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Morning Edition · Thursday, August 20, 2026Published at 1:47 AM EDT · New York
CFTC Opens a Rulemaking Path for Compute Derivatives and Signals a Route Onshore for Hyperliquid
The regulator's request for comment explicitly covers perpetual compute futures, the contract structure that offshore crypto exchanges built and United States venues have not been able to list.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) asked for public comment on compute derivatives, contracts referencing the price of computing capacity for artificial intelligence. The request covers the size and liquidity of compute cash ma…
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