SEC approves binary options tied to Coinbase volume and Bitcoin mining output

The development affects traders and market participants who would use these contracts, because the SEC has approved their listing and the products are tied to company performance measures such as Coinbase trading volume and Bitcoin output from mining firms. That means these contracts are now described as available for trading in the form approved by the commission.

What changes in practice is that the contracts are described as standardized binary options with a fixed cash payout if a specified condition is met, while the underlying company metrics themselves are not changing. The examples named here are Coinbase trading volume and MARA Bitcoin production, so the products are built around those measurements rather than around a new rule for the companies.

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