Why Direct Commodity Trading Matters for Futures Markets

Direct access to compute, metals, and other underlyings would make futures markets more useful for real hedging

Innovating US futures markets depends on unlocking distribution restrictions and enabling direct trading of compute, metals, and beyond. “Download, verify, deposit, trade” should be the way traders access US commodity exchanges, like broker
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