Bitnomial, Inc. (“Bitnomial”), a U.S. derivatives exchange company operating a CFTC-regulated designated contract market (DCM), announced the launch of Tezos (XTZ) U.S. Dollar futures on Bitnomial Exchange, LLC, effective February 4, 2026. The new contract represents the first-ever XTZ futures listed on a U.S. exchange, providing both institutional and retail traders with a regulated venue for price discovery and risk management. Market participants can post either cryptocurrency or U.S. dollars as margin when trading the contract.

The introduction of XTZ futures expands regulated access to Tezos, an established blockchain network increasingly used in tokenized finance and digital asset applications. By offering a U.S.-regulated derivatives product, Bitnomial aims to support more transparent pricing and more efficient risk transfer for market participants seeking exposure to XTZ.

“Tezos is resilient, institutional-grade infrastructure, and now U.S. traders have a regulated derivatives market to match,” said Michael Dunn, President of Bitnomial Exchange, LLC. “Crypto-settled contracts give traders real price discovery with portfolio margining across their digital asset positions, and a CFTC-regulated futures market with six months of trading history checks a key box under the SEC’s generic listing standards for spot ETFs.”

Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, highlighted the broader significance of the launch for the ecosystem. “U.S.-regulated futures are the backbone of commodity markets. Their arrival for tez (XTZ) reflects the growing maturity of Tezos and enables mature price discovery and risk transfer, supporting broader institutional participation,” he said.

Tezos is an open-source, self-upgrading blockchain designed for long-term scalability and resilience. Its on-chain governance framework allows protocol upgrades to be implemented without disruptive hard forks, ensuring network continuity while supporting ongoing performance improvements. Originally launched as a proof-of-stake network, Tezos has since expanded to include a sub-50 millisecond latency EVM layer, a native data availability layer, and rollups to support scalable, high-throughput applications. Since 2018, the network has processed hundreds of millions of transactions representing billions of dollars in value across use cases such as tokenized assets, gaming, and digital ownership.

The XTZ futures launch further expands Bitnomial’s Crypto Complex®, which offers one of the broadest selections of digital asset derivatives in the U.S. by number of underlying assets. Delivery-settled contracts listed on Bitnomial Exchange can be margined with digital assets, providing enhanced capital efficiency compared to traditional cash-only margin models.

XTZ futures are available for trading today for both institutional and retail participants via Botanical, Bitnomial’s retail trading platform. Looking ahead, Bitnomial plans to introduce additional Tezos-based derivatives, including XTZ perpetual futures and options, as part of its continued expansion of regulated crypto market infrastructure.