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Kraken Parent Pushes IPO to Q2 2027 at Earliest
Payward does not plan to take Kraken public before the second quarter of 2027, CoinDesk reported yesterday (Wednesday), citing two people familiar with the matter. The company has a confidential draft registration statement under review by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC ). Q2 is the first named lower bound for a process that had already drifted into next year. FinanceMagnates.com
Coinbase Launches Crypto Futures in Canada With Up to 10x…
What Is Coinbase Offering Canadian Traders? Coinbase has launched cryptocurrency derivatives trading in Canada, giving eligible customers access to perpetual and dated futures linked to Bitcoin, Ether, Solana and other digital assets. The products are offered through Coinbase Financial Markets, a futures commission merchant registered with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The entity
Anthony Armstrong, former CFO at Elon Musk’s xAI and X, joins Coinbase board
Anthony Armstrong — no relation to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong — most recently served as CFO across xAI, X.AI Corp., and X Corp.
Hyperliquid’s Institutional Turn: RFQ, Tokenised…
Hyperliquid is adding a piece of market structure more commonly associated with institutional trading desks than decentralised exchanges: request-for-quote execution for tokenised equities . Silhouette launched its RFQ system on Hyperliquid mainnet on September 1 with support for xStocks, allowing traders to request prices from multiple onboarded market makers and settle the winning quote onchain.
Coinbase Launches Derivatives Contracts in Canada
Coinbase said Wednesday that it has launched regulated derivatives contracts in Canada, allowing eligible Canadian traders to access the products directly on its platform for the first time. Offered through Coinbase Financial Markets, the exchange said it is the first major crypto-native platform to offer direct native crypto futures in Canada. It added that the... The post Coinbase Launches Deriv
Prospect Markets Enters the Prediction Markets Race on…
Prospect Markets has signed a definitive agreement with Crypto.com's US derivatives business to launch regulated sports prediction contracts ahead of the NFL and NBA seasons, the companies disclosed on 1 September . The deal gives Prospect access to Crypto.com's CFTC-registered exchange and clearing infrastructure without building its own. How the Prospect-Crypto.com Deal Works Under the agreement
Binance Traditional-Asset Perpetual Volume Jumps 15x to…
Binance's monthly trading volume for perpetual futures tied to traditional financial assets reached approximately $445 billion in July, nearly 15 times its January level as crypto exchanges increasingly compete for stock, commodity and ETF trading. The figure, provided by Binance to Bloomberg, compares with approximately $30 billion of traditional-asset perpetual volume in January. That represents
Hyperliquid Strategies expands equity facility to $2.5 billion from $1 billion
As of June 30, Hyperliquid Strategies has sold around $647 million worth of shares, according to its recent filings.
Silhouette Launches Hyperliquid RFQ System for Tokenized…
How Does Silhouette’s RFQ System Work? Silhouette has launched its request-for-quote system on Hyperliquid mainnet, introducing a new way to trade tokenized equities without requiring every asset to maintain its own order book. The block trading layer initially supports xStocks, Payward’s tokenized equity framework . Traders can request a quote for a supported xStock, receive competing prices from
Hyperliquid Price Prediction: HYPE Holds $82 With $100 in…
The Hyperliquid price prediction begins at $82.39, with almost nothing above it. One number is left, $86.71, the record HYPE set on August 27. Clearing it opens the way to $100, with $150 the year end target. Anyone who watched HYPE triple asks the same question: which token is next while it is cheap. Not another giant. All the HYPE out there is worth $20 billion, so it pays 85%. Strong year, noth
Coincheck Picks DFNS for Japan Custody Push, but Launch Is…
Coincheck Group and wallet-infrastructure provider DFNS have signed a strategic partnership to develop institutional digital-asset custody capabilities in Japan . The announcement from Coincheck says the companies plan to deploy DFNS technology for Coincheck, Inc., the group’s registered Japanese crypto exchange, subject to regulatory requirements and definitive agreements. The wording sets an imp
Ripple, Coincheck Ink Asia Custody Deals as Banks Go Onchain
Ripple and SettleMint have formed a strategic partnership to give regulated financial institutions across Asia Pacific a single system to custody, issue, and manage tokenized assets, the two companies announced from Singapore on September 1. The deal lands a day after Coincheck Group and DFNS unveiled their own tie-up to build institutional-grade custody infrastructure in Japan, marking a second m
Binance’s Push Into US Stock Options Shows How Far It Has Moved Beyond Crypto
A Binance account, once associated mainly with crypto trading, now gives eligible users several routes into traditional markets. The latest addition, options on more than 1,000 selected US stocks and ETFs for non-US users, extends a line-up that already includes direct stocks and ETFs, tokenised securities and equity-linked perpetual futures. The product launched in partnership with a US-registere
Silhouette debuts RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid
Silhouette launched RFQ trading for xStocks on Hyperliquid, allowing market makers to compete for tokenized equity trades settled onchain.
Binance adds options on 1,000 US stocks and ETFs as monthly TradFi perpetual volume hits $433 billion
TradFi perpetual futures volume reached approximately $433.4 billion on Binance in August, up roughly 15 times since January.
Kraken parent Payward to tokenize 100 London-listed stocks, with LSE 24 trading planned
Payward will tokenize 100 London-listed stocks as xStocks, with LSE 24 to support trading, subject to regulatory approval.
Hyperliquid Could Enter U.S. Derivatives Market Through…
How Could Hyperliquid Enter The U.S. Market? Hyperliquid Labs is exploring a route into the U.S. perpetual futures market through Payward, the parent company of Kraken, in a structure that could connect American traders with selected markets from Hyperliquid’s decentralized exchange . Under the proposed arrangement, Payward subsidiary Bitnomial would give registered U.S. users access to certain cr
Crypto.com and PYMNTS Launch AI Predictions Market Contracts
Crypto.com and PYMNTS have launched a two-year partnership to introduce AI Predictions Market Contracts on OG Prediction Markets, with trading set to begin in September 2026. The post Crypto.com and PYMNTS Launch AI Predictions Market Contracts first appeared on LeapRate | Online Trading Industry News, Broker Intelligence & Fintech Analysis .
Hyperliquid seeks US foothold through Kraken parent Payward in crypto perpetuals deal: Bloomberg
Payward has reportedly presented the CFTC with an outline of the proposed structure, though regulatory approval is still pending.
Coinbase Adds Custody to Webull’s Canadian Crypto Rollout
Webull is launching crypto trading services in Canada through Coinbase’s Crypto-as-a-Service platform, extending a partnership the brokerage group has already used in other international markets. The arrangement gives Webull Canada clients access to digital asset trading while Coinbase provides the core crypto infrastructure, including custody and trading services. Canada Joins Webull’s Crypto Rel
Rain Identifies Solana Card Contract Vulnerability…
Crypto card infrastructure provider Rain identified a vulnerability in an outdated version of its Solana card contracts after unauthorized withdrawals affected 1,685 users of crypto neobank Avici, exposing $500,859.22 in customer card balances. The incident occurred on August 28 and was confined to contracts used to hold funds transferred into Avici's Solana card system. Avici stressed that its re
Binance Founder CZ Predicts Bitcoin Could Surpass Gold in…
Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao believes Bitcoin could surpass gold in market value during the next major cryptocurrency bull cycle, making one of his strongest predictions yet about Bitcoin’s eventual role as a global reserve asset. Speaking at Bitcoin Asia 2026 in Hong Kong on August 27, Zhao said he expects Bitcoin to become more important than gold as governments and investors increasin
Hyperliquid Enables Permissionless HIP-4 Deployments as…
Hyperliquid has moved its HIP-4 outcome-market infrastructure toward permissionless deployment following an August 29 network upgrade, allowing outside builders to create their own event-based markets through HyperCore.The upgrade was completed at approximately 08:39 UTC after around nine minutes of scheduled network maintenance, according to Hyperliquid’s status page. Hyperliquid had confirmed on
Crypto.com-linked Cronos network halts after Tectonic exploit estimated at $75 million
Li says the attacker manipulated the price of Tectonic's illiquid TONIC token before borrowing against the inflated collateral, a Mango Markets-style hack.