CME's Duffy Highlights Overlooked Tax Risk Associated with US Perpetual Futures
The approval of perpetual futures contracts in the US may expose traders to unforeseen tax and regulatory uncertainty, as the products' classification as swaps or futures remains ambiguous, according to CME Group Chairman and CEO Terry Duffy. In an interview with CoinDesk, Duffy stated, 'There's a consequence that nobody's talking about. There's ambiguity right there, from a tax perspective, for …