CryptoRank monitoring indicates that Q3 trading volume on RWA perpetual-contract DEXs was US$365 billion, with contracts related to publicly traded equities accounting for nearly 48%.
a16z stated that trading in perpetual contracts linked to traditional assets such as stocks and gold continued to grow, reaching 117.3 billion USD in August 2026, with open interest reaching 4.8 billion USD.
Jupiter announced new perpetual contract markets for HYPE, ZEC, SPCX, SKHYNIX, SNDK, and JUP. Users staking at least 69 JUP will receive priority access to trading.
Binance announced that it will update the margin tiers for 16 USDT-margined perpetual contracts, including COOKIE, TLM, and EPIC, on September 25, 2026.
Binance Futures announced that it will launch multiple USDⓈ-margined perpetual contracts on 2026-9-18, but the available materials do not list the specific contracts or parameters.
A monitoring post stated that HYPE's largest long holder's unrealized profit narrowed from 76020000 USD to 73730000 USD, with a position of approximately 127000000 USD; the community's alleged insider connection remains unsupported by evidence.
Kalshi has been accused of anomalies in crypto trading volume and perpetual-contract turnover rates, prompting questions about the statistical methodology used for prediction-market data. The related allegations remain unverified.