REGULATORYSTORY 519· AUGUST 11, 2026

CME and Silicon Data to launch AI compute futures on October 5

AI computing power is on track to trade on a financial exchange the way oil or grain does today. The instrument that makes this possible, a futures contract, is a standardized agreement to lo

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