A historic decision in the United States. CFTC has allowed spot trading of cryptocurrencies with leverage on exchanges subject to federal regulations for the first time. This opens the door for the largest financial institutions in the world.
CFTC enables leverage in the spot market in the USA — the end of offshore dominance.
Institutions managing 25 trillion USD can legally enter the crypto market.
Why is the CFTC's decision so groundbreaking?
CFTC has approved spot trading with leverage for cryptocurrencies on federally regulated exchanges. After a decade of regulatory gap, the cryptocurrency market in the USA gains a legal, safe environment for trading with margin.
This is the end of the era where traders fled to Seychelles, the Bahamas, or BVI to take advantage of high leverage — without oversight and without protection. Now the market will be divided into:
– onshore (USA) for institutional traders and funds,
– offshore for players seeking extreme risk.
The pioneer of change is the Bitnomial exchange, which is the first to combine spot, futures, perpetuals, and options in one centrally cleared portfolio. Institutions can apply portfolio collateral and reduce capital requirements by 30–50%.
This is a huge thing for banks, hedge funds, and brokers who have not been able to offer cryptocurrencies fully compliant with federal law.
Analysts say this is the most important step since ETFs — as bitcoin is finally being placed within the structure of the U.S. financial system as a legal, regulated asset.
The effect?
⚡ more liquidity
⚡ entry of large capital
⚡ integration with the mainstream
⚡ faster path to mass adoption
