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According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the USDS-margined CT perpetual contract with up to 20x leverage, and the futures trading bot will also go live simultaneously.
According to official announcements, Odaily reports that Gate has now listed CTUSDT perpetual contract trading (USDT-settled), supporting up to 20x leverage.Concrete is a full-stack institutional-grade operating system for onchain finance, providing infrastructure from crypto assets to real-world assets (RWA), covering vaults, strategies, custody, accounting, risk management, and distribution.
OKX will launch the QUANT/USDT perpetual contract on October 1 at 16:00 (UTC+8) on the web, app, and API.
Binance Futures will list the CTU/USDT USDT-M Perpetual Contract on October 1 at 15:45 (UTC+8), offering up to 20x leverage.
Odaily News: According to official sources, Gate has listed Concrete (CT), with CT/USDT spot trading opening at 18:00 (UTC+8) on September 30, and flash swap trading opening at 19:00 (UTC+8).Concrete is a full-stack institutional-grade operating system for on-chain finance, covering the underlying infrastructure from crypto assets to real-world assets (RWAs), providing unified technical support for on-chain financial scenarios including treasury, strategies, custody, risk control, and distribution.Meanwhile, Gate Launchpool Round 381 for Concrete (CT) officially commenced at 22:00 (UTC+8) on September 30 and will run until 22:00 on October 21. The event offers a total of 1,000,000 CT in airdrop rewards. Users can stake USDT, GT, or CT to participate, with the USDT pool offering 600,000 CT in rewards, and the GT pool and CT pool each offering 200,000 CT. Airdrop rewards will be automatically distributed to spot accounts on an hourly basis proportional to staking share. According to the current event page, the estimated APR for the USDT, CT, and GT pools is 104.29%, 69.52%, and 6.25% respectively. Actual yields will vary dynamically based on participation.
According to official announcements, HTX will open CT/USDT spot and grid trading at 20:00 UTC+8 on September 30. CT deposits are now open, while withdrawals will be enabled at 20:00 UTC+8 on October 1. Concrete is an institutional-grade on-chain yield infrastructure that automatically allocates user deposits across multiple strategies via ERC-4626 standard vaults and supports cross-chain operations. Once assets are deposited, vault strategies automatically execute rebalancing and compounding, simplifying the DeFi participation process.
According to official announcements, HTX has listed perpetual contracts for TWST/USDT, CRML/USDT, BWET/USDT, CVNA/USDT, RUM/USDT, and WBD/USDT as of September 30, supporting 1–20x leverage for both long and short positions. Additionally, from today through 15:00 on October 8 (UTC+8), HTX is launching a new contract token trading competition. Users who complete registration, trade contracts for the participating tokens, and meet the specified thresholds will be eligible to share in the total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX.
Binance announced that it will list multiple bStocks tokenized securities on September 30, 2026, at 20:00 (UTC+8), covering Adobe (ADBEB), Forward Industries (FWDIB), Hewlett Packard (HPEB), PDD Holdings (PDDB), SharonAI (SHAZB), Wendy's (WENB), and Zoom (ZMB), while also enabling corresponding spot trading pairs with USDT. Withdrawal services will open at 21:00 on the same day.
Binance announced that its payment service Binance Pay has integrated with the QR code payment infrastructure of PayPay, Japan's mainstream mobile payment platform. Foreign tourists visiting Japan who have completed identity verification can directly scan PayPay merchant QR codes via the Binance app or present a payment code to complete transactions, supporting settlements using stablecoins such as USDT and USDC, as well as cryptocurrency assets including BTC, BNB, and ETH.
Odaily Report: Binance Pay will open its service to eligible overseas users starting Wednesday, allowing visitors to Japan to pay with USDT at most merchants supporting PayPay via HIVEX.HIVEX is a payment interoperability framework that connects overseas QR code payment services with merchants supporting PayPay in Japan. Merchants do not need separate integration, and settlements are still conducted in Japanese yen.PayPay is a Japanese cashless payment service covering millions of locations, including large chain stores, small retailers, vending machines, taxis, and public transportation. (Cointelegraph)
According to official announcements, Bitget has released its 47th Proof of Reserves (PoR). The total reserve ratio stands at 131%, covering 19 asset types. Specifically, the reserve ratios for BTC, ETH, USDT, and USDC are 142%, 110%, 107%, and 154%, respectively. Since December 2022, Bitget has updated its Proof of Reserves on a monthly basis. In September this year, it expanded its coverage from 4 asset types to 19, providing users with broader visibility into platform reserves. Bitget's historical average reserve ratio has remained above 120%, exceeding the 100% coverage benchmark and fully covering insured user assets.
Decentralized perpetual swap exchange Velocity (formerly Drift) announced that co-founder Cindy Leow has officially stepped down, with the rebuilt team continuing to operate the protocol going forward. Formerly known as Drift, a perpetual swap protocol on the Solana ecosystem, Velocity has recorded over $150 billion in cumulative trading volume since its launch in 2021. After undergoing restructuring in April and receiving support from Tether, the protocol was renamed Velocity in July and recently rolled out a test version encompassing five markets. Furthermore, the protocol has completed security audits and open-sourced its code.
Odaily reports: Aztec Network developer Aztec Labs has relaunched the self-custodial wallet zk.money. The wallet can conceal payment amounts, balances, and recipient information through Aztec Network, and supports transfers via readable names or links.Users can deposit DAI, USDC, or USDT from Ethereum, with USDC and USDT being converted to DAI. Deposit records remain publicly traceable, while subsequent transaction activity remains private.The early Alpha version limits individual deposits, payments, and withdrawals to under $2,500, and screens addresses in accordance with sanctions policy. The software has not yet undergone a full audit and carries security risks. (CoinDesk)
Bitget has launched multiple wealth management and reward campaigns. During the campaign period, users can subscribe to USDT and USDGO flexible earn products via "Simple Earn" to enjoy an APR of 10% for USDT and 12% for USDGO. The participation window runs from 22:00 on September 29 to 21:59 on October 9 (UTC+8). Meanwhile, Bitget has introduced the USDGO HodlerYield position reward campaign. Users holding USDGO in their Unified, Spot, or Futures accounts will automatically enjoy time-limited boosted yields of up to 8% APR without needing to register. Additionally, Bitget PoolX has simultaneously launched BTC and ETH staking events: participants in the BTC staking campaign can share a total pool of 100,000 BGB, while participants in the ETH staking campaign can share 500,000 USDT. Please refer to the official Bitget campaign page for full details.
According to an official announcement, Huobi HTX listed perpetual contracts for KIOXIA/USDT, MSTU/USDT, SECZ/USDT, MP/USDT, and ACNSTOCK/USDT on September 29, supporting 1x to 20x leverage for both long and short positions. Additionally, from today until October 8 at 15:00 (UTC+8), Huobi HTX is hosting a new coin perpetual trading contest. Users who complete registration, trade the contracted pairs of participating tokens, and meet the specified thresholds will have the chance to split a total prize pool of 1 billion $HTX tokens.
Bitget PoolX has launched an ETH lockup event, allowing users to lock ETH to share a 500,000 USDT prize pool. As of press time, the current ETH lockup pool yield stands at 37.11% APR. The individual lockup cap is 1,500 ETH, and the lockup channel will be open from September 29, 15:00 to October 5, 15:00 (UTC+8).
Odaily reports: Bybit has officially launched TradFi perpetual options, supporting 24/7 trading for underlying assets such as SPCX, TSLA, NVDA, QQQ, and SOXL, with support for small-size orders and USDT settlement, no brokerage account required.The campaign runs from September 28 to October 27. During this period, users can sign up to participate and share in two major prize pools:1. New users with no prior trading history in this product before the campaign who place a first valid order with a trading volume of at least 50 USDT will each receive 5 USDT, limited to the first 1,000 users;2. The trading volume challenge unlocks prize pools based on the cumulative valid trading volume of all participants, up to a maximum of 65,000 USDT, with the top 50 individuals by valid trading volume sharing the rewards.
Odaily News: According to an official announcement, Binance Futures will update the leverage and margin tiers for MOVEUSDT, EPICUSDT, AWEUSDT, SOPHUSDT, AVAUSDT, ARKUSDT, RAVEUSDT, UAIUSDT, BLURUSDT, VELODROMEUSDT, MOVRUSDT, B2USDT, LSKUSDT, and ONEUSDT USDT-M perpetual contracts at 14:30 (Beijing Time) on October 02, 2026. The update is expected to be completed within one hour, and existing positions opened before the update will be affected.
Bitget PoolX has launched an ETH staking campaign, allowing users to lock their ETH to share a 500,000 USDT prize pool, with a personal staking limit of 1,500 ETH. The staking period runs from September 29 at 15:00 to October 5 at 15:00 (UTC+8). This round of PoolX features a long-term holding bonus mechanism. The system will apply additional bonuses to staked amounts based on users' minimum ETH holdings over the past 15 days. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
Binance Futures has announced that between 17:00 and 17:30 on September 29, 2026 (UTC+8), it will sequentially list multiple traditional finance (TradFi) USDT-margined perpetual contracts: CRMLUSDT, BWETUSDT, ACNUSDT, MPUSDT, SECZUSDT, UNHUSDT, and NKEUSDT, supporting up to 20x leverage.