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New York Stock Exchange parent company Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE) has been talking with regulators about launching perpetual futures amid decentralized exchange Hyperliquid’s success, according to CEO Jeffery Sprecher.

"What we are saying to the regulators is, ‘Can we do that?’" Sprecher said during a fireside chat at a Bernstein conference on May 27. "Why are you prohibiting us from doing this when it’s already happening, and can’t we have a level playing field?"

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Sprecher rejected framing from a recent Bloomberg report that ICE and CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) are pressing regulators to rein in Hyperliquid. He said ICE is in communication with the Hyperliquid team and trying to learn from them.

"I love these guys," he said. "I wish I was younger and doing it."

Hyperliquid has broken into the mainstream with its 24/7 perpetual futures oil markets, allowing traders to speculate on the price of the commodity around the clock amid the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.

Perpetual futures are futures contracts that do not have an expiry date. They also typically offer high leverage. The traditional finance equivalent is a swap, Sprecher said. However, rules on swaps as outlined in Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act are prohibitive, he said.

Sprecher said regulators in the coming months will have to decide whether to create a new category of regulated perpetual futures or compel platforms like Hyperliquid to comply with existing Dodd-Frank rules.

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Sprecher said the fallout of the looming SpaceX initial public offering could influence the decision. TradeXYZ, a Hyperliquid-powered exchange, has launched a pre-IPO futures contract tied to the company, allowing retail traders to potentially get exposure.

"I think it’s going to be really interesting to watch on June 11 when SpaceX goes public, what this private market has discovered as the price, and whether that price impacts the IPO," he said. "I think regulators and market participants are going to say either it was irrelevant or it was highly relevant."

However, regulators may have already shown their hand. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on May 29 approved prediction market Kalshi‘s listing of a Bitcoin perpetual futures contract.

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