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CME, ICE Push U.S. Regulators to Scrutinize Hyperliquid over ...

  • CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday to scrutinize Hyperliquid, citing risks of market manipulation and sanctions evasion within the decentralized exchange's anonymous trading environment.
  • Exchanges warned regulators that Hyperliquid's anonymous structure could distort global oil benchmarks and potentially allow state-backed entities to circumvent financial sanctions, threatening the integrity of prices that producers and traders rely on.
  • Oil-Linked contract volumes on Hyperliquid surged past $700 million daily in April as traders increasingly utilized perpetual futures, or "perps," to speculate on price movements without expiration dates or physical delivery requirements.
  • The Hyperliquid Policy Center is seeking a legal path for Americans to trade on the platform, with spokesperson Bridgett Frey stating the group is optimistic the CFTC will create a "framework tailored to on-chain derivatives markets."
  • CME is testing 24/7 crypto futures launching in late May to compete with decentralized venues, as executives warn traditional exchanges might be forced to adopt round-the-clock trading to retain market share.
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American stock market giants CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange want regulators to crack down harder on crypto platform Hyperliquid. According to Bloomberg, the companies fear the platform could be used to manipulate global oil prices through anonymous trading. The concerns focus primarily on Hyperliquid's rapid growth within derivatives trading. The platform... The post CME and ICE want stricter rules for Hyperliquid appeared first on Bloc…

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