Binance.US CEO Stephen Gregory outlined plans in July 2026 to pursue a Commodity Futures Trading Commission license allowing Binance.US to offer event contracts, prediction markets, and derivatives

The venues where digital assets trade, from Coinbase and Binance to decentralized protocols, with their listings, licenses, custody and failures.

Futures, options, and perpetual swaps tied to digital-asset prices, letting traders hedge or lever positions and often dwarfing spot volumes.

Licensing, custody, and market-conduct rules for platforms where people trade digital assets, shaped by collapses like FTX and jurisdictional disputes between regulators.