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Binance Futures launches USDⓈ-M POLYX and GAS perpetual contracts

Binance Futures is set to introduce USDⓈ-M POLYX and GAS perpetual contract s on Oct. 25, providing traders with up to 50x leverage, a development that warrants a careful Analysis of its potential benefits and inherent risks. Today, Binance Futures is poised to release USDⓈ-M POLYX and GAS Perpetual Contracts, providing an option for up to 50x leverage. While this introduces additional tools for traders, it also provides potential risks and implications of these financial instruments. Perpetual contracts, differing from standard futures contracts, do not have an expiry date, allowing positions to be held indefinitely. This could potentially lead to prolonged exposure to market volatility. The settlement for these contract s will be conducted in USDT, with POLYX and GAS featuring tick sizes of 0.0001 and 0.001 respectively. While this precision allows for granular trading strategies, the 24-hour per day, 7 days per week availability of these contract s necessitates constant market ...

Web3 protection tool releases update that improves security against scam tokens and dangerous contracts

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The latest update of this Web3 security tool addresses new social engineering schemes and hacking attacks. Web3 and other blockchain-powered markets are still in their infancy, with most of the underlying technologies, economic models and coding architectures still being improved, tested and updated. While this is normal for an emerging market and technology, there are always loopholes that bad actors can exploit and target to attack their victims. In particular, with social engineering tactics, scammers manipulate users’ emotions and create a sense of trust and urgency. At the beginning of 2023, bug bounty platform Immunefi estimated that the Web3 ecosystem lost around $3.9 billion to scams and hacking attacks in 2022, with decentralized finance (DeFi) being the most targeted sector, suffering 80% of the calculated losses. Losses by quarter in 2022. Source: Immunefi Report ​​In the ever-evolving landscape of blockchain technology, two pivotal issues stand out that demand users’ atten...