{"id":68760,"date":"2026-02-25T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/eu-securities-watchdog-esma-targets-crypto-asset-perpetual-futures-as-cfds\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:25:00","slug":"eu-securities-watchdog-esma-targets-crypto-asset-perpetual-futures-as-cfds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/eu-securities-watchdog-esma-targets-crypto-asset-perpetual-futures-as-cfds\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Securities Watchdog ESMA Targets Crypto-Asset Perpetual Futures as CFDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<br \/>The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a formal warning to investment firms, clarifying that derivatives on crypto-assets marketed as \u201cperpetual futures\u201d are likely subject to the strict regulatory protections governing Contracts for Differences (CFDs). In a public statement released on February 24, 2026, the EU\u2019s financial watchdog noted a sharp rise in [&#8230;]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/eu-securities-watchdog-esma-targets-crypto-asset-perpetual-futures-as-cfds\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued a formal warning to investment firms, clarifying that derivatives on crypto-assets marketed as \u201cperpetual futures\u201d are likely subject to the strict regulatory protections governing Contracts for Differences (CFDs). In a public statement released on February 24, 2026, the EU\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":68761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}