Moscow Exchange to Launch Perpetual Futures on Five Major Cryptocurrencies on September 22

Odaily News: According to an announcement on the Moscow Exchange's official website, the Moscow Exchange will officially launch perpetual futures contracts on five cryptocurrency indices—Bitcoin (BTCUSDF), Ethereum (ETHUSDF), Solana (SOLUSDF), XRP (XRPUSDF), and TRON (TRXUSDF)—on September 22, 2026.

The new contracts are settled contracts that do not involve physical delivery, are denominated in US dollars and settled in rubles, and are available exclusively to qualified investors. Since the first batch of crypto asset futures was launched last summer, more than 72,000 qualified investors have participated in trading, with cumulative trading volume exceeding 600 billion rubles.