New analysis from @agintender reveals the surprisingly stable 0.01% funding rate in perpetual contracts isn’t random! It’s maintained by exchange base rates & arbitrage traders, not market fluctuations. The report breaks down the formula & impact on trading during bull/bear markets. 🧵
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Delin Holdings Group will buy 5,195 Bitcoin mining machines for ~$41.07M, aiming for 210M TH/s hash rate in 3 years. Purchases include 2,200 machines for $21.85M & 2,995 via Bitmain subsidiary for ~$19.22M.
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BitMEX Alpha: XBTUSD funding rates have shifted from volatile to “institutional-grade” stability (2016-2025). 2024 ETF & Ethena inflows compressed volatility, reducing high funding rate opportunities. Backtesting shows up to 873% annualized arbitrage yields still possible with efficient strategies!
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Hyperliquid launched permissionless spot quoting! Now anyone can list assets & create trading pairs via Dutch auction. Native Markets deployed USDH first – HYPE/USDH is live! More permissionless pairs coming soon. #DeFi #Hyperliquid
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Tether & Circle profit from Treasury yields backing stablecoins, but don’t share with holders. New platforms like M⁰ & Agora aim to distribute those yields directly to users/apps. #stablecoins #DeFi #yield
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Ethereum Foundation's ERC-8004 ("Trustless Agents") aims to decentralize AI! 🤖 It creates a verifiable, on-chain audit trail for secure AI interoperability. Supported by dAI – updates at DevConnect '25! #Ethereum #AI #ERC8004
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Vitalik Buterin has publicly endorsed Base, while WLFI has initiated a stock buyback program. Uniswap reported record-high quarterly trading volumes, and Plasma announced the upcoming beta launch of its mainnet.
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Vitalik Buterin sold 150B Puppies (a Dogecoin-themed meme coin) for 28.57 ETH, per Wu Blockchain. He previously said he'd sell unsolicited meme coins sent to his wallet & convert to ETH/other assets. Users are still sending him Puppies!
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Anoma (XAN) lists on Gate.io Sept 29th, 18:00 UTC+8! 🚀 Joins Binance & Bybit with today’s listings. Anoma Network focuses on a novel “intent” blockchain protocol. #XAN #Anoma #crypto
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Hyperdrive resolved a recent platform issue affecting two markets. ~$700k in losses reported. Compensation plan for affected accounts coming within 24hrs, with full functionality restored around the same time. Incident was limited in scope.
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Binance Alpha airdrop starts today at 3PM Beijing time! ⏰ Users with ≥190 Alpha points can claim on a first-come, first-served basis. Pool size & further details TBA. #Binance #Alpha #Airdrop
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Binance lists zkVerify (VFY) today, Sept 30, 11:30 UTC! 🚀 VFYUSDT perpetual contracts w/ up to 50x leverage launch at 12:00 UTC. Earn VFY via airdrop with Binance Alpha Points until Oct 1st. zkVerify = zero-knowledge proof network. #Binance #zkVerify #VFY
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Brazilian exchange Mercado Bitcoin reports 10-15% of its assets are held by corporate clients (mostly SMEs). They allocate <10% to crypto—Bitcoin, USDT, USDC—as a long-term store of value & inflation hedge. Increased institutional interest is also reducing market volatility. #Bitcoin #crypto
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Hong Kong is doubling down on digital assets & fintech! 🇭🇰 Financial Secretary Paul Chan highlighted AI & blockchain’s impact on finance, aiming for growth in areas like fixed income & digital assets. The goal? A more resilient & innovative financial system. #HongKong #Fintech #DigitalAssets
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Ethereum spot ETFs saw $796M in outflows last week (Sept 22-26), per SoSoValue. All 9 ETFs experienced declines, led by FETH (-$362M). FETH still boasts $2.51B in total net inflows since launch.
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Bitcoin spot ETFs saw $903M in outflows last week (Sept 22-26), ending a 4-week inflow streak. BlackRock’s IBIT still led with $174M in inflows, totaling $60.82B historically. #Bitcoin #ETF
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renga, a digital securities platform, just closed a ¥300M ($2.01M USD) Series A funding round! Total funding now at ¥1.2B ($8.03M USD). New investors: SBI Ventures Three & Mitsubishi UFJ Capital. renga offers access to investments like real estate & solar with smaller minimums. (Coinpost)
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Cathie Wood of Ark Invest reiterates her preference for Bitcoin over Ethereum, citing its track record & potential as a global currency. She notes Bitcoin’s security & pioneering role, while acknowledging Ethereum’s DeFi support & rising Layer 2 competition. Also increased BitMine stock purchases.
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A trader just scored ~$41.38M in profit from XPL trading, following a previous ~$38.77M gain! They went long on 45M XPL at $0.77, held, and closed at $1.30. Now holding 45.47M XPL with a ~$41.38M unrealized profit. 🚀 (@EmberCN data)
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New proposal (SIMD-0370) could ditch the fixed block size (currently 100M Compute Units) on the Alpenglow upgrade! 🚀 This would let block producers pack in more transactions, incentivizing validators to upgrade hardware & optimize code. Faster network & higher capacity possible! 💡
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