The SEC's generic listing standards compressed crypto ETF timelines from 240 days to 75, but the real story is the infrastructure that made it possible. For any token that wants an ETF, the path now starts on a DCM.
March 02, 2026
Bitnomial built the first and only crypto-native spot and derivatives exchange and clearinghouse in the U.S. That infrastructure includes crypto settlement, crypto margin collateral, perpetual futures, and most recently leveraged retail spot trading. New CFTC and OCC guidance means both independent and bank-affiliated brokerages can now support Bitnomial's crypto margin deposits and settlement for the first time.
December 11, 2025
Bitnomial Exchange is the only U.S.-regulated exchange offering futures and options that settle in crypto or 'physical settlement'. While most U.S. crypto derivatives settle in fiat, Bitnomial's contracts deliver actual digital assets at expiration. This distinction opens up real ownership, digital assets as margin, and trading strategies unavailable with cash-only futures.
October 08, 2025
The SEC now permits in-kind creations and redemptions for U.S. spot crypto ETFs. Pair that with Bitnomial’s in-kind crypto margin deposits and crypto settlement for perpetuals, futures, and options, and the result is a true bridge between listed futures and ETF primary flows. Traders can source or deliver the underlying in kind, lock spreads to NAV with physical futures, and cut conversion and timing frictions that cash creations force market makers to absorb.
September 24, 2025
Bitnomial has just become the first U.S. derivatives Exchange and Clearinghouse to launch crypto margin collateral. Traders can now deposit crypto directly as margin, trade perps, futures, and options, and also settle trades in the same asset. Crypto provides a second, independent liquidity rail alongside Treasuries and repo, making the U.S. derivatives system faster, safer, and more resilient.
September 17, 2025
Bitnomial Exchange launched the first U.S. perpetual futures, marking the convergence of the global crypto perpetual futures market and the U.S. traditional futures industry.
September 03, 2025
In 2025, U.S. Derivatives Exchanges (DCMs) have expanded beyond traditional futures, options, and swaps to include perpetuals, leveraged spot crypto, and prediction contracts, a massive expansion converging all trading under one mega market structure license.
August 26, 2025
The CFTC's leveraged spot trading initiative is a fundamental upgrade to the U.S. spot crypto exchange industry, opening the door for U.S. Derivatives Exchanges (DCMs) to offer leveraged spot crypto trading to retail customers and upending the current state-by-state money transmitter regime.
August 20, 2025
Leveraged spot, perpetuals, futures, options, and prediction markets, all on one CFTC-regulated exchange with crypto margin and settlement.
