Coinbase opens weekend futures trading for U.S. customers

It might not sound like a big deal at first. After all, the rest of the world has had 24/7 access to crypto futures for years.

But Coinbase is making a point: it's the first U.S. exchange to fully drop the idea of “trading hours” for BTC and ETH futures. From now on, every hour is trading hour.

Let that sink in. Until now, the massive American market essentially shut down every Saturday and Sunday. Billions in potential liquidity just sat idle - and that opened the door to price manipulation. In fact, many of us can recall sharp Bitcoin moves that happened specifically on weekends.

That might be harder to pull off now. And that means you can swap BTC on rabbit.io over the weekend with less fear of sudden price spikes.

Of course, if you send your BTC and it takes time to confirm, prices can still move. But now, that's equally true on any day of the week.

So if you want to stay safe from market swings - just choose a fixed-rate swap. No surprises. Guaranteed.