Polymarket has officially launched perpetual futures trading, expanding beyond prediction markets into leveraged derivatives covering cryptocurrencies, stocks, indices and commodities. The company announced Polymarket Perps on September 3, offering traders the ability to take long or short positions with leverage of up to 20x and no contract expiration.The platform currently lists 67 perpetual markets, according
Several of the world’s most widely used artificial intelligence platforms suffered overlapping outages on September 3, disrupting ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and, according to user reports, Google’s Gemini. OpenAI’s ChatGPT experienced one of the largest disruptions. The company’s official status page reported elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex beginning around 2:58 p.m. UTC, affecting numerous features
What Is Kalshi Planning For The Oil Market? Prediction market operator Kalshi is preparing to seek regulatory approval for a West Texas Intermediate crude oil perpetual futures contract, potentially bringing one of crypto trading’s most widely used derivatives structures into the regulated U.S. energy market.The proposed contract could be filed with the Commodity Futures Trading
Kraken parent Payward has pushed its planned U.S. initial public offering back to the second quarter of 2027 at the earliest, extending a listing process that began with a confidential filing nearly a year ago.The revised timetable was reported by CoinDesk, citing two people familiar with the company’s plans. Payward has not publicly confirmed the
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins has expressed optimism that the CLARITY Act will advance through Congress and ultimately reach President Donald Trump’s desk, as the crypto industry’s most important legislative effort approaches a crucial Senate vote this month. Speaking Tuesday, Atkins said he hopes Congress will pass the legislation, arguing that statutory market-structure
Japanese digital-asset treasury company Remixpoint has sold its entire portfolio of altcoins, leaving Bitcoin as the only cryptocurrency on its balance sheet as it consolidates its treasury strategy around the world’s largest digital asset. The Tokyo-listed company disclosed on September 2 that it sold all of its Ethereum, Solana, XRP and Dogecoin holdings one day
Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a new Travel Rule requiring regulated cryptocurrency businesses to verify customers’ counterparties and establish ownership or control of self-hosted wallets involved in transfers. The SEC announced the final regulations on September 2 following public consultations conducted between March and July. The requirements will take effect on February 27,
Crypto exchange YUBIT is expanding into retail CFDs after obtaining a Full Service Investment Dealer licence in Mauritius, adding stocks, forex, commodities and indices alongside its existing cryptocurrency markets.The exchange now displays Mauritius Financial Services Commission licence number GB26206590 across its website under regulatory code SEC-2.1B, formally classified as Investment Dealer (Full Service Dealer, excluding
How Does Gate’s U.S. Stock Options Product Work? Crypto exchange Gate has expanded further into traditional markets with the launch of U.S. stock options, allowing eligible users to trade calls and puts on nine large U.S. companies without leaving its existing app.The service went live on Sept. 2 with options linked to Nvidia, Tesla, Apple,
Granite River Trading has formally launched as a principal digital-asset trading firm, naming co-founder Josh Gibson as chief executive and disclosing connections to more than 25 centralized, decentralized and onchain venues. The company announcement says the firm trades its own capital through systematic and discretionary strategies.That principal designation is important. GRT is not announcing an