CFTC Lets Traders Bet on Stocks With Crypto-Style Perpetual Futures
The US derivatives regulator, the CFTC, has said that "equity perpetual futures," a crypto-style product, can now trade on its registered exchanges, bringing the instrument to traditional stocks. Chairman Michael Selig made the announcement. BTC was $77,573 when the story was published and is down 0.2% since then.
Source: Decrypt · Written by Blockdeck from public reports and live market datamarket_reactionBTC/USD around the story+0.41% since the news
Price at the news$77,591.48
First hour after+0.35%
Since the news+0.41%
Volume that hour0.4× normal
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