Blockchain.com Seeks CFTC Approval for U.S. Event Contracts, Derivatives

Blockchain.com has applied for U.S. regulatory approval to offer event contracts and cryptocurrency derivatives to retail and institutional customers, expanding its planned presence in American markets.

The company is seeking a designated contract market license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which would allow it to operate a futures exchange. It also applied to register as a futures commission merchant, a category covering brokers that handle derivatives transactions.

Blockchain.com already offers prediction markets through a partnership with Polymarket and perpetual futures powered by Hyperliquid to some customers outside the United States. The proposed U.S. products would bring event-based contracts and crypto derivatives onto the same platform for American users.

The applications come as more crypto companies seek access to the growing prediction-markets sector. Eleven other companies have filed for designated contract market licenses this year, while the CFTC has approved six new exchanges in 2026.

Blockchain.com co-founder and CEO Peter Smith said the applications are intended to let users manage digital assets, trade derivatives and take positions on real-world events within one regulated U.S. platform.