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OKX launches X-Perps on US stocks in EU, despite ESMA pushback on perpetuals

Today crypto exchange OKX announced a raft of new X-Perp futures in the EU, including for Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla stocks, alongside Gold, Silver, WTI Crude Oil and Brent Crude Oil.

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ESMA said in February that most perpetual futures likely qualify as CFDs; OKX's X-Perps carry a fixed five-year expiry and trade under its Malta MiFID II and MiCA licences with up to 10x leverage.

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