Perpetuals Receives CySEC Approval to Expand MiFID II License
Perpetuals.com announced that the company's CySEC-regulated Multilateral Trading Facility has received approval from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission to expand its MiFID II license to include "Reception and Transmission of Orders and Execution of Orders on Behalf of Clients." The approval makes Perpetuals the first European trading venue for crypto derivatives to combine a fully regulated MTF with direct client execution in a single licensed entity. No external broker or other intermediary is required anymore. Clients onboard directly with the MTF operator, trade on the matching engine, and are covered by full MiFID II investor protections throughout. Perpetuals has also replaced its external clearing house with proprietary clearing infrastructure, completing the vertical integration of its trading stack.
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- Strategic Licensing Agreement: Perpetuals.com Ltd has signed a licensing agreement with the German University of Digital Science to integrate its BayesShield AI platform, marking the company's entry into the $83 billion global online education market, which is projected to grow at 22.2% annually.
- Data-Driven Teaching Tool: BayesShield AI will serve as both a teaching tool and a research platform, supporting applied R&D across multiple research centers, thereby enhancing the company's intellectual property portfolio and generating recurring SaaS licensing revenue.
- Practical Case Studies: The platform will be integrated into various graduate programs, allowing students and faculty to leverage AI models trained on 11.7 billion retail trades to analyze real-world trading patterns and develop risk management frameworks, thus improving educational quality.
- Market Validation and Talent Development: Perpetuals CEO Patrick Gruhn stated that this partnership not only creates a new revenue stream but also gains academic validation for the company, establishing a pipeline for developing global fintech talent.

Launch of Strategic Initiative: Perpetual has launched a strategic initiative to deploy next-generation agentic AI infrastructure for the fintech and digital assets industry.
Exclusive Licensing: The initiative includes securing exclusive licenses for proprietary on-premises quantitative research platform "ForGENTIQ.AI".
- Successful IPO: BitGo listed on the New York Stock Exchange, pricing its IPO at $18 per share, exceeding the expected range of $15-$17, successfully raising $212.8M, marking the first stock market debut by a digital asset company in 2026.
- Strong Stock Performance: On its first trading day, BitGo's stock opened at $22.43 per share, reflecting strong market demand for its crypto custody services and enhancing the company's influence in the digital asset space.
- NYSE Tokenized Securities Platform: The New York Stock Exchange announced the development of a tokenized securities trading platform aimed at enabling 24/7 trading and instant settlement, intending to modernize market infrastructure by integrating blockchain technology with traditional securities trading.
- Strategic Bitcoin Acquisition: Strategy reported acquiring 22,305 bitcoins for approximately $2.125B between January 12 and January 19, demonstrating its proactive positioning in the cryptocurrency market, now holding 709,715 bitcoins with a total investment of about $53.92B.







