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Coinbase Derivatives’ contracts made available to Ripple clients

The contracts — including traditional futures contracts for cryptocurrencies and commodities — will be available 24/7 in a CFTC-regulated environment

SFC boosts Hong Kong’s digital asset market

As part of its latest measures to expand product and service diversity under the ASPIRe Roadmap, the SFC is enabling virtual asset brokers to offer virtual asset financing to their securities margin clients

Nazarov joins CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee

Chainlink’s co-founder Sergey Nazarov will join executives from Nasdaq, CME Group, Intercontinental Exchange, Coinbase, and Robinhood to advise the CTFC on FinTech innovation

CME Group outlines tokenised cash and repo clearing initiatives

The group has outlined its counterparty risk-dependent stance on tokenised collateral, preferring systemically important institutions to third or fourth-tier banks

CFTC launches digital assets pilot programme for tokenised collateral

Digital assets such as bitcoin, ether, and USDC — or other payment stablecoins — will be included in the pilot programme

Technance announces expanded enterprise technology stack

The digital asset infrastructure provider aims to bridge the gap between TradFi and digital asset markets through its suite of trading and liquidity platforms

CME Group crypto complex reaches record daily volume

The derivatives marketplace announced its cryptocurrency futures and options suite achieved an all-time daily volume record, with YTD average daily volume up 132 per cent YoY

Marex to serve as clearer for SGX Crypto Perpetual Futures

The firm will facilitate access to this product under a regulated, exchange-cleared framework