Cboe Digital Receives Approval to Clear Margined Futures

Cboe Clear Digital has received regulatory approval to clear margined futures, paving the way for the exchange to launch new contracts which participants can trade with more capital efficiency. In June this year Cboe Clear Digital received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to launch margined futures contracts. In a story in MarketsMedia news, Cboe Digital said it is the first U.S. regulated crypto-native exchange and clearinghouse combination platform to offer leveraged derivatives products. Before the approval Cboe Digital could only offer fully collateralized trading and clearing of Bitcoin and Ether futures, which require customers to pay the full amount of a futures contract upfront. Margined futures are more capital efficient as customers only have to post  a percentage of the contract value as collateral. The next stage is to obtain CFTC approval for the contracts that Cboe Digital wants to list, trade and clear. The exchange will be launching vanilla contracts that are structured to look like what is already available and it is aiming to offer physically and financially settled Bitcoin and Ether contracts in the second half of 2023.