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.

Gold (XAUUSD) moved above the $4,650 per ounce mark, according to data cited by Odaily from Gate. The latest quoted price was $4,651.46 per ounce. Compared with the previous trading session’s close, the move represents a 1.0% gain. The update was published as a market analysis newsflash by Odaily, with no additional background or commentary provided in the source. This item reflects the quoted spot level and percentage change only, based on the source’s cited market data.

A packed week of crypto project updates brought a mix of governance fights, infrastructure upgrades, legal structuring moves and new product plans. World Liberty Financial, or WLFI, said it is setting up World Liberty Trust Co., N.A. and promoted former general counsel Mack McCain to chief legal officer and chief administrative officer, while also naming him chief trust officer of the planned entity. The project also rolled out its first batch of USD1-denominated RWA perpetual markets on Aster DEX and said it would back them with 250 million WLFI and $12.5 million in USD1 liquidity. Elsewhere, Optimism approved a contentious proposal that redirects 546.9 million OP previously earmarked for user airdrops into a strategic ecosystem fund managed by the Optimism Foundation, after a late 8.486 million OP vote from Test in Prod swung the result. Arbitrum activated the ArbOS 61 "Elara" upgrade, adding optional compliance filtering for Orbit chains and raising the Stylus contract code size cap from 24 KB to 96 KB. Linera said it plans a new product wave around the LNRA token sale and said it wants to become "the next Hyperliquid." The week also included the Ethereum Foundation’s $1 million post-quantum research challenge, Gnosis Chain’s approval of a proposal to transition from an independent L1 to an Ethereum L2, Arthur Hayes’ return to lead Flop Labs, and Harmony’s confirmation of a network rollback that will permanently discard more than 109,000 user transactions.

SBCFX, also known as Xingqiao Capital, has come under scrutiny after an abnormal liquidation incident tied to London gold trading, with some investors now facing steep losses. According to a newsflash published by Odaily, citing Caixin, the firm’s Hong Kong office was found vacant after the incident. Multiple investors said they were using the platform’s automated trading product for London gold (XAUUSD) derivatives when extreme trading activity hit on the night of Aug. 19. They claimed the system generated massive reverse short positions within one to three seconds, just before international gold prices moved sharply higher. The move allegedly triggered broad liquidations across accounts. Some balances were wiped out entirely, while others reportedly fell into negative territory. Affected investors estimate that roughly 2,000 to 3,000 people may have been caught up in the event, including a large number from mainland China. Some have already reported the case to Hong Kong police and are asking the platform to honor what they described as a prior “maximum 30% loss” commitment by returning 70% of their principal. Investors also said SBCFX offered leverage of up to 500x, and that some deposits were made in USDT, making fund tracing harder.

SBCFX, also known as Xingqiao Capital, has been accused by investors of an abnormal liquidation event tied to automated London gold trading on its platform. According to multiple investors cited by ChainCatcher, accounts trading XAUUSD derivatives were hit on the night of Aug. 19 when the system allegedly generated massive reverse short positions within one to three seconds. International gold prices then moved sharply higher, triggering broad liquidations. Some accounts were reportedly wiped out, while others fell into negative balances. Investors estimated that roughly 2,000 to 3,000 people may have been affected, including a large number from mainland China. After the incident, the platform’s Hong Kong office was reportedly vacant. Some affected users have already filed reports with Hong Kong police and are asking the platform to honor what they described as a prior promise capping maximum losses at 30%, which would mean returning 70% of principal. Investors also said SBCFX offered leverage of up to 500x, and that some deposits were made in USDT, adding difficulty to tracking the flow of funds. Publicly available information shows the company promoted services across forex, commodities, indices, and cryptocurrencies.

Binance said it will adjust the tick size, or minimum price movement, for five USDT-margined perpetual contracts at 14:30 Beijing time on Aug. 24, 2026. The update covers KUAISHOUUSDT, CXMTUSDT, BBXUSDT, ONDSUSDT, and WENUSDT. For all five contracts, the tick size will be changed from 0.01 to 0.001, according to the exchange’s official announcement. Binance said the adjustment will not affect existing orders. API users can retrieve the latest tick size data through the GET /fapi/v1/exchangeInfo endpoint. The notice was cited by Odaily.

Gold rose above the $4,500-per-ounce mark, with XAUUSD last quoted at $4,502.88, according to data cited by Odaily from Gate. The move put gold up 3.3% over the past 24 hours. The update was published as a market analysis newsflash by Odaily. No additional market context or driver was provided in the source, and the report focused only on the latest quoted price and the 24-hour percentage gain. The reading reflects Gate market data at the time of publication.