# CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, bringing crypto trading model to Wall Street

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cftc-clears-perpetual-futures-on-stocks-bringing-crypto-trading-model-to-wall-street/
- Published: 2026-11-04T02:07:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T03:14:56+00:00
- Original publisher: CoinDesk
- Original article: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/11/03/cftc-clears-perpetual-futures-on-stocks-bringing-crypto-trading-model-to-wall-street
- Topics: Americas, Business, Crypto, Markets, World

## Key points

- Stock perpetual futures can trade on CFTC-registered US exchanges.
- The contracts fall under joint CFTC and SEC oversight.
- Coinbase has filed to list contracts on three major shares.

## Summary

New coverage clarifies that equity perpetual futures are classified as security futures products under the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, placing them under joint CFTC and SEC oversight. The CFTC says contracts tied to individual stocks can now begin trading on its registered exchanges, bringing an expiry-free, leveraged product common in crypto markets to US equities.

Chairman Michael Selig described the approval as part of a push to bring perpetual products onshore, following the agency’s approval of bitcoin perpetual futures for Kalshi earlier this year. A March memorandum of understanding between the CFTC and SEC helped resolve uncertainty over their respective roles. The article does not name exchanges that will list the stock contracts, though Coinbase has filed to list contracts linked to Apple, Tesla and Nvidia.

## Coverage

- [CoinDesk: CFTC clears perpetual futures on stocks, bringing crypto trading model to Wall Street](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/11/03/cftc-clears-perpetual-futures-on-stocks-bringing-crypto-trading-model-to-wall-street)
- [CFTC: Statement on Equity Perpetual Futures](https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/seligstatement110326)
- [Decrypt: CFTC Lets Traders Bet on Stocks With Crypto-Style Perpetual Futures](https://decrypt.co/382464/cftc-traders-bet-stocks-with-crypto-style-perpetual-futures)

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