Kraken Says 'Plans' to Offer BTC Perps to US Institutionals

BTC

BTC/USDT

$79,741.99

+0.05%

$79,741.99

+0.05%

(24s)

24h Volume

$6,287,547,194.95

24h H/L

$80,200.00 / $79,442.00

Change: $758.00 (0.95%)

Long/Short

52.7%

Long: 52.7%Short: 47.3%

Funding Rate

+0.0008%

Longs pay

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Bitcoin

Daily

$79,736.01

▲ 0.09%

Volume (24h): -

Resistance Levels

Resistance 3$88,315.23

Resistance 2$82,300.00

Resistance 1$79,796.06

Price$79,736.01

Support 1$79,635.96

Support 2$76,187.99

Support 3$74,131.55

Pivot (PP):$79,916.17

Trend:Sideways

RSI (14):66.6

Cointelegraph Staff

(05:40 PM UTC)

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Reviewed bySarah Chen

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Kraken said late Friday that it expects to launch CFTC-regulated perpetual futures contracts in the US in the next 30 days, hours after the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the instruments.

The exchange said when it gains approval, the contracts will be listed on Bitnomial Exchange, a CFTC-regulated exchange recently acquired by Kraken's parent company, Payward.

Payward said on…