PANews reported on March 9th that Coinbase announced the launch of futures contracts for Advanced users in 26 European countries, including Germany, France, and the Netherlands. This marks the first time European traders can access regulated crypto futures products on Coinbase. The contract types launched include perpetual futures (5-year maturity, hourly funding rate mechanism, daily settlement) and term contracts (monthly or quarterly expiry, daily mark-to-market at settlement price). Traded instruments include crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Solana, as well as index contracts such as Mag7+ Crypto stock index futures. Key trading details include up to 10x leverage for some contracts and fees as low as 0.02%.