ChainCatcher news, crypto research media Decentralised.co published: On-chain options trading volume still accounts for less than 1% of perpetual contract DEX volume, while traditional market options trading is about 3 times that of futures. The organization backtested Bitcoin daily closing prices from January 2018 to October 2026, finding that among ultimately profitable longs, the liquidation probabilities for 10x perpetual contracts over 180-day, 90-day, and 60-day windows are 47%, 29%, and 1

ChainCatcher news, according to Bloomberg, the Commodity Markets Council, representing derivative exchanges such as CME Group and major commodity traders, has informed the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that perpetual futures pose a significant risk to market integrity and urged regulators not to approve the perpetual oil futures contract proposed by the prediction market platform Kalshi. The organization also called on the CFTC to close regulatory loopholes to prevent retail i

ChainCatcher news: U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth has banned all Pentagon staff from using non-public information to bet on upcoming military operations, involving prediction market platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket. In a memo sent Tuesday to senior Pentagon officials and defense agencies, he stated that all Department of Defense personnel are prohibited from using non-public information for financial trading, with restrictions covering both classified and unclassified information. Hegs

ChainCatcher news, according to the market intelligence platform Liquid247.xyz monitoring, ETH current price is $2,386.52. The thickest order book is Binance perpetual: sell orders $60,022,700, buy orders $57,163,800, with sell orders exceeding buy orders by $2,858,900. Binance spot, OKX perpetual, and Hyperliquid perpetual sell orders are also thicker than buy orders, but the scale is smaller than Binance perpetual. If large buy or sell orders suddenly appear, exchanges with thinner order books

ChainCatcher news: On Thursday, Richard Blumenthal, the chief Democrat on the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Tether and Nxum Group, a consulting firm co-founded by Bo Hines, CEO of Tether's U.S. subsidiary, requesting clarification on the payment arrangements from Tether to Nxum. According to The Wall Street Journal, Nxum received substantial payments for consulting services provided to Tether while Bo Hines was still serving as a White House crypto adviso

According to Catcher Predict monitoring on-chain data, a large fund movement was detected on the prediction market Polymarket. A whale bought $102,925.58 in a single transaction on the "Spread: 76ers (-2.5)" for the "Knights vs. 76ers" event. Based on the current transaction price, the latest implied probability for this outcome is 51.46%.

ChainCatcher news, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Dragonfly Capital (0xF70...3a5) transferred 30,000 hyperliquid to FalconX, valued at 2.33 million USD, possibly for OTC sale. One month ago, this address transferred 41,400 hyperliquid to FalconX, valued at 3.21 million USD. It currently still holds 296,100 hyperliquid, valued at 22.96 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, Binance has seen a net inflow of 234 million USDT in the past 24 hours.

ChainCatcher news, market sources say SpaceX is negotiating to connect 80,000 cellular sites to build a new network.

ChainCatcher reports that Interpol coordinated law enforcement agencies from 21 countries from June 29 to August 31, 2026, to conduct Operation Serengeti III, targeting cyber fraud, ransomware, business email compromise, online scams, and digital extortion. The operation resulted in the arrest of 1,462 suspects, the dismantling of 10,909 malicious websites, and the recovery of over 105 million USD in illicit funds. Investigations confirmed 65,929 victims, with financial investigations linking lo