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**Starcloud, a company backed by Nvidia, plans to begin mining BTC directly in orbit after launching a new satellite**[** this year**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/orbital-data-center-startup-mine-bitcoin-space)**.** The project involves placing miners in satellite data centers powered by solar energy — if the experiment proves successful, space-based mining could become a new industry.

**Trading activity in TradFi perpetual futures on Binance is growing rapidly — trading volume has already exceeded $153 billion just a couple of months after launch, and the number of trades has reached tens of millions. ** The main interest is concentrated in gold and silver, which account for the lion’s share of volume and show multi-billion daily turnover: peak activity exceeds 6 million trades per day. This shows how crypto exchanges are becoming global platforms that combine crypto and tra

The difference between large and retail investors in Bitcoin indicates that large players are increasing their short positions, while retail investors continue to build long positions.

**Gold and stock futures on Binance surpass most cryptocurrencies in trading volume** Recently launched gold and silver futures on the largest crypto exchange Binance [have ranked](https://x.com/cryptoquant_com/status/2039954129007587690) in the top five by trading volume among all instruments on the platform, trailing only perpetuals on BTC, ETH, and SOL. Crypto futures on stocks of Tesla, Circle, Strategy, Coinbase, and Robinhood are also starting to gain traction on Binance, outpacing many

**Hyperliquid recorded a record daily trading volume of $5.4 billion — driven by a surge of interest in commodities such as oil, gold, and silver.** The platform has effectively found a niche at the intersection of crypto and macro trading, where users активно trade derivatives against the backdrop of global news.