⚡ COINBASE & BETTER MORTGAGE REAL ESTATE FINANCE :: Coinbase and Better have successfully funded the first-ever Fannie Mae-insured home mortgage backed by Bitcoin, allowing homebuyers to use their BTC as collateral without having to liquidate their holdings. #BitcoinMortgage #CryptoHousing #FannieMae $BTC

CME CEO Terry Duffy says he is “very concerned” about the rise of perpetual futures, arguing aren’t useful for institutions while giving retail traders access to excessive leverage. The comments come as perps gain regulatory approval and expand further into the U.S. market. Source: Bloomberg

Coinbase Ventures made its first investment in the Ethena protocol (ENA) and purchased ENA tokens on the open market. Coinbase will partner with Ethena to launch a new on-chain savings product next week targeting over 100 million users. Through this integration, Ethena’s yield-bearing USDe (sUSDe) token will be made available to users via the Coinbase ecosystem and the Base network. Coinbase serves as Ethena’s primary custodian, wallet provider, and perpetuals trading platform. This collaboration has the potential to significantly accelerate Ethena’s adoption by bringing its USDe products to mainstream users. Following the announcement, the ENA token rose nearly 20% in the short term.

🚨 Coinbase Launches Pre-IPO Perpetuals Starting With SpaceX Coinbase is expanding its derivatives offering with the launch of Pre-IPO perpetual contracts. The first market will be tied to SpaceX, giving traders exposure to one of the world's most valuable private companies before a potential public listing—without owning actual shares. Key highlights: • First listing: SpaceX (SPCX-PERP) • Exposure to private-company valuations before IPO • No ownership of underlying shares required • 24/7 perpetual futures-style trading • Further convergence of crypto and traditional finance markets The launch highlights the growing demand for tokenized and synthetic exposure to real-world assets. Coinbase continues to advance its vision of an "Everything Exchange," where crypto, equities, and other financial instruments can coexist on a single trading platform. #Coinbase #SpaceX #Crypto #Perpetuals #IPO #Trading #Blockchain #ElonMusk

Here's a simplified summary: BREAKING: CNBC reports that the U.S. has officially approved Bitcoin futures for the first time. “BTC is now tradable in all major financial instruments of traditional markets.” → BTC is taking over Wall Street! This development hasn’t yet been priced in (video included—direct clip from CNBC’s report). **Video content (CNBC report):** The CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission) has for the first time regulated and approved Bitcoin “perpetual futures” on the Kalshi exchange. What are perpetual futures? - Futures contracts with no expiration date - Enable very high leverage - The most dominant trading instrument in the global crypto derivatives market Previously, U.S. investors had no choice but to use unregulated offshore exchanges—until now, when regulated perps are available domestically for the first time. CNBC’s closing line (quoted in the post): “Investors can now access crypto assets through nearly all major financial instruments used in traditional markets—spot, ETFs, options, futures, and now regulated perpetuals.” **Important note (based on replies):** This is NOT the same as regular Bitcoin futures (launched on CME in 2017) or Futures ETFs (launched in 2021). This is NEW: the first-ever regulatory approval of perpetual futures (perps) in the U.S. Some replies mistakenly call it old news—but the key point is the regulatory clearance of perps. In short: A Bitcoin historian is sharing this positive development—Bitcoin’s deeper integration into traditional finance—as BREAKING news.