perpetual futures
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Tokenized Stocks Grew 395 Percent and Almost None of It Reached DeFi
RedStone puts tokenized equity supply at about $3.17bn and the slice posted as lending collateral at roughly $81m. Leveraged equity exposure onchain sits almost entirely in perpetual futures instead.
Robinhood Puts 10x Crypto Perps, AI Agents and Weekend Stock Trading in One App
At its HOOD Summit, Robinhood said it is rolling out perpetual futures with up to 10x leverage through its own derivatives arm and Bitstamp, adding user-built AI trading agents and extending US equity trading into the weekend.
Ondo Puts Spot Stock Tokens Next to the Perps That Short Them
Ondo Perps has added spot trading for 12 tokenized stocks and ETFs, and purchased tokens can be posted as collateral against short perpetual positions. Spot fees are waived for 30 days.
Most Real-World Asset Perpetuals Now Trade Onchain
Eighty-six percent of perpetual futures volume on real-world assets is settling on decentralised venues rather than centralised ones, according to Crypto Briefing.
Crypto.com and Coinbase Both File to Put Perpetual Futures on Single US Stocks
Coinbase has filed to offer perpetual futures on individual American stocks, and Crypto.com has registered with the SEC for single-stock futures, with its chief executive saying sister exchange OG.com has been cleared for US access.
Two Robinhood Engineers Charged Over Trades Placed Before Listing News
Federal prosecutors say two engineers at Robinhood took positions in tokens on Hyperliquid ahead of the company's own listing announcements between 2025 and 2026, each clearing more than $50,000.
Kalshi Wants Perpetual Futures on Tesla and Nvidia, Around the Clock
The prediction-market operator plans to seek US approval for roughly 60 perpetual contracts on stocks and ETFs, dropping a crypto trading structure into the middle of an unresolved argument over who regulates it.
Tokenized Equity Volume Went From $16bn to $590bn, and Nobody Agrees What the Tokens Are
CoinDesk's indices desk puts perpetual futures volume on tokenized equities at more than $590bn over a year, up from $16bn. The growth is not the interesting part. Two tokens under one ticker can carry entirely different rights.