Cboe Wants to Turn VIX Into a Never-Ending Trade: Crypto Daily

Cboe wants to turn VIX into a never-ending trade: Crypto Daily

Your day-ahead look for Oct. 2, 2026

Cboe Eyes VIX Perpetual Futures as Exchanges Move Beyond Crypto

Cboe Global Markets Inc. is looking at listing perpetual futures based on the Cboe Volatility Index, as US exchanges race to bring the highly levered instruments that dominate the crypto market to new asset classes.

Cboe Explores VIX Perpetual Futures in Push Beyond Crypto

TL;DR Cboe is exploring perpetual futures tied to the VIX, potentially bringing a crypto-native no-expiry structure into one of Wall Street’s most important volatility markets. The product would remove scheduled expirations and contract rolls, instead using funding payments to keep exposure aligned with the VIX reference level. No launch date, contract specifications or regulatory filing ...

Cboe Explores No-Expiry VIX Trading—What Changes?

TLDR Cboe is exploring perpetual futures tied to the VIX volatility index. The proposed contracts would avoid the expiry dates used by standard futures. Funding payments would help keep perpetual contract prices near their reference index. Market makers could face hedging challenges because traders cannot directly buy the VIX. Cboe has not released contract terms, [...]

Cboe wants to turn VIX into a never-ending trade

Perpetual futures, proposed by economist Robert Shiller in 1993 and commercialized by the crypto industry, are now being considered by Wall Street for products like the VIX, the stock market’s so-called fear gauge. Cboe is exploring perpetual futures on the VIX, still early, with no contract specs…