Coinbase Now Owns Every Layer of Its Derivatives Stack After CFTC Approval
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Coinbase gets CFTC approval for US derivatives clearinghouse
Coinbase joins Kraken in bringing US derivatives infrastructure in-house, after Kraken’s parent acquired Bitnomial and its CFTC-regulated exchange, clearinghouse and brokerage in May.
CFTC Opens Door for Crypto Apps to Offer Regulated Derivatives Access
In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as brokers.
Coinbase has obtained a MiFID license in the UK, which will allow it to offer derivatives and stock trading to UK users.
Odaily Odaily that Coinbase has announced it has obtained a UK Investment Services License (MiFID), enabling it to offer trading services for traditional financial products to UK users. Institutional and professional traders will be able to trade crypto, stock, and commodity perpetual contracts, while retail users will be able to trade stocks on the Coinbase platform for the first time. Coinbase stated that this license, together with its existing UK e-money license and crypto asset registration qualifications, forms part of its regulatory framework. It represents the largest expansion of the company's product capabilities since entering the UK market and will further advance its "Everything Exchange" strategy. In the future, the platform will also gradually support services such as stablecoin payments, savings, lending, and tokenized real-world assets (RWA).
Citi Clients Can Now Take Stablecoin Payments Through Coinbase—Without Touching Crypto
Coinbase and Citi expanded an existing deal so Citi's institutional clients can accept stablecoin payments, while Coinbase business accounts run on Citi's banking rails.
Coinbase launches regulated crypto derivatives in Canada
Coinbase is offering eligible Canadian traders perpetual and dated futures with up to 10x leverage as major US trading platforms expand their crypto presence in Canada.
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.