Kalshi, a predictive market platform, has submitted regulatory documents to the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to apply for the launch of US500 perpetual futures tracking the MerQube US Large Cap Index. This product covers 500 large enterprises listed in the United States and tracks target prices through a funding rate mechanism. Kalshi was approved to launch cryptocurrency perpetual futures in May this year and has applied to launch perpetual futures for gold, silver, copper, and stock indices. Kalshi stated that the global perpetual futures trading volume will exceed $90 trillion by 2025, and the nominal trading volume of its products will exceed $1 billion within one week of launch. CME Group rose by about 1.26%, while Cboe Global Markets rose by about 0.12%.

[Bitcoin briefly breaks $65,000, short-selling whale reduces position by 200 BTC] According to Ai Yi's monitoring, Bitcoin briefly broke $65,000. A whale holding a short position worth approximately $125 million in BTC reduced their position by 200 BTC, incurring a loss of about $243,000 this time, with cumulative losses reaching $1.81 million. Currently, the whale still holds a short position of 312 BTC, valued at approximately $20.2 million, with an unrealized loss of about $368,000. The liquidation price is $65,078.

Bank of America reiterates its buy rating on Micron (MU), with a target price of $1550, which is approximately 61% higher than the stock price of $963. SanDisk expects an average annual growth rate of nearly 15% in future sales, with a gross profit margin of over 80% by the fiscal year 2030. Bank of America expects Micron's earnings per share for FY30 to reach $200 to $250, with the potential for a price to earnings ratio of 12 to 15 in the future. Bank of America expects Micron's free cash flow over the past 12 months to exceed $80 billion after the expiration of restrictions related to the CHIPS Act on December 9, 2026. Micron needs to pay attention to whether the high gross profit margin can be sustained, whether the management can implement the capital return plan, as well as HBM demand and price trends in the future.

The deal involves Metaplanet contributing 2,100 bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash, valuing the initial investment at $134.6 million.

AI chip startup Etched has raised $700 million at a valuation of $21 billion, led by Jane Street. Less than a month ago, Etched completed a $300 million financing at a valuation of $10.3 billion. Jane Street has become the first customer to purchase a complete machine rack equipped with Etched AI acceleration chips. The company has accumulated over $1 billion in orders and has begun delivery. Etched built its own server component factory in Taiwan, China, China. After the first batch of test chips were delivered from TSMC, it ran through AI reasoning workload in 44 days.