Binance to List Multiple USDT-Margined TradFi Perpetual Contracts

According to official announcements, Binance will officially launch five bStocks (tokenized stocks) related spot trading pairs on October 21, 2026. The five pairs correspond to RoboStrategy Inc (BOTB), Berkshire Hathaway (BRKBB), Goldenray Sci-Tech Innovation 50 ETF (KSTRB), Direxion Daily 20-Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF (TMFB), and Vistra Corp (VSTB), all denominated in USDT.

Beating AI News: OpenAI has announced the acquisition of Orchestra Bio, a four-year-old biotech company, with plans to integrate its team and technology into its life sciences platform Rosalind. Orchestra has previously raised around $20 million in funding, with investors including a16z, Atria, and 8VC. Orchestra’s core product is a drug discovery AI agent system. It does not directly develop new drugs, but assists pharmaceutical companies in managing R&D progress, coordinating cross-functional teams, and tracking clinical trial schedules. For example, if a drug batch production failure risks delaying a clinical trial, the agent can automatically identify affected tasks and timelines, aggregate relevant information, and propose adjustment plans, which are then decided by researchers. OpenAI launched GPT-Rosalind in April this year, a model tailored for biology and chemistry problems, followed by a supporting research workbench. This acquisition will fill the gap in drug discovery project management, enabling AI to expand beyond analyzing experimental data to further participate in subsequent R&D workflows.

To meet users’ demand for diversified asset allocation, Bitget CFD has rolled out 8 new trading instruments, including XALUSD (Aluminum/USD), GASOIL (Low-Sulfur Diesel), HSTECH (Hang Seng Tech Index), and TWRICC (Taiwan RIC Index), spanning metals, energy, and indices categories. The metal and energy contracts offer a maximum leverage of 20x, while index contracts support up to 50x leverage. Furthermore, these instruments will be available in four trading modes simultaneously: ECN, Zero-Fee, Pro, and Standard+, with identical product configurations across all modes.

Citigroup raises SpaceX (SPCX.O) price target to $240, a 20% increase over its previous target.

According to an official announcement from OKX, the platform will officially launch the USD-margined LLYUSD X-Contract (X-Perp) at 16:30 (UTC+8) on October 21, 2026, with support for web, app, and API trading.

According to Bloomberg Law, the state of Arkansas and its Oil and Gas Commission on Tuesday requested the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a lower court order that blocks enforcement of the state’s law restricting foreign entities from holding interests in digital asset mining operations. The lower court had previously ruled the law was likely invalid due to federal preemption. Joseph Nelson from Arkansas’s Office of the Attorney General pushed back on that finding, noting the law falls within core state police power and targets the same countries the U.S. federal government has designated as national security threats. The legislation, passed in 2024, bans citizens or companies of countries subject to U.S. Department of State arms export controls from holding interests in digital asset mining facilities located in the state.