CME Group Announces First Day of Trading of Event Contracts on Bitcoin Futures

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Sage Capital Management has won Solution Provider of the Year: Innovation at the Hedgeweek Digital Asset Awards 2026, recognising its integrated platform unifying onboarding, execution, custody, capital and technology for institutional digital asset participants, including private banking services for crypto professionals.

Binance has launched bStocks, fully-backed tokenised securities representing select US stocks, issued by BTech Holdings Limited. The first listings include Circle, Micron, Nvidia, Sandisk and Tesla, with trading available 24/7 and self-custody through BNB Chain-compatible wallets.

CME Group will launch 24/7 trading for new, smaller crude oil and gold contracts pending regulatory review. The 10-Barrel WTI futures launch on 30 August, with 24/7 trading for 1-Ounce Gold futures starting 26 July, as the exchange responds to growing demand for right-sized, round-the-clock risk management tools.

Elwood US has launched connectivity to Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated prediction market, allowing institutional clients to manage event contracts through their existing compliance, risk and reconciliation infrastructure, extending Elwood's platform coverage alongside digital assets, tokenised derivatives and equities.

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Visa and OpenAI have announced a strategic partnership to enable secure, agent-initiated payments within OpenAI's platforms. Visa will provide tokenisation, fraud monitoring and network infrastructure, with transactions governed by user-defined spending controls and permissions.