CFTC Gives Green Light to Spot Crypto Trading as Bitnomial Readies for Launch

first published 2025-12-04T16:34:19Z

Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham said listed spot crypto products can trade on CFTC-registered exchanges, enabling federally regulated onshore spot trading in the U.S. Bitnomial will launch the first leveraged retail spot crypto exchange under CFTC oversight the week of Dec. 8, 2025, operating as a DCM and DCO and offering spot, perpetuals, futures and options with unified portfolio margining and clearing. The move is intended to offer a safer onshore alternative to offshore platforms, resolve broker compliance issues, boost capital efficiency, and also cleared the way for Polymarket’s U.S. relaunch.

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The CFTC statement explicitly permits listed spot crypto products to trade on CFTC-registered exchanges and names Bitnomial’s planned launch (week of Dec. 8, 2025) as a DCM/DCO offering spot, perpetuals, futures and options with unified margin/clearing. These are concrete regulatory and market-structure changes that increase onshore trading capacity, capital efficiency and onshore alternatives (also enabling Polymarket’s U.S. relaunch), which is bullish for market access and liquidity.

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