US day traders flock to ‘the most dangerous product in crypto’
US day traders are increasingly adopting highly leveraged crypto perpetual futures following new market openings and regulatory guidelines.
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US markets have opened to highly leveraged perpetual futures, attracting a surge of day traders. This shift follows the approval of perpetual futures contracts and the issuance of new guidelines for these instruments by the US CFTC.
Coverage from the Financial Times and Crypto Briefing highlights the risks associated with these tools, with some describing them as the most dangerous product in crypto. The Financial Times further notes that these products are distracting Wall Street rather than disrupting it, while simplywall.st reports that US brokerage stocks are facing a new test as a result.
Attention is now turning toward the defense of these approvals by CFTC Chair Selig and the expansion of similar models into prediction markets via sports perpetual futures, as reported by Gaming America.
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Quick answers
Who approved the use of perpetual futures contracts in the US?
The CFTC approved the contracts, with Chair Selig defending the decision.
How are these products viewed by some financial outlets?
The Financial Times and Crypto Briefing refer to them as the most dangerous product in crypto.
Are perpetual futures being applied to areas beyond cryptocurrency?
According to Gaming America, there is interest in building sports perpetual futures within prediction markets.
Coverage (8)
- US Brokerage Stocks Facing A New Crypto Perpetual Futures Test simplywall.st · 23h ago
- US CFTC Announces New Guidelines for Perpetual Contracts Coinfomania · 23h ago
- Trump Opens US Markets to Highly Leveraged Perpetual Futures Oz Arab Media · 23h ago
- US day traders flock to the most dangerous product in crypto Crypto Briefing · 23h ago
- Perps are distracting Wall Street, not disrupting it Financial Times · 23h ago
- What Are Sports Perpetual Futures, and Why Does Everyone in Prediction Markets Want to Build Them? Gaming America · 23h ago
- CFTC Chair Selig Defends Approval of Perpetual Futures Contracts in the U.S. dars.gov.et · 23h ago
- US day traders flock to ‘the most dangerous product in crypto’ Financial Times · 23h ago
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