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Gate News: According to Gate’s official announcement on October 23, 2026, Gate will settle the dividend for the PG (Procter & Gamble) USDT-margined Perpetual Contract. The distribution rate is USD:USDT=1:1, and the dividend is $1.0885 per share. Settlement is scheduled for October 23, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC+8). Gate will calculate the settlement based on users’ net positions in the PGUSDT Perpetual Contract at the settlement time. Users with net long positions will receive the corresponding dividen

Gate News, October 22, 2026: Gate will settle the dividend distribution for the CVS (CVS Health Corporation) USDT-margined perpetual futures contract at a USD-to-USDT conversion ratio of 1:1. According to the announcement, the dividend per share is $0.665, the ex-dividend date is October 22, 2026, and Gate will settle the dividend at 16:00 (UTC+8) on October 22, 2026. At settlement, Gate will calculate users’ net positions in CVSUSDT perpetual futures by offsetting long and short positions. User

Over 40% of large-cap altcoins are operating near their highest leverage levels of the year, according to on-chain market analysis firm Glassnode. The market has experienced a pullback since leverage peaked earlier this month. Mid-cap altcoins are also reaching yearly leverage highs, creating

According to SolanaFloor, Solana perpetual futures protocol Cardboardtrade has recorded daily trading volumes of approximately $1 billion, with cumulative liquidations exceeding $564 million. The platform, regarded as Solana's version of Papertrade, offers up to 1,000x leverage trading for BTC,

Ethereum options traders purchased downside protection at a premium on October 19, 2026, as short-dated put contracts traded significantly above call contracts in pricing. ETH declined roughly 8% over the past month while Bitcoin gained 1.5% during the same period, prompting defensive positioning in

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, crypto derivatives markets experienced $188 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for $104 million and short positions $84.12 million. Bitcoin saw $30.87 million in long liquidations and $18.60 million in sho

According to Glassnode, over 40% of large-cap altcoins have leverage ratios approaching 2026 highs as of mid-October. Among mid-cap altcoins, the proportion of positions with elevated leverage has reached a new

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced the launch of agent trading for perpetual contracts on the platform. The new feature allows users to connect language models that enable automated agents to execute trades on their behalf. Armstrong stated the initiative aims to increase user engagement and

Lighter, the Ethereum zk-rollup exchange known for perpetual futures, launched binary options trading on Bitcoin and Ethereum on October 19, 2026. The new Up/Down contracts represent a departure from the platform's leveraged perpetual contracts focus, offering a simpler product structure. Lighter de

CME Group launched futures contracts for Uniswap's UNI token on October 19, 2026, making UNI the first decentralized exchange governance token listed on the world's largest derivatives venue. The exchange announced the plan on September 22, 2026, pairing UNI with Bitcoin Cash in a dual launch that f

According to Lighter, the Ethereum zk-rollup exchange launched binary options on Bitcoin and Ethereum on October 19, 2026. The feature went live on Lighter Core, marking a notable expansion from the platform's core perpetual futures offering. Traders can take positions on whether BTC or ETH will

According to Decrypt, CME Group today (Oct. 19) launched Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures contracts, adding two instruments to its regulated crypto derivatives suite. Bitcoin Cash futures are sized at 250 BCH per standard contract and 25 BCH per Micro contract, while Uniswap futures cover 10,000

According to Foresight News, Silhouette, the block trading layer of Hyperliquid, launched perpetual RFQ (Request for Quote) trading on HyperCore with initial support for BTC and HYPE. No whitelist is required to use the feature. Users select market, direction, and quantity with a price limit, and

Demand for put options in the Ethereum options market rose sharply over the weekend, while Bitcoin maintained a price range between $80,000 and $84,000 despite broader weakness in risk assets. Crypto Briefing reported on October 19, citing Block Scholes data, that implied volatility on seven-day Eth

Kaiko reported on Oct. 19 that Bitcoin's market has not returned to pre-liquidation levels in derivatives positioning or spot liquidity, even after the mass liquidation event on Oct. 10. The digital-asset data firm stated on X that open interest in Bitcoin perpetual futures, measured in BTC terms, r

Binance XRP futures traders reduced outstanding positions by approximately $85.1 million over 13 days following forced liquidations that closed leveraged bullish bets, according to CryptoQuant analyst CryptoOnchain. Open interest declined from $538.1 million on