Coinbase Files With the SEC to List 24/7 Perpetual Futures on Individual US Stocks

Coinbase filed notice registrations with the SEC this week and says CFTC approval is the next step before it can offer single-stock perps at home.

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Posted September 4, 2026 at 6:06 am EST.

Coinbase filed notice registrations with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week seeking clearance to list perpetual futures on individual stocks for US customers, Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad said in a post on X on Thursday. The filing is the first step in a two-agency process that includes also getting CFTC approval.

“Equity perps have proven demand internationally,” Shirzad said. Coinbase launched single-stock perpetuals for non-US customers in March, covering names including Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon. Coinbase has not said which stocks it would list domestically, what leverage it would allow, or when trading might begin.

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Perpetual futures dominate offshore crypto trading, and extending them to single names would let US traders take leveraged long or short positions on Apple or Nvidia around the clock without owning shares or rolling contracts forward. That would compete with listed options and with the offshore venues where the volume currently sits.