Regulated perpetual futures contracts officially arrive on US markets amid Wall Street caution
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the first regulated perpetual futures listings in the US, with crypto-native trading firms and exchanges moving quickly to offer them while large traditional banks are waiting for liquidity and rules to mature before joining. Perpetual futures are contracts that let traders bet on an asset's price without an expiry date and are among the most traded financial instruments in the world.
Why it matters for the crypto market
Bringing regulated perpetual futures to the US opens a multi-trillion-dollar product category to American investors under formal oversight for the first time, which could significantly shift how and where crypto is traded globally.
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