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Wall Street wanted a regulated way to trade Bitcoin around the clock. What it got instead was a front-row seat to one of the ugliest deleveraging weeks of the year.
Andjela Radmilac 6 min read 
Hyperliquid’s growing derivatives market has pulled in traders and drawn a UK warning.
The Ethereum co-founder’s options-based synthetic asset proposal attacks a core DeFi failure mode: forced liquidation during crashes. The tradeoff is less sudden damage and a hedge that can drift.
CME’s around-the-clock crypto futures are now live, removing Bitcoin’s classic weekend gap just as BTC falls, oil spikes on Iran tensions, and the S&P 500 closes at a fresh record.
America’s gambling lobby says that prediction markets are draining public money from states and tribes, as US gambling revenue hits record highs.
The Hyperliquid HYPE rally now hinges on whether ETF inflows, CFTC-backed Bitcoin perps, and Wall Street attention can turn HYPE into a durable bet on 24/7 derivatives infrastructure.
Bitcoin perps are finally getting a regulated US route, but leverage limits and liquidity depth remain the real test.
The exchange is taking crypto futures and options 24/7, while trade dates, settlement and reporting stay tied to business days.
SEC approval moved Nasdaq Bitcoin index options closer to launch, but cash-settled QBTC still needs CFTC relief and OCC documentation approval before trading can begin.
