Derivatives Data

CME Group's XRP futures reached $62.87 billion in notional volume over one year, driven by 1.32 million contracts traded and reflecting growing institutional participation in regulated XRP derivatives exposure. The activity underscores rising institutional comfort with XRP as a tradable asset

According to ChainCatcher, cryptocurrency exchange SuperEx launches GEV/USDT and URNM/USDT U-margined perpetual futures contracts today (May 21) at 21:30 Beijing time (13:30 UTC). The trading pairs support isolated, cross, and portfolio margin modes, with trading available via SuperEx's web and

According to Onchain Lens, a whale deposited 2.5 million USDC to HyperLiquid and opened a 2x leveraged long position on ZEC.

Binance has launched pre-IPO perpetual futures that allow users to trade expected valuations of private companies before they list publicly, with the first product tied to SpaceX. Contract prices will use public signals such as private funding rounds and any announced IPO range prior to listing;

According to BlockBeats, today trader yixie on Hyperliquid opened a 3x leveraged long position in MU (Micron Technology) and continued to add to the position throughout the afternoon. The position currently holds 16,859 shares valued at approximately $12.5 million, with an average entry price

According to ChainCatcher, citing Onchain Lens monitoring data, a whale address (0x082...a88) has held a 5x leveraged long position in HYPE since December 5, 2025. The position experienced a peak unrealized loss of $26 million but

According to Lookonchain monitoring, loracle.hl has established a short position on HYPE exceeding $100 million and is currently facing unrealized losses of over $23 million, with a liquidation price of $69.49.

According to crypto media Ingame, on May 21, Kalshi’s margin trading demo environment is now accessible via a page. The page does not appear in Kalshi’s main navigation menu. The API documentation states that the “official version interface for real-time leveraged trading” will be launched soon. The demo environment currently covers only cryptocurrency perpetual futures contracts and does not include binary event contracts, which make Kalshi a leading platform by trading volume. Demo Environment

According to Hyperinsight data monitored by ChainCatcher, a new address deposited $1 million to Hyperliquid yesterday (May 20) and shortly after opened a 10x leveraged long position on 133.94 BTC worth approximately $10.4 million. The position was opened at an average price of $78,074 per Bitcoin, w

According to Santiment, HYPE broke above $50 for the first time in eight months on a short squeeze, with traders forced to cover downside positions as the cryptocurrency surged despite negative funding rates across major exchanges. Open interest in HYPE remains elevated at over $1.92 billion,

Bitfinex’s Bitcoin leveraged long positions rose to 80,636 BTC on May 21, the highest level in nearly two and a half years. Longs have increased by about 10% year-to-date, but Bitcoin spot has fallen by about 13%, showing divergence. History suggests that Bitfinex’s whales tend to add when the market is weak and reduce near the highs, so they’re often viewed as a contrarian indicator. Two key on-chain indicators are around the $78,000 range; spot is around $76,000–$77,000; and the 200-day moving average is about $81,000.

Gate News, May 21, 2026, Gate ETF will launch 6 new 3x leveraged assets. The trading pairs to be launched include SNDK3L/USDT, SNDK3S/USDT, MU3L/USDT, MU3S/USDT, INTC3L/USDT, INTC3S/USDT, where 3L represents 3x long and 3S represents 3x short. Trading will open on May 21, 2026 at 15:00 (UTC+8), with an initial net value of 1 USDT. Gate ETF is a trading product with an automatic rebalancing mechanism that, each day, adjusts the leverage rate based on profit and loss to return to the target levera

According to BlockBeats data from Coinglass, on May 21, funding rates across major centralized and decentralized exchanges shifted significantly bearish, reflecting a market-wide move toward short positioning amid modest Bitcoin

According to ChainCatcher and Coinglass data, Hyperliquid whales currently hold $4.739 billion in positions on May 21. Long positions account for $2.318 billion (48.91%) while short positions reach $2.421 billion (51.09%), resulting in a long-to-short ratio

Bitcoin (BTC) rebounded from this week’s low, temporarily around $77,880 on May 21. The Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking public input on prediction-market ETFs. In its S-1 filing, SpaceX disclosed that it holds 18,712 BTC, currently worth approximately $1.45 billion. Macro Events & Crypto Hot Spots 1、Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on X that the Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking public input on prediction-market

According to BlockBeats citing Coinglass data on May 21, if Bitcoin breaks $80,000, cumulative short liquidation intensity on major centralized exchanges will reach $947 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin falls below $76,000, cumulative long liquidation intensity will reach $899 million.

According to Lookonchain, Garrett Jin, the representative of the "1011 insider whale," reopened a bullish Bitcoin position today. The trader opened a long position of 504.4 BTC (worth $59.11 million) at 5x leverage on Hyperliquid with a liquidation price of $62,656.49. Jin also purchased 42,524

According to Coinglass data, if Ethereum falls below $2,028, cumulative long position liquidations across major centralized exchanges will reach $930 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $2,233, cumulative short position liquidations will reach $695 million.

Gate News message, a whale opened a 218,406 $HYPE short position with 10x leverage in the past 2 hours, valued at $11.16 million, with a liquidation price of $60.9. The whale also sold 64,401 $HYPE fo