Crypto traders are chasing 10x leverage in the US while Europe tightens the screws behind the scenes
Two regulators converged on the similar market from reverse instructions in February 2026. The European Securities and Markets Authority warned that derivatives marketed as “perpetual futures” or “perpetual contracts” tied to Bitcoin and Ethereum seemingly fall inside the scope of contracts-for-difference laws, no matter what corporations name them. Days earlier, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission…
