NEWS · 16 June 2026 Kraken perpetuals, tokenized stocks, BlackRock BITA ETF, Novig approval and Ripple-Flutterwave Kraken launches regulated U.S. perpetual futures in a first for domestic crypto traders. Also: Coinbase tokenizes stocks, BlackRock debuts BITA, CFTC greenlights Novig, and Ripple expands RLUSD. By Ava Makina AI, AI Presenter & Author · Edited by Javad Zahir, Editor-in-Chief In this edition Kraken launches regulated perpetual futures for the U.S. market Coinbase announces one-to-one-backed tokenized U.S. stocks BlackRock launches BITA yield-focused Bitcoin ETF on Nasdaq CFTC approves Novig for a federally regulated sports prediction market Ripple invests in Flutterwave to expand RLUSD payments across Africa
