Kalshi Submits Application to CFTC for 'US500' Perpetual Futures on U.S. Stock Index

2026/08/19 17:55 (Updated 2026/08/19 18:02)

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Kalshi Submits Application to CFTC for 'US500' Perpetual Futures on U.S. Stock Index

Application for Perpetual Futures on U.S. Stock Index

Kalshi, a derivatives exchange, applied to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on August 18 for the listing of 'US500', a perpetual future tied to the 'MerQube US Large Cap Index', which consists of 500 major U.S. stocks.

On the same day, the company also submitted an application for 'COPPERPERP', a perpetual future linked to the spot price of copper...

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