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Regulatory uncertainty over whether perpetuals are futures or swaps creates legal risk that could fundamentally reshape the US crypto derivatives market structure

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"That ruling could either cement the onshore market the industry has spent the better part of this year assembling or send it back through the far heavier door CME says Congress built."

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