{"id":12478,"date":"2025-11-18T06:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12478"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:36:33","slug":"singapore-exchange-to-launch-bitcoin-and-ether-perpetual-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12478","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Exchange to launch bitcoin and ether perpetual futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: The derivatives arm of Singapore Exchange (SGX) said on Monday (Nov 17) that it would launch bitcoin and ether cryptocurrency perpetual futures trading on its platform.<\/p>\n<p>Set to launch on Nov 24, the trading will be available to accredited and institutional investors, SGX said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Perpetual futures are derivatives that allow traders to bet on asset prices without an expiry date and offer round-the-clock access and high leverage, making them a popular choice in fast-moving markets.<\/p>\n<p>Investors and traders typically use derivatives to hedge risk, amplify returns, or speculate on price movements without owning the underlying asset.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto assets were on a tear for much of this year, buoyed by hopes of greater regulatory easing and clarity globally and renewed risk appetite.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin reached a record high in October, but its rally has since stalled owing to dampened risk appetite as investors worry about the outlook for Federal Reserve rate cuts and a weakening US economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/business\/singapore-exchange-launch-bitcoin-and-ether-perpetual-futures-5471946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: The derivatives arm of Singapore Exchange (SGX) said on Monday (Nov 17) that it would launch bitcoin and ether cryptocurrency perpetual futures trading on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--3MzIT0MX--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2024-04:reuters_1,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/one-cms\/core\/2025-11-17T092517Z_1_LYNXMPELAG0E9_RTROPTP_3_CRYPTO-CURRENCIES.JPG?itok=9t9bgzHs","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9881,9882,833,9884,713,9883,22],"class_list":["post-12478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-bitcoin","tag-ether","tag-exchange","tag-futures","tag-launch","tag-perpetual","tag-singapore","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}