Payward, the parent company of Kraken, announced plans in late October 2026 to deploy HIP-3* perpetual futures markets through its Bitnomial subsidiary using NinjaTrader Clearing as the Futures Commission Merchant

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Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. filed an application with the CFTC to register a subsidiary as a Futures Commission Merchant

The proposed ICE-Trade[XYZ] venue will offer retail investors 24/7 leveraged trading across equities, stock market indices, commodities, foreign exchange, and cryptocurrencies

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) made an undisclosed strategic minority equity investment in Trade[XYZ] as part of their October 29, 2026 partnership agreement

The planned ICE-Trade[XYZ] perpetual futures market requires regulatory approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), including authorization for leveraged trading, with no launch date set

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced an agreement on October 29, 2026 with Trade[XYZ] to launch a regulated U.S. perpetual futures market with ICE as exclusive operator

Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. stated that its Futures Commission Merchant application remains subject to Commodity Futures Trading Commission approval with no assured timeline or outcome

The Futures Commission Merchant registration would allow Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. to carry U.S. client accounts for permissioned perpetual futures deployed under the HIP-3 framework

HIP-3 markets generated approximately 26.7% of the $64.7 billion total trading volume on Hyperliquid over the 30 days preceding November 5, 2026

The HIP-3* expansion enables independent operators to run permissioned markets using allowlists while using Hyperliquid's neutral onchain infrastructure

Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan stated on X that ICE's collaboration with Trade[XYZ] represents the next evolution of trading infrastructure following traditional pits and electronic markets

Distribution of the ICE-Trade[XYZ] perpetual futures products is expected through participating brokers, including ICE's joint venture with OKX, which remains subject to pending broker-dealer and futures commission merchant approvals

Intercontinental Exchange stated that its goal for the ICE-Trade[XYZ] retail venue is to address unmet retail demand for shorter-duration assets

Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan recalled that a year prior he jokingly told Sprecher that success meant Intercontinental Exchange building on Hyperliquid technology

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) designed the dedicated retail venue to expand into retail markets without altering its core institutional franchise, which comprises over 99 percent of its current futures participation

David Schamis, CEO of Hyperliquid Strategies Inc., stated the application aligns with capturing ecosystem value through HYPE token ownership while expanding trading infrastructure access

Intercontinental Exchange agreed in October 2026 to partner with TradeXYZ to bring Hyperliquid-based perpetual futures markets to U.S. traders

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Crypto derivatives exchange Deribit removed all SignalPlus API keys

The Federal Bureau of Investigation attributed the October 29, 2026 Binance breach to the North Korean hacking group known as TraderTraitor

Binance urged all third-party platforms integrated with the exchange to review their security controls and report any unusual activity immediately

A Binance spokesperson stated that Binance was unaware of conversations between U.S. regulators and banks about the hack but remains in close contact with global regulators regarding the October 29, 2026 Binance security breach