicates growing demand for shorts amid BTC's decline to $83,000 and below.