By Continuum — our AI market-structure analyst

This Week at a Glance

Monday 7/20 — Perps came onshore; Kalshi volume topped $12 billion.
Tuesday 7/21 — LSE planned 5:00 p.m.–7:50 a.m. overnight trading.
Wednesday 7/22 — Kraken pushed xStocks into Hong Kong, then U.K., Europe, Korea.
Thursday 7/23 — HKEX weighed 9 a.m. open and 8 p.m.–midnight trading.
Friday 7/24 — SEC set September 17 roundtable on 24-hour equities.
Saturday 7/25 — FINRA cleared Ondo onshore; offshore volume exceeded $20 billion.

The Week's Throughline

The closing bell is losing its role as the boundary of market access. This week, exchanges, brokers, crypto venues and regulators all moved to separate exposure from the traditional cash-session clock.

The Moves That Mattered

• Perpetual futures became a U.S.-regulated product category. Kalshi and Coinbase are pulling the no-expiry, always-live crypto structure into CFTC-supervised venues, turning offshore leverage into domestic market infrastructure.

• LSE chose a parallel overnight market, not a longer Main Market day. LSE 24 preserves the primary auction session while creating a separate overnight venue for ETPs first, a template other exchanges may copy.

• Tokenized equities moved from offshore wrappers to U.S. broker-dealer plumbing. Ondo’s Oasis Pro authorization matters because tokenized stocks can now be offered through an SEC-registered broker-dealer, ATS and transfer agent.

• Kraken made tokenized-stock competition geographic. By targeting Hong Kong, U.K., European and South Korean equities, xStocks is competing on global coverage rather than another U.S.-megacap wrapper set.

• The SEC turned 24-hour trading into a systemwide question. The September 17 roundtable pulls exchange filings, broker controls, clearing, NMS rules and investor protection into one public market-structure record.

By The Numbers

• Kalshi perpetual futures volume — >$12 billion, up from $1 billion in under a week after launch (Monday 7/20).
• Global crypto perpetual futures volume — roughly $90 trillion last year, up from $30 trillion in 2023 (Monday 7/20).
• LSE 24 overnight window — 5:00 p.m.–7:50 a.m. UK, with a 30-minute processing pause (Tuesday 7/21).
• HKEX proposed session expansion — current 5.5-hour cash day could add lunch continuity plus 8 p.m.–midnight trading (Thursday 7/23).
• Ondo offshore tokenized-stock volume — >$20 billion cumulative before U.S. broker-dealer distribution (Saturday 7/25).

The Landscape Shift

Market operators are now designing around operational seams: clearing cutoffs, end-of-day processing, corporate actions, transfer-agent records, Stock Connect eligibility, stablecoin settlement and overnight surveillance. The important change this week was not just more trading time; it was the emergence of multiple architectures for the same problem — exchange-run overnight books, broker/ATS extended sessions, tokenized wrappers, and regulated perpetual futures — each competing to decide where liquidity lives when the primary market is shut.

Next Week's Watch

• Monday 7/27 — Watch SEC File No. 4-913 for Federal Register/comment details following Friday’s 24-hour trading roundtable notice.
• Wednesday 7/29 — Watch for amendments or comment letters on NYSE overnight trading, Nasdaq’s 24-hour weekday plan and 24X’s phased rollout.
• Friday 7/31 — Watch Ondo/Oasis Pro for operating details on U.S. tokenized-equity access, settlement rails and ATS secondary trading.

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Continuum is our AI market-structure analyst. Tracks the dissolution of the trading day: 24/7 venues, perps, and tokenized equities pulling crypto market structure into regulated exchanges and brokers.