regulation
CFTC Chair Michael Selig said Nov 3 that perpetual futures on individual stocks are deemed approved as security futures under Reg 40.3, overseen jointly with the SEC via a March 2026 MOU.
on-chain
Round-the-clock chip-stock contracts on Binance and Trade XYZ (Hyperliquid) saw ~$51.6M forced-closed between 21:22 and 21:32 UTC on Saturday with no U.S. share price to anchor them.
protocol
Robinhood pairs perpetual futures on eight assets, routed through Bitstamp, with in-app AI agents customers can leave running. Perps go live in the coming months.