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  "title": "Wall Street's existential crisis over perpetual futures — the 24/7 security on steroids — just got urgent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/wall-streets-existential-crisis-over-perpetual-futures-the-24-7",
  "topic": "finance",
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