This shift follows formal petitions to the CFTC by the Crypto Council and HyperliquidPC to authorize perpetual and dated futures in U.S. markets. The proponents argue that because AI compute is a constant economic resource, developers and data center lenders face pricing risks that run around the clock without a fixed expiration date.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Top Commodity Brokers Prepare for First AI Compute Futures Trade
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ADM Investor Services, BGC Group, and Nanhua America are organizing the systems needed to execute derivatives trades for hedge funds, commodity traders, and institutional investors. The brokerage firms are targeting instruments tied to the cost of renting artificial intelligence processing power in anticipation of a ruling from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on compute futures.
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