A certain CEX institutional platform has launched regulated futures trading and a unified cross-margin feature, integrating the spot and derivatives markets.

Gate News, March 7 — A certain cryptocurrency exchange’s institutional services platform announced integration with a futures broker regulated by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), offering 24/7 trading services for over 20 futures contracts. The announcement also includes perpetual futures contracts provided through the exchange’s derivatives division, which expanded its perpetual contract offerings late last year to compete for market share in derivatives.

Derivatives trading typically accounts for 70%–75% of total cryptocurrency trading volume. This move comes as the exchange strengthens its prime brokerage services, aiming to become a one-stop institutional service provider covering custody, risk management, financing, lending, and trade execution. Last year, the exchange began branding itself as a “super exchange,” expanding into traditional financial markets such as stock trading, as well as emerging sectors like tokenization and prediction markets. Last month, the exchange launched stock trading services across the United States.

As a qualified custodian regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the exchange claims to manage 12% of the total cryptocurrency market cap and is building a comprehensive service ecosystem around these assets. The unified cross-margin feature for spot and derivatives allows traders to assess risk exposure within a single portfolio framework, simplifying and expanding portfolio management. The cross-margin mechanism enables traders to use their entire account balance as collateral for positions, whereas previously, spot and futures trading required separate collateral pools and risk systems. The exchange states this will improve capital efficiency for hedging strategies and help trading desks manage risk exposure, collateral, and margin requirements.