Why CFTC-approved spot Bitcoin, Ethereum trading is a 'massively huge deal'

Gold has popped 4,000% following CFTC's approval in the 1970s, leaving Bitcoin and Ethereum with a similar scaling setup.

On Thursday, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that spot Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) products will begin trading for the first time on its registered futures exchanges.

Here are three reasons why this is a big deal for the top two cryptocurrencies heading into 2026.

Key takeaways:

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