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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
Interactive Brokers Client Equity Nears $1 Trillion in August Despite DARTs Slip
Interactive Brokers Group reported continued growth across its brokerage business in August, with client equity approaching $1 trillion and the number of client accounts reaching 5.46 million. The Nasdaq-listed electronic broker recorded 4.28 million daily average revenue trades during the month. That was 23% higher than August 2025, although 3% lower than July. The monthly decline followed a shar
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.
Taurex UK Returns to Profit as Turnover Nearly Triples to £5.6 Million
London-based online trading company Taurex Limited, formerly known as Zenfinex Limited, returned to profit in 2025 after a loss-making year, with a sharp increase in turnover helping to improve its financial performance. The company generated a profit of £148,561 for the year ended 31 December 2025, according to its latest profit and loss account. That compares with a loss of £1.71 million in 2024
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.
Prop Firm FundedNext Says Cumulative Trader Payouts Exceed $350 Million
FundedNext said today (Tuesday) that cumulative trader payouts across its CFD and futures businesses had passed $350 million. Its live reward page showed $352.3 million after the announcement. The company has raised its reported total quickly since disclosing $271.4 million at the end of February . The latest figure is self-reported and has not been independently audited. A separate on-chain data
Remember Robinhood's $65 Million PFOF Fine? The Market Just Paid $1 Billion in a Quarter
US options payment for order flow reached $1.004 billion in the second quarter of 2026, the first quarterly total above $1 billion. The figure rose 23.6% from Q1, according to a Best Execution aggregation published by Global Trading. At that pace, market makers would pay retail brokers just over $4 billion a year for options orders. The annualized sum makes broker revenue increasingly sensitive to
Pepperstone Hires Veteran FX Executive to Lead Its Africa Strategy
Pepperstone has appointed Andrew Turnbull as Head of Africa to lead its strategy across the continent as trading activity grows, and Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Turnbull comes with more than two decades of experience in financial services, having previously held senior positions at firms such as ODL Securities and FXCM Europe. Before his current role, he was Director and Co-founder of Wellesley Group
Robinhood Chain hits record $989 million in daily DEX volume as TVL grows
Robinhood Chain DEX volume hit a record in the month of August as utility tokens gain ground on memecoins.
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
MEX Exchange Names David Ogg Vice Chairman, Brian Andreyko as CEO
MEX Exchange, the institutional electronic trading platform operated by MultiBank Group, has announced two senior leadership appointments as the company looks to build out its institutional trading capabilities. David Ogg has been promoted to Vice Chairman, while Brian Andreyko has been named Chief Executive Officer. Ogg brings more than four decades of experience in foreign... The post MEX Exchan
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 .
FTMO Launches Futures Trading Arm in Beta
FTMO has launched a beta futures prop trading offering under the FTMO Futures brand, offering up to $450,000 in simulated capital as the industry expands beyond CFDs. The post FTMO Launches Futures Trading Arm in Beta 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
FTMO Launches Futures Prop Trading
FTMO has launched a beta version of its futures offering, expanding its prop trading business into the futures market. The Prague-based firm is offering the product under the name FTMO Futures. Traders first enter an evaluation process before progressing to a Sim-Funded Account. FTMO's move follows other CFD-focused prop firms that have expanded into futures . The5ers and FundedNext have also laun
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
Meet XTB Institutional at Forex Expo Dubai 2026
XTB Institutional has confirmed its attendance at the upcoming Forex Expo Dubai 2026, where the company will meet with brokers, banks and other regional and global institutional partners from across the Middle East and neighbouring markets. The Warsaw-based institutional liquidity firm will have a visible presence on the expo floor, with senior members of the XTB Institutional team operating from