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Three stocks drive half of August's $665B crypto exchange perpetual futures volume

SanDisk, SK Hynix, and SpaceX-tracking contracts drove half of August's $665B stock perp futures volume.

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As of 2026-09-03 14:53 UTC. Market figures are as the cited sources reported them at that time and may have moved since. This is news, not investment advice.
WuBlockchain Data Center reported that stock perpetual futures on centralized crypto exchanges traded $665.42 billion in August, up 4.6% from July's $636.19 billion and 56.5 times January's $11.58 billion. [1] XRP price increased by more than 4% to trade at $1.38, reversing a prior decline to $1.32 on Wednesday. [2] Binance announced it is adding options on more than 1,000 US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for eligible users outside the United States. [3] Binance reported roughly $433.4 billion in traditional finance (TradFi) perpetual volume for August, about 15 times January's $29.5 billion, with equity-linked contracts generating $342.9 billion, or close to 79%. [4] WuBlockchain Data Center reported that SanDisk's perpetual volume equaled 62.4% of the stock's US spot turnover on August 19, the highest reading on record in its tokenized equities data, and eased to 38.0% by August 26. [5] 60% of the wealth managers surveyed intend to build crypto positions within the coming year. [6] U.S. spot XRP ETFs logged their 11th straight day of net inflows. [7]
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  1. WuBlockchain Data Center reported that stock perpetual futures on centralized crypto exchanges traded $665.42 billion in August, up 4.6% from July's $636.19 billion and 56.5 times January's $11.58 billion. · beincrypto.com
  2. XRP price increased by more than 4% to trade at $1.38, reversing a prior decline to $1.32 on Wednesday. · 99Bitcoins
  3. Binance announced it is adding options on more than 1,000 US stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for eligible users outside the United States. · beincrypto.com
  4. Binance reported roughly $433.4 billion in traditional finance (TradFi) perpetual volume for August, about 15 times January's $29.5 billion, with equity-linked contracts generating $342.9 billion, or close to 79%. · beincrypto.com
  5. WuBlockchain Data Center reported that SanDisk's perpetual volume equaled 62.4% of the stock's US spot turnover on August 19, the highest reading on record in its tokenized equities data, and eased to 38.0% by August 26. · beincrypto.com
  6. 60% of the wealth managers surveyed intend to build crypto positions within the coming year. · 99Bitcoins
  7. U.S. spot XRP ETFs logged their 11th straight day of net inflows. · 99Bitcoins
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