Kraken Derivatives announced it will delist 77 perpetual contracts on October 1st at 12:00 UTC, covering assets such as 2Z, AEVO, AIXBT, AKT, ANKR, ARKM, AR, BLUR, CELO, ENJ, GMT, GMX, IOTA, MINA, NEO, THETA, VET, ZIL, and ZRX. Additionally, the platform delisted SUN, MTL, IOST, and XVS perpetual contracts on September 3rd, and will delist COTI perpetual contracts on September 7th. All affected contracts will be settled and removed after trading ceases.

Decentralized trading platform GMTrade has rolled out 24/7 commodity perpetuals trading on the Solana blockchain, according to Techub News, which cited Crypto Briefing. The new service is aimed at expanding access to commodity markets through around-the-clock trading. The report says the offering is designed to remove time-based market constraints, keep trading open continuously, and could help improve liquidity. No additional product details, asset list, or launch metrics were disclosed in the brief.

Polymarket has restored normal operations after repeated read delays affected open-order queries on its central limit order book, or CLOB, trading system. The issue had led the platform to pause trading multiple times and switch the market into a cancel-only mode while it handled the fault. According to the service status update cited by Odaily, the incident was marked "Resolved" at 18:47 GMT+8 on Aug. 31. The platform now lists its CLOB, web interface, account access, prediction market data, on-chain settlement, and perpetual-contract related services as "Operational." The update indicates that the system has returned to normal status across those core functions after the earlier disruption.

The coming week brings a packed schedule for crypto markets and macro watchers, with token unlocks, exchange actions, protocol upgrades and key US economic releases all on the calendar. Humanity Protocol is set to unlock about 266 million H tokens on Aug. 25 Beijing time, while Huma Finance will unlock roughly 459 million HUMA on Aug. 26. Coinbase is scheduled to halt trading in 10 perpetual contracts, including MEME-PERP and SAND-PERP, and the European Union’s expanded crypto restrictions on Belarus under MiCA will begin to apply on Aug. 25. Macro events are also clustered midweek. The US will release July core PCE, personal spending, second-quarter real GDP revision and durable goods orders on Aug. 26. Nvidia’s earnings are due at 04:00 Beijing time on Aug. 27, with its guidance described in the source material as a key test for the AI capital spending cycle. On Aug. 28, Federal Reserve Chair Warsh is set to make his first appearance at the Jackson Hole global central bank symposium. The week also includes BNB Chain’s Pasteur hard fork, a TRON compatibility upgrade proposal vote, a Zcash holder vote on the scope of NU7, and several additional token unlocks across SOSO, XPL, FF, CARDS and KMNO.

GMTrade, a perpetual futures trading platform on Solana, has publicly proposed a soft acquisition of Flash Trade, a protocol that had previously said it could wind down operations if no suitable buyer emerged. Under the proposal, GMTrade plans to distribute GT points to FAF token holders and liquidity providers, though the snapshot date has not been set. GMTrade said the deal was not the ideal exit route its team had originally hoped for, but described it as a relatively safer outcome for the community and a clearer path forward under current conditions. The proposal comes after Flash Trade indicated that it would gradually cease operations if it failed to secure an appropriate acquirer. According to earlier information cited by Foresight News, Flash Trade has been seeking to sell its tech stack, brand, and intellectual property. Proceeds from any sale would be distributed to FAF holders based on their holdings. The latest proposal puts GMTrade forward as a potential destination for that process, though no final snapshot timing has been disclosed.

PANews published a detailed beginner’s guide to Tapeout by BruceBlue, framing the product less as a trading screen and more as a hands-on on-chain logic environment. The piece argues that new users should not start by chasing prices or asking which “chip” is worth minting. Instead, they should first understand what a processor does, how NAND and LATCH components are used, and how those parts connect to circuit creation and on-chain calls. The guide walks through a minimum-risk path: use a separate experimental wallet on BNB Smart Chain, review processor-level data before connecting a wallet, mint only very small amounts when supply remains, and treat the marketplace as an order-book venue rather than a one-click buy interface. It also stresses that the protocol is currently upgradeable and only plans to seal later, so users should verify every signature request and not rely on claims of immutability. From there, the article moves to the Tapeout canvas, where users can test simple examples in the browser before tapeout consumes components on-chain. It closes by warning readers not to misread the site’s “on-chain BTC miner” page as a mining yield product and offers a final checklist covering website verification, network selection, contract review, spending limits, and whether the user can absorb a total loss.

YZi Labs has opened applications for EASY Residency Season 5, a 10-week accelerator program aimed at early-stage innovation teams. The program is split into a five-week online phase followed by a five-week in-person residency in Thailand, ending with a Demo Day. According to the announcement, accommodation, meals and workspace will be fully covered so founders can focus on building. YZi Labs said its priority areas for this cohort include programmable capital and on-chain markets, stablecoin payment infrastructure, compute and trusted agent systems, embodied AI, emerging AI interfaces, and AI × Bio. Selected projects can receive up to $500,000 in funding, including a $150,000 SAFE for 5% equity and an additional $350,000 uncapped SAFE. Teams may also be considered for as much as $2 million in additional investment. The application deadline is Sept. 13 at 23:59 GMT-7.

A public dispute over Solana’s perpetual futures market has turned into a broader argument about what a well-funded ecosystem foundation is supposed to do when several teams are chasing the same category. The debate started after Flash.Trade founder Anas Khader said he was shutting down his exchange on Aug. 7 and blamed, in part, what he described as the Solana Foundation’s cold support for a single rival team. Two days later he named Phoenix, claiming it benefited from foundation-linked grants, though he offered no evidence and the foundation has not disclosed recipients or amounts under its perps initiative. The clash quickly widened beyond one protocol. Commentators including Fabiano argued that Phoenix’s fully onchain design captures more activity for Solana itself, making a concentrated push easier to justify if the goal is to build a true rival to Hyperliquid. On Aug. 10, Solana Foundation President Lily Liu rejected the idea of “king making,” saying the right principle is “open meritocracy”: actively enable competition and let the market decide. Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Anza economist Max Resnick then joined the discussion, extending it into a larger question about token value, chain architecture, and how ecosystem resources should be deployed.