Coinbase has launched stock futures for eligible non-US investors, expanding its offering to offer 24/7 access to cryptocurrency markets, stocks and forecasts on a single platform.
On Friday’s blog postCoinbase said the product is not currently available to US citizens but is “working to expand this offer to additional regions in the future.”
The contracts are available on Coinbase Advanced for retail users and Coinbase International Exchange for institutions, offering leveraged, cash-settled exposure to major U.S. stocks and indices including Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA), in a format familiar to cryptocurrency traders.
The rollout follows Coinbase’s moves to offer regulated cryptocurrency futures and cash stocks 24/5 in the U.S. and the launch of Kalshi-powered forecast markets in all 50 states, transforming the company into a single “everything” exchange where investors can switch between tokens, stocks and event contracts.
Focus on markets outside the US and introduction of European futures contracts
Perpetual notes are a core element of the company’s 2026 roadmap, which is based on stablecoins, a base layer 2 network and a multi-asset brokerage model.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said in January that the top priority was to develop a global exchange of everything in crypto, stocks, forecast markets and commodities over spot trading, futures and options.
For now, perpetual equity instruments are intended only for customers outside the US. In Europe, Coinbase launched perpetual futures contracts in early March for Coinbase Advanced users in 26 countries as part of its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) unit.
Rivals are racing to tokenize stocks and capital ventures
Coinbase is entering the competitive but fragmented synthetic equity exposure market, competing with Binance’s perpetual stock contracts, Kraken’s tokenized stock futures for non-U.S. investors, and a cluster of offshore platforms that list single stocks and indexes with varying levels of regulation.
In early March, the total value of tokenized shares on-chain exceeded $1 billion, marking a novel milestone for the rapidly growing real asset (RWA) sector as the boundaries of access to cryptocurrencies and the customary market continue to blur.
Cointelegraph reached out to Coinbase for additional details but did not receive a response via publication.
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