US just greenlit crypto perpetual futures for the first time — accumulate Coinbase before the volume wave hits
The main U.S. derivatives regulator just gave the green light for crypto perpetual futures contracts to trade on American soil for the first time. Coinbase is one of the first platforms cleared to offer them.
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Perpetual futures are the most heavily traded crypto instrument in the world — trillions of dollars change hands through them every month — but until now they've only been available on offshore exchanges. The CFTC just changed that by giving U.S. platforms permission to offer them domestically. Coinbase is explicitly named as one of the first beneficiaries with a no-action letter in hand. This opens up a massive new revenue stream: trading fees on a product category that didn't exist in the U.S. before. When a regulated company suddenly gains access to the most popular product in its industry, that's a genuine growth catalyst. The stock hasn't fully priced this in yet.