Rails Gains NFA Membership, Partners With Crypto.com on Futures
Rails Holdings becomes an NFA member and CFTC-registered introducing broker, teaming with Crypto.com to offer regulated perpetual futures infrastructure.
Rails Holdings Inc. has secured membership in the National Futures Association and registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as an introducing broker, the Miami- and Toronto-based derivatives infrastructure provider announced Nov. 10, 2026.
Alongside the regulatory milestones, Rails disclosed a partnership with Crypto.com to build out onshore, regulated perpetual futures infrastructure. The arrangement is designed to give financial platforms a pathway to exchange-listed, centrally cleared perpetual futures contracts through a single unified API, lowering the technical barrier for firms seeking exposure to crypto derivatives within a compliant U.S. framework.
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The move reflects a broader industry push to bring cryptocurrency derivatives activity under established regulatory oversight. By operating as a CFTC-registered introducing broker, Rails occupies a formal intermediary role between clients and futures commission merchants, a structure long standard in traditional commodities markets but still emerging in digital assets.
Central clearing is a key feature of the offering. Unlike bilateral over-the-counter crypto derivatives, exchange-listed and centrally cleared contracts route counterparty risk through a clearinghouse, a safeguard that institutional participants and regulators have long favored. Rails' infrastructure aims to make that structure accessible to platforms that might otherwise lack the technical or regulatory capacity to offer such products independently.
The announcement positions Rails as part of a growing cohort of firms building compliant bridges between conventional financial regulation and the crypto derivatives market. Continue reading at Cryptocurrency.
