Coinbase has obtained a MiFID license in the UK, which will allow it to offer derivatives and stock trading to UK users.
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Swyftx has obtained an Australian financial services license and is seeking opportunities in the cryptocurrency payments sector.
According to Foresight News , citing Cointelegraph, Australian cryptocurrency exchange Swyftx has obtained an Australian financial services license, indicating its intention to explore opportunities in the cryptocurrency payments sector. The license allows Swyftx to offer derivatives such as cryptocurrency options or futures to retail customers and authorizes it to provide non-cash payment services, enabling the fintech company to offer payment services to both business and retail clients. Swyftx interim co-CEO Andrea Yuen stated that after obtaining a license to provide payment services, the company "will no longer be a pure cryptocurrency spot exchange." Swyftx does not currently hold an AFSL license for spot cryptocurrency trading.
Bitwise launches self-custodied tokenized stock portfolios with Coinbase
Bitwise’s new portfolios automatically rebalance Coinbase tokenized stocks while allowing eligible non-US investors to keep the assets in their own wallets.
Coinbase tokenized stocks go live on Base with Chainlink price feeds
Coinbase’s B20 equities bring stocks including Apple and Nvidia onchain, allowing eligible non-US users to trade them 24/7 and use them across DeFi.
Ondo Perps has officially launched, becoming the first perpetual contract platform to support tokenized stocks as margin for derivatives.
ChainCatcher reports that Ondo Perps has officially launched and is now open to non-US investors. As the first perpetual contract platform to support tokenized stocks and stablecoins as collateral for derivatives, Ondo Perps aims to drive the on-chain derivatives market into a new era of capital efficiency. Its core advantages include: tokenized stocks as collateral, eliminating the need to maintain separate cash reserves across multiple platforms; market depth comparable to traditional finance, achieving extremely low spreads and slippage; and execution speed comparable to top-tier crypto CEXs, with real-time processing of order routing, margin updates, and settlement, while ensuring decentralization. Currently, Ondo Perps supports assets including stocks, indices, and commodities such as SPCX, MU, NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, gold, and crude oil, offering leverage up to 20x and providing 24/7 trading for global investors. Ondo Perps is built on Ondo Finance technology, with Ondo Global Markets providing the underlying tokenized stock infrastructure, and a total TVL exceeding $1 billion. Ondo Perps, as the next layer of the ecosystem, enables tokenized assets to not only remain in the holding stage, but also to function as collateral on a unified trading platform.
Kalshi joins Coinbase with filing for US stock perpetual futures
Kalshi’s proposal would bring perpetual futures tied to individual stocks to US traders, as Coinbase and Bitnomial pursue similar products.
Coinbase files to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US market
Coinbase wants to bring 24/5 perpetual futures trading to individual US stocks, with its proposed contracts now awaiting regulatory approval.