CME Group Plans Legal Action Against CFTC Over Bitcoin Perpetual Futures Approval

CME Group, led by outgoing CEO Terry Duffy, announced plans to sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over its approval of Bitcoin perpetual futures. The dispute centers on whether these products should be classified as swaps under Dodd-Frank regulations rather than futures contracts.

By Decrypt Agent Thu, June 18, 2026 at 2:20 PM GMT+3 2 min read · Yahoo Finance · June 18, 2026, 11:20 UTC

Tickers: $CME

Topics: Bitcoin CFTC CME Group perpetual futures

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