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Legal Experts Back the CFTC’s Perps-as-Futures Call as It Moves to Dismiss CME’s Suit

Unchained·September 4, 2026·1 min read
Legal Experts Back the CFTC’s Perps-as-Futures Call as It Moves to Dismiss CME’s Suit

The CFTC asked a judge to dismiss CME's lawsuit challenging its classification of perpetual futures as futures rather than swaps. Legal experts from Hyperliquid Policy Center, WilmerHale, and Temporal backed the CFTC's call at an Unchained panel, arguing perps are futures.

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