SGX to Launch Bitcoin and Ether Perpetual Futures for Institutional Investors

The Singapore Exchange will launch Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual futures on Nov.24, offering institutional, accredited and expert investors regulated access to crypto markets as digital assets gain adoption in portfolios.

The contracts, benchmarked to iEdge CoinDesk Crypto Indices, will use a funding‑rate mechanism to keep prices aligned with underlying crypto benchmarks while providing continuous, no‑expiry exposure via SGX’s listed‑derivatives clearing and margin system.

SGX said the products aim to capture part of the roughly USD187bn in daily global perpetual futures volume—much of which occurs offshore—while providing regional benchmarks that support better hedging, capital efficiency and integration of crypto exposure with traditional asset classes.