Kalshi Applies for Perpetual Futures 'US500' Linked to U.S. Stock Index with CFTC

Kalshi, a derivatives exchange, applied to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on August 18 for the listing of 'US500', perpetual futures linked 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', perpetual futures linked to the spot price of copper...