Ripple Prime Expands Into Crypto-Derivatives With RWA Swaps
Ripple Prime has rolled out 24/7 RWA swap services for institutional clients, leveraging a partnership with Trade.xyz to expand its footprint in the crypto-derivatives market.

Ripple Prime has rolled out 24/7 RWA swap services for institutional clients, leveraging a partnership with Trade.xyz to expand its footprint in the crypto-derivatives market.

Solana options traders are seeing a sharp rise in short-term implied volatility, with a 18.3-point jump in contracts expiring within days as market participants seek immediate protection.

21Shares has introduced a synthetic ETP on the Vienna MTF that tracks the implied valuation of Anthropic using crypto derivatives linked to Binance perpetual futures.

A year after a $19 billion derivatives liquidation event, Bitcoin remains 34% below its peak as market leverage and structural risks persist.

Hyperliquid Labs confirmed its headquarters is in Singapore, but the Monetary Authority of Singapore stated it does not regulate the decentralized platform.

Binance has emerged as the leading venue for SanDisk perpetual futures, capturing over half of the market share in volume and open interest for tokenized equities.

Open interest in XRP derivatives on Binance dropped 15.3% from a six-month high, reaching approximately $485 million as of October 1, 2026.

The ratio of Bitcoin futures notional value to spot market activity has hit a two-year low of 0.24x, signaling a major retreat from leveraged speculation.

Zoomex is expanding its derivatives platform to prioritize real-world assets, launching a zero-fee card and enhancing infrastructure for tokenized commodities and bonds.

CME Group will launch futures contracts for Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap on October 19, providing institutional investors with new regulated trading instruments.
CME Group will launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures on October 19, pending regulatory approval, as it continues to expand its crypto derivatives lineup.

Hyperliquid is partnering with Kraken to bring its HIP-3 perpetual futures markets to U.S. users, pending regulatory approval.

Hyperliquid hit a record $8.1 billion in open interest, capturing nearly 11% of the global perpetual futures market.

Paradex reported a 2.6x increase in options open interest to $202 million following the integration of Paradigm’s RFQ liquidity engine.

NEAR Protocol has introduced default privacy for perpetual futures, masking deposit origins while maintaining visibility on the Hyperliquid order book.

Zoomex has added six new ETF-linked perpetual contracts to its platform, allowing users to trade diversified index and sector exposure around the clock.

A joint report by Bybit and Glassnode indicates that Bitcoin options are capturing a larger share of the crypto derivatives market throughout 2026.

Bitcoin open interest has fallen by 14% as traders reduce leverage ahead of legislative votes, marking the sharpest deleveraging trend since 2023.

Leveraged ETH positions totaling $155,8 million face potential liquidation as the asset trades near $2,444.

Zoomex has launched the ZWTC 2026 trading championship, offering a record prize pool of up to 5 million USDT across team, solo, and interactive competition formats.
