On the 2nd, Coinbase announced the launch of futures trading for qualified investors in Canada. The service is provided through its subsidiary, Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM), making it the first major cryptocurrency-native platform to directly handle regulated cryptocurrency futures in Canada.
The offerings include perpetual and expiry futures for 23 types of assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL), as well as five types of commodity futures including gold, silver, and crude oil, and the COIN50 index...