Perpetual Contracts

Highlights: CFTC approved Kalshi’s BTCPERP contract for listing as a regulated Bitcoin futures product. Kalshi’s Bitcoin perpetual contract will track BTC’s spot price under CFTC oversight. The approval brings a popular crypto trading product into a regulated U.S. futures market. […]

Highlights: Hong Kong to allow crypto perpetual contracts for institutional investors only. Brokers can offer crypto-backed loans using BTC and ETH as collateral. Market makers must have conflict-of-interest safeguards and independent trading desks. Hong Kong’s financial regulator is taking a […]