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CFTC Clears Equity "Perps" for U.S. Exchanges, Importing a Crypto Trading Model to Wall Street
The CFTC said Tuesday that perpetual futures tied to individual stocks are approved to trade on regulated U.S. exchanges for the first time, under joint oversight with the SEC.
Crypto traders put a $110 billion tag on Jio's IPO — via a thin Bitget futures contract
A Bitget perpetual futures contract is pricing India's Jio Platforms at about $110 billion as its record IPO opens for subscription — a roughly 4% premium to the offering's top price band, on just $4.4 million of volume.
CFTC tells court CME has no standing to fight its perpetual-futures policy
The CFTC told a federal court that CME lacks legal standing to challenge its new perpetual-futures policy, arguing CME hasn't shown any imminent financial harm and has told investors it sees no demand for perps.
CFTC Clears a Narrow Path to True Perpetual Index Futures — With a Two-Week Shelf Life
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight granted no-action relief letting exchanges strip expiration dates from existing perpetual-style broad-based security index futures and convert them to true perpetual contracts, subject to customer-protection conditions and expiring October 20.
Repeating fixed-dollar trades made up most of Kalshi's crypto perp volume, CoinDesk data shows
A CoinDesk analysis of Kalshi's public trade records found a handful of recurring fixed-dollar trade sizes made up more than half the volume on its bitcoin and ether perpetual-futures markets, raising questions about how much real activity underpins the figures.
Kalshi's crypto perps draw wash-trading accusations; its product lead says the volume math is being misread
A quant analyst accused Kalshi's new crypto perpetual futures of wash trading, citing a 174-to-1 volume-to-open-interest ratio and repetitive $5,500 trades; Kalshi's product lead said the figures reflect a standard payout-based volume convention, not fake activity.
DOJ Charges Two Robinhood Engineers Over Alleged Front-Running of Crypto Listings on Hyperliquid
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged two Robinhood engineers, Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang, with using confidential crypto-listing information to trade Hyperliquid perpetual futures, each allegedly netting more than $50,000.
CFTC moves to dismiss CME's perpetual-futures suit, calling it "much ado about nothing"
The CFTC has asked a federal judge to throw out CME's lawsuit over its approval of crypto perpetual futures, arguing the exchange can't show any concrete financial harm.
Coinbase Launches "Pre-IPO" Perpetual Futures, Starting With a SpaceX Contract
Coinbase is offering non-US traders a USDC-settled perpetual future that tracks SpaceX's implied private valuation, issued through its Bermuda entity and barred to US persons.
CFTC Clears Path for Exchanges to Convert Crypto "Perp-Style" Futures into True Perpetuals — But the Relief Has Already Lapsed
The CFTC's Division of Market Oversight issued a no-action letter allowing registered exchanges to strip expiration dates from digital-commodity futures and create true perpetuals, but the relief expired June 30.