Blockchain.com applies for CFTC licenses, plans to enter prediction markets and derivatives
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Blockchain.com has reportedly applied for a U.S.CFTC license and plans to offer U.S. users event contracts and crypto derivatives trading if approved.
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Blockchain.com applies for CFTC licenses, plans to enter prediction markets and derivatives
PANews October 9 news reported that CNBC the crypto platform Blockchain.com has applied in the United States for CFTC a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) licenses. If approved, it will offer U.S. users event contracts (prediction markets) and crypto derivatives trading. Blockchain.com currently offers prediction markets to some overseas users through Polymarket and supports perpetual contract trading through Hyperliquid.
PANews cited CNBC a report stating that Blockchain.com has applied in the United States for CFTC a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) licenses.
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The report stated that, once the licenses are approved, Blockchain.com will offer U.S. users event contracts (prediction markets) and crypto derivatives trading.
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Blockchain.com currently offers prediction markets to some overseas users through Polymarket and supports perpetual contract trading through Hyperliquid.
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Blockchain.com is applying for two types of U.S. regulatory licenses. Under the plan described in the report, it will offer prediction markets and crypto derivatives trading to U.S. users only after approval; the material currently describes applications and proposed business activities, not approval or launch.
Why it matters to readers
If the licenses are approved, Blockchain.com could enter the U.S. event contracts and crypto derivatives markets as described in the report. However, the material provides no approval result and does not specify product launch timing, scope, or actual trading data.
Beginners should distinguish between “submitting a license application” and “receiving approval”: an application does not mean the business will necessarily launch, nor does it mean that the price or trading volume of the relevant assets will necessarily change.
Risks and unknowns
The material does not include CFTC application documents or confirmation from a regulator, so the application status cannot be independently verified.
DCM and FCM licenses remain uncertain.
The launch timing, specific scope, and trading conditions for the U.S. products have not been disclosed.
The material provides no direct data on the event’s impact on the price or trading volume of any crypto asset.
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A derivative contract with no expiration date, designed for continuous holding, whose funding rate mechanism helps keep its price close to that of the underlying asset.
