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The CFTC has filed to dismiss CME Group's challenge to US-listed crypto perpetual futures, arguing the exchange lacks standing on competitive-injury grounds because CME is itself free to list perps under its Designated Contract Market status. If the dismissal holds, onshore perp listings by Coinbase and other DCM-licensed venues gain regulatory cover, pulling leveraged BTC and ETH basis and funding activity from offshore venues into CFTC-regulated order books and pressuring CME's incumbent derivatives share. Watch the court's ruling on standing and whether CME responds by filing its own perpetual contracts, which would confirm the competitive channel rather than a legal blockade.
As a Policy signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around COIN, BTC, ETH.
Original Source: The Block
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