The potential effects of artificial intelligence in the derivatives markets will be in focus at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s first in a new series of meetings hosted by its Innovation Task Force on October 28. Using President Donald Trump’s favored “super intelligence” descriptor,… Read More
Perps allow traders to speculate on the future price of an asset with a typically leveraged position, and the contracts don’t come with a built-in expiration. But CME, which operates the leading global venues for derivatives trading, has insisted the contracts are not futures, because… Read More
While traders spent this week watching bitcoin BTC$81,952.67 gyrate above $80,000 amid key U.S. inflation data, a decision from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission got far less attention. The (SEC) approved the listing of binary options tied to key performance indicators (KPIs) of 23… Read More
He also pointed to data centers’ job creation, noting demand for construction workers, energy infrastructure and AI compute hardware. Moody’s estimates planned capital spending on U.S. data centers at $700 billion this year, rising to between $2.4 trillion and $2.48 trillion through 2030. Globally, spending… Read More
ARLINGTON, Va. — The CEO of Kalshi, the company at the center of a high-profile legal battle over the future of prediction markets in the U.S., said the clash won’t ultimately decide whether the rapidly growing industry is overseen by states or a federal agency,… Read More
U.S. inflation is due at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones estimated September’s consumer price index rose 0.6% month-on-month and 3.6% year-on-year. Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is forecast to increase 0.2% from August and 2.5% annually. The numbers… Read More
