Regulators just greenlit crypto perps in the U.S. — Coinbase gets first-mover advantage
U.S. regulators just cleared the way for crypto perpetual futures contracts to trade on American exchanges for the first time. Coinbase is one of the first platforms approved to offer these products, which have been wildly popular overseas.
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Perpetual futures contracts are the most-traded crypto product globally, but they've only been available on offshore exchanges like Binance. Now the CFTC is letting U.S. platforms offer them domestically. Coinbase is first in line with regulatory approval, which means it could capture a huge share of trading fees from American investors who've been sending money overseas. This isn't just a one-day headline — it's a structural change to Coinbase's revenue potential. The stock has likely not fully priced in this new revenue stream since the news just broke.