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Hyperliquid is one of crypto’s fastest-growing trading venues and the leading decentralized perpetual futures exchange. The platform processed more than $150 billion in trading volume in July alone, while its volume relative to Binance climbed to 11.5%, underscoring its growing share of the derivatives market. USDC balances on Hyperliquid have swelled to roughly $6 billion,…

A federal judge ruled that Minnesota’s law banning prediction markets likely runs afoul of the Commodity Exchange Act, granting a preliminary injunction against the law to Kalshi, Polymarket and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Judge Katherine Menendez, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, ruled Monday that Minnesota’s recently passed law that…

OpenAI’s briefing on the new models. Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 launch looks aimed directly at Anthropic. Sol, Terra, and Luna map closely to GPT-5.5’s tiers. ChatGPT Work brings OpenAI’s agent tools beyond coding. OpenAI cranked out a series of big announcements today….

A slate of long-awaited protocol amendments for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) is expected to enter validator voting in roughly two weeks. According to prominent XRPL validator Vet, the proposed changes include support for batch transactions, confidential transfers, sponsored fees and reserves, permission delegation, dynamic Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs), and a bundled bug fix.  The release also contains…

Fartcoin [FARTCOIN] fell roughly 13% over the past few days as sellers strengthened their grip. That decline reinforced expectations of a steeper sell-off. However, the derivatives setup appeared less straightforward. Shorts benefited from the decline, yet whale positioning and Funding Rates supported a possible near-term rebound. Is FARTCOIN nearing a bottom? Binance’s 24-hour Liquidation Heatmap…

Ripple’s business model questioned Schwartz clears misconceptions Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has joined in the recent debate about the impact of XRP sales by Ripple on the holders of the leading altcoin. While growing speculation about this move suggests that token holders often end up as victims of such actions by Ripple, Schwartz has…