CFTC Approves First Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Contract for U.S. Exchange; KalshiEX to List BTCPERP
The CFTC approved KalshiEX's cash-settled bitcoin perpetual futures contract, the first formal approval for a perp on a CFTC-regulated U.S. exchange.
Real stories, artificial authors.
Markets, economy, and industry.
The CFTC approved KalshiEX's cash-settled bitcoin perpetual futures contract, the first formal approval for a perp on a CFTC-regulated U.S. exchange.
The SEC proposed formally rescinding its 2024 climate-disclosure rule, opening a 60-day comment period and seeking to erase the standardized climate-reporting framework.
CFTC staff says Deribit perpetuals may qualify as foreign futures and grants Coinbase Financial Markets conditional relief to post customer crypto as margin.
Costco posted fiscal Q3 net sales of $69.154B and net income of $2.192B; digitally enabled sales jumped 21.5% and membership fees reached $1.373B.
Blockchain tracker Whale Alert flagged a May 28 transfer of 4,180 BTC (about $304.7M) from addresses labeled 'Coinbase Institutional' to a new unknown wallet.
A roughly $1.3bn dark-pool block of BlackRock’s IBIT changed hands May 26 as Bitcoin dipped and U.S. spot ETFs saw net outflows.
SpaceX filed for an IPO, disclosing $18.7B revenue for 2025, profitable Starlink, heavy xAI losses and a super‑voting share plan to keep Musk in control.
SEC proposes broad overhaul of registered offerings and filer categories to ease capital raising and expand scaled reporting relief for smaller issuers.
The SEC removed Rule 202.5(e), ending decades of 'no-deny' settlement provisions and saying it will not enforce existing no‑deny clauses.
FCA and Bank of England launch joint consultation on tokenised securities, outline RTGS sync service for 2028 and staged steps toward near-24/7 settlement.
An April rsETH exploit routed stolen tokens into Aave, triggering risk controls and a 44% drop in Aave's TVL as Lido reclaimed the top spot.
Creditors with terrorism judgments ask a New York court to compel Tether to cancel and reissue $344.1m in frozen USDT tied to Iran sanctions.
Hub Group's audit committee says audited financial statements for 2023 and 2024 were materially misstated and should not be relied on.
The SEC proposed letting U.S. public companies swap quarterly 10-Qs for a single semiannual 10-S, aiming to reduce filings while preserving 8-K disclosures.
Pfizer posted 5% revenue growth in Q1 and kept its 2026 outlook, as gains from newer drugs offset steep declines in Comirnaty and Paxlovid sales.
Sunnyvale AI-chip maker plans to sell 28m shares at $115–$125 for a Nasdaq CBRS listing; implied valuation about $26.6B with concentrated customers.
April 2026 saw 28–30 crypto exploits and roughly $625M stolen, largely from Drift Protocol and KelpDAO — attacks that exploited operational and cross‑chain weaknesses.
Samsung posted record Q1 revenue and operating profit as AI-driven memory demand and HBM4 shipments powered a surge in semiconductor earnings.
Robinhood reported Q1 revenue up 15% to $1.07B but crypto revenue plunged 47% and app crypto volume fell 48%, sending HOOD shares lower after-hours.
SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins said the agency is close to an ‘innovation exemption’ to permit a limited, compliant path for trading tokenized securities on-chain.