Morning Edition · Saturday, June 27, 2026
US Crypto Perpetual Futures Go Live, but Liquidity Favors Bitcoin Alone
A broad board of markets is now visible, yet depth and spreads may leave most traders confined to a single contract.
Perpetual futures, the open-ended leveraged contracts that dominate crypto trading abroad, are now available in the United States through regulated venues. The practical reality is narrower than the listing suggests. As one analysis put it,…
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Over the coming months, the arrival of CFTC-cleared crypto perpetual futures triggers legal and jurisdictional battles over how these instruments are classified and which process governs them in the US.
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