Tagged: perpetuals

September 12, 2026 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kalshi has begun offering perpetual futures tied to gold and silver after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) cleared the listings, marking the prediction-market operator’s first move of this product type beyond digital assets. Trading in the new contracts opened Thursday on the company’s platform,… Read More

September 3, 2026 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has asked a federal judge to throw out CME Group’s challenge to the agency’s approval of cryptocurrency perpetual futures, arguing that the world’s largest derivatives exchange has not shown a legally cognizable injury. In a motion filed September… Read More

August 30, 2026 @ 1:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit is expanding its derivatives lineup with a new product aimed at traders who want equity-style options without the usual stock-market clock. The exchange said it will introduce “Perp Options,” contracts written on its existing stock perpetual futures rather than on listed shares themselves. The… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hyperliquid Policy Center has formally urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to establish a coordinated regulatory approach for perpetual contracts. In a comment letter submitted on August 24, 2026, the group responded to a joint… Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Perpetual futures, or Perps, have arrived in the US with the first regulated Perp issue by Kalshi, referencing Bitcoin. Expect more to follow BTCPERP was approved last month by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). While some marketplaces offered a perpetual-like product, and they have… Read More

June 4, 2026 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

SpaceX will soon go public at a whopping valuation of $1.75 trillion. Recently, an updated S-1 was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, providing details on the initial public offering. In advance of the float, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is seeking to provide investors with exposure to… Read More

May 29, 2026 @ 4:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and Kalshi have been approved to offer perpetual crypto futures trading. In a series of updates, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that “certain crypto asset perpetuals” will be allowed via a no-action letter. Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM), a subsidiary of Coinbase,… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Perpetuals (NASDAQ: PDC) has recently introduced Quantum-Resilience-as-a-Service (QRaaS), which is described as a digital security product offering developed to assist financial institutions, trading venues, as well as global payment networks boost overall encryption against fast-emerging quantum computer threats without completely overhauling current systems…. Read More

March 17, 2025 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency market saw unprecedented activity in 2024, with perpetual futures contracts—commonly known as crypto perpetuals—taking center stage, according to a new report from CoinGecko. CoinGecko explained in the research report that unlike traditional futures, which have fixed expiration dates, perpetuals allow traders to hold… Read More