Binance Futures will begin rolling out several USDT-margined perpetual contracts at 17:00 on Aug. 25, according to ChainCatcher. The contracts named in the update are SKUUUSDT, SKDDUSDT, RAMUSDT, DJTUSDT, and MRNAUSDT. The maximum leverage for these products will be up to 20x. No other listing details were disclosed in the brief notice.

Binance said it will roll out five USDT-margined perpetual contracts on Aug. 25, 2026, in a staggered launch window running from 09:00 to 09:20 UTC. The contracts to be listed are SKUUUSDT, SKDDUSDT, RAMUSDT, DJTUSDT, and MRNAUSDT, according to the exchange’s official announcement. Binance said the products will support leverage of up to 20x. The announcement also said the contracts will be available under Multi-Assets Mode. No other listing details were disclosed in the notice cited by Odaily.

Binance said it will roll out five USDT-margined perpetual contracts on August 25 between 17:00 and 17:20 UTC+8, adding SKUUUSDT, SKDDUSDT, RAMUSDT, DJTUSDT, and MRNAUSDT in phases. According to the official announcement, the underlying exposure for these products includes traditional financial assets such as a Hynix leveraged ETF, a DRAM-themed ETF, Trump Media & Technology (DJT), and Moderna (MRNA). All five contracts will be settled in USDT and will support round-the-clock trading as well as Multi-Assets Mode. Binance also said the maximum leverage available on these contracts will be 20x. Funding fees will be settled once every eight hours, with the upper and lower caps set at +2% and -2%, respectively. The listing adds another batch of TradFi-linked derivatives to Binance’s futures lineup.

OKX will list three stock perpetual contracts on Aug 10 between 17:00 and 17:30, according to official information reported by BlockBeats. SKUU offers 2x leveraged long exposure to SK Hynix, SKDD offers 2x leveraged short exposure to SK Hynix, and KO tracks Coca-Cola.

Market attention on July 29 centered on a mix of crypto, policy and tech developments. SK hynix reported second-quarter operating profit of KRW 60.5 trillion and revenue of KRW 79 trillion, both below market expectations, while saying DRAM average selling prices rose about 30% from the first quarter and that HBM4 supply will expand in the second half. In Washington, Senate Republicans are trying to move the Clarity Act to a procedural vote before the August recess, though the bill still faces a tight legislative calendar, internal Republican hesitation and Democratic demands tied to ethics provisions and limits on crypto-related benefits for Donald Trump’s family. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly urged the Senate to advance the bill, describing it as a bipartisan framework for consumer protection and federal oversight of digital assets. In crypto markets, Solana is expected to raise its mainnet block compute limit from 60 million CU to 100 million CU through SIMD-0286 at the start of Epoch 1009, a roughly 66% increase. trade.xyz said it would fully compensate liquidation losses linked to an abnormal SKHYNIX mark price event on July 27, while Hyperliquid co-founder iliensinc said the relevant perpetual market was deployed and operated by the XYZ team. Elsewhere, Elon Musk’s fortune has fallen by about $650 billion since SpaceX peaked in June but still remains above $700 billion, according to the report. The day’s roundup also included Korean market regulation moves, Amazon’s internal AI model overhaul, Apple’s brief move above a $5 trillion valuation, several crypto fundraising announcements and project updates from 1inch, Lighter and Across Protocol.

July 28 brought a dense mix of crypto market moves, semiconductor headlines, AI developments, and regulatory updates. In equities tied to China’s chip sector, CXMT posted a 465.82% gain on its first trading day, with turnover topping RMB 140 billion and market capitalization reaching RMB 3.28 trillion. Separate reporting cited by The Information said a Shanghai state-backed company has started mass production of self-developed DUV lithography manufacturing equipment, with output planned at around five units in 2026 and about 20 in 2027; SMIC, Hua Hong Semiconductor, and CXMT were named as intended customers. In crypto, most of the highest-volume CEX tokens were down over the past 24 hours, while AEON led the OKX gainers list with an 84.28% rise. Hyperliquid data around the CXMT IPO drew attention after Allium said pre-listing volume reached $17.8 million and that 96% of smart-money accounts had established profitable shorts before the open. Elsewhere, Strategy disclosed its first buyback of Stretch STRC shares under its digital credit securities repurchase plan, and Triple-A’s reported exploit losses expanded to $11.8 million. On policy, BlackRock backed the CLARITY Act, but the U.S. Senate temporarily set the bill aside, while lawmakers in Japan called for easing the country’s 2x crypto leverage cap.

Real-world asset activity expanded on-chain during the week ending July 17, 2026, even as stablecoin payments lost momentum. Data cited from RWA.xyz showed total on-chain RWA market capitalization rising to $34.9 billion, up 3.74% from a month earlier, while the number of asset holders climbed to 1.077 million, a record high. At the same time, stablecoin market capitalization edged down to $299.06 billion and monthly transfer volume fell 20.9% to $5.49 trillion, pointing to a split between broader user participation and softer settlement demand. Regulation moved on several fronts. In the United States, a bipartisan housing bill containing a central bank digital currency ban became law automatically after Donald Trump declined to sign it. The UK set an early-2027 target for a digital sovereign bond, the European Central Bank selected 36 payment firms for a digital euro pilot due to begin in the second half of 2027, and regulators or governments in Russia, South Korea, Bolivia and Tanzania also advanced new digital asset rules or pilots. On the industry side, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo and HSBC are joining a shared tokenized deposit network operated by The Clearing House. DTCC is working with nearly 40 institutions on tokenized stocks and U.S. Treasuries, while Japan remained a focal point through SBI, Progmat and Lawson. Funding activity also stayed strong, led by Alpaca’s $135 million round, Flex’s $70 million financing and Velocity’s $38 million Series A.