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perpetual

[per-pech-oo-uhl] / pərˈpɛtʃ u əl /


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What new immigrants might inflict on this country is the perpetual worry of immigration restrictionists — and yet history keeps proving them wrong.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

CME recently sued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Coinbase Global, and Kalshi to halt trading in Bitcoin perpetual futures External link.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Financial exchanges are another overlooked theme, as Citrini sees “CME’s monopoly coming to an end” due to a landmark shift in March 2026 when S&P Dow Jones Indices licensed a 24/7 equity-index perpetual.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

While the company doesn’t currently have plans to launch its own perpetual futures, it is open to doing so if it sees demand from institutions, with different mechanisms to address its concerns with perps.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

You can’t have a perpetual motion device because no matter how efficient, it will always lose energy and eventually run down.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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