The CFTC has approved equity perpetual futures following applications filed in September by Coinbase, Kalshi, Kraken through its Bitnomial exchange, and OG.com. The contracts could trade during US market hours, with some proponents planning to offer continuous trading from Monday to Friday. The agency did not specify which exchanges would list the products or when trading would begin. The decision comes as the CFTC works to bring domestically compliant access to perpetual-futures platforms, including Hyperliquid, to the United States. It also follows a legal challenge from CME Group, which argues that cryptocurrency perpetual futures should be regulated as swaps rather than futures and accuses the agency of exceeding its authority.
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