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The CFTC cleared equity perpetual futures on US stocks. See how they work and why critics warn about the leverage.

Perpetual futures, or "perps," are bets on whether a crypto price will go up or down, without ever owning the coin. Unlike ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has cleared the way for perpetual futures tied to individual stocks to trade ...

The CFTC has approved stock perpetual futures for U.S. exchanges. Discover how this decision impacts Hyperliquid and HYPE ...

Robert Griffin (R-Michigan) stressed the onion industry’s support for banning onion futures. “The onion growers have never ...

The Commodity Markets Council urges the CFTC to reject Kalshi's perpetual WTI crude oil futures contract, citing risks to market integrity.

Commodities are global assets. While production occurs in regions where soil and climate support crop production or the earth’s crust is rich in energy, metals, ores, and elements, consumption is ...

1558 ET – Crude futures rise to their highest level in four months as supply worries increase with threats to alternative supply routes out of the Middle East such as the outage of Saudi Arabia’s ...

Commodities have been among the strongest-performing asset classes in 2026 amid inflation, supply and weather disruptions, and geopolitical uncertainty. The Bloomberg Commodity Index rose 33% through ...

ICE partners with Trade[XYZ] to launch a regulated US perpetual futures market on Hyperliquid infrastructure, pending CFTC ...

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