Record high crypto exchange activity in 2025
• Global crypto exchange trading volume soared to around $79 trillion in 2025, driven overwhelmingly by futures and perpetual contracts, according to industry reports. Derivatives trading accounted for the vast majority of total activity, while spot...
📊 Market Snapshot
Dow Jones futures were largely unchanged, with only a slight move lower (~-0.02%), staying just below ~48,750 — while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also traded subdued in early European session trading.
Trading volumes remain thin due to the year-end holiday lull...
What’s Driving the Surge in Crypto Derivatives
1. Massive Growth in On‑Chain Perpetual Futures Volume
Crypto derivatives activity has expanded sharply in 2025, with decentralized on‑chain perpetual futures exceeding $1 trillion in monthly trading volume by late in the year — and in some reports...
📈 Dow Jones Futures Rise on AI Optimism
Dow Jones futures climbed around +0.14% to trade above ~48,500, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also up early Monday as Wall Street enters a holiday‑shortened week. Renewed optimism around AI‑related shares — especially rebounds in tech megacaps —...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has floated the idea of creating a trustless on-chain futures market for gas fees, a mechanism aimed at helping users lock in transaction costs ahead of time and hedge against unpredictable spikes.
Buterin described the proposed system as similar to...
📌 $12 M Raise for ETHGas
ETHGas, a platform focused on trading Ethereum blockspace, announced a $12 million seed funding round led by Polychain Capital with other participants including Stake Capital, BlueYard, SIG DT, and Amber Group.
The raise comes as the team launches what it calls the...
📅 What the HTX Year-End Promo Is
HTX has launched a Year-End Promotion running through late December 2025 with multiple incentives designed to reward trading activity across its platform — spot trading, futures, and margin accounts.
The campaign aims to help users reduce costs, earn rewards...
Crypto Market Update as of December 13, 2025
Bitcoin is currently trading around $92,000, holding steady in the $90,000–$94,000 consolidation range despite ongoing macro caution from the Fed's hawkish tone and broader risk asset pressures.
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