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Self-Regulatory Organizations; Coinbase Derivatives, LLC; Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Customer Margin Requirements for Security Futures Products

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 184 (Thursday, September 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60670-60673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19512]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-106443; File No. SR-COIN-2026-001]


Self-Regulatory Organizations; Coinbase Derivatives, LLC; Notice 
of Filing of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Customer Margin 
Requirements for Security Futures Products

September 21, 2026.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 
(the ``Act'') \1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given 
that on September 18, 2026, Coinbase Derivatives, LLC (``CDE'' or 
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(``SEC'' or ``Commission'') the proposed rule change described in Items 
I, II, and III below, which Items have been substantially prepared by 
CDE. CDE filed the proposed rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of 
the Act.\3\ The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit 
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A).
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I. CDE's Statement of the Terms and Substance of the Proposed Rule 
Change

    CDE's proposed rule change is filed as Exhibit 5 and consists of 
certain provisions in Chapter 12 of the CDE Rulebook relating to 
customer margin requirements for security futures contracts. Each 
provision is described in more detail below.

II. CDE's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for the 
Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, CDE included statements 
concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and 
discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The 
text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in 
Item IV below. CDE has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, 
and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.

A. CDE's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for the 
Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
Background
    CDE is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(``CFTC'') as a designated contract market (``DCM'') under the 
Commodity Exchange Act (``CEA''). On September 1, 2026, CDE, in its 
capacity as a DCM, submitted a Form 1-N notice filing to the Securities 
and Exchange Commission (``SEC'' or ``Commission'') to register as a 
national securities exchange for security futures products pursuant to 
the notice registration provisions of Section 6(g) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (``Act'' or ``Exchange Act''). On 
September 8, 2026, the Commission acknowledged receipt of such written 
notice and effectiveness of CDE's notice registration as a national 
securities exchange contemporaneously with CDE's submission of the 1-N 
notice on September 1, 2026.\4\
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    \4\ Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notice of Registration as a 
National Securities Exchange Pursuant to Section 6(g) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by Coinbase Derivatives, LLC, 
Exchange Act Release No. 106295 (Sept. 8, 2026), 91 FR 57944 (Sept. 
11, 2026).
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    Under its notice registration, CDE intends to list cash-settled 
futures on individual equity securities and exchange-traded fund 
shares, including perpetual single-stock futures, consistent with 
listing standards that it will adopt under a separate rule filing 
pursuant to Section 19(b)(7) of the Act and Rule 19b-7 under the Act. 
CDE is submitting this proposed rule change to establish customer-level 
margin requirements for security futures that align with current 
Commission (and CFTC) requirements, as described in the following 
section.
Description of the Proposed Rule Change
    Proposed Chapter 12 of the CDE Rulebook will govern the listing, 
trading, clearing, adjustment, and settlement of security futures 
products. Certain rules in proposed Chapter 12 address customer margin 
requirements for security futures products and are the subject of this 
filing. The remainder of proposed Chapter 12 is the subject of a 
separate rule filing under Section 19(b)(7) and Rule 19b-7. CDE Rule 
1215 (Customer Margin) is the primary proposed rule establishing 
customer margin requirements for security futures. CDE Rule 1215 will 
determine the applicable margin rates, the types of assets that can be 
accepted by a Participant Firm or Clearing Firm as margin, the effect 
of an undermargined customer account on Participant Firm and Clearing 
Firm net capital requirements, which entities are exempted from 
Exchange margin requirements, and the liquidation requirements for 
undermargined customer accounts.
    General Rule. Rule 1215(a) provides that Participant Firms and 
Clearing Firms that are ``securities futures intermediaries'' shall 
calculate, collect, and maintain the margin required by Rule 1215 and 
applicable SEC and CFTC regulations. Participant Firms and Clearing 
Firms that are members of the Clearing House will separately have an 
obligation to post margin with the Clearing House under the rules of 
the Clearing House. Rule 1215(g), consistent with Rule 1221(c), 
clarifies that nothing in Rule 1215 limits the authority of the 
Clearing House under its own rules with respect to margin collection, 
settlement processing, default management, or other clearing functions, 
except as required by law.
    Margin Rates. Rule 1215(b) provides that the Exchange shall 
establish initial and maintenance margin requirements applicable to 
security futures held in a futures account, subject to the minimum 
margin requirements in SEC Rule 242.403 \5\ and CFTC Regulation 
41.45.\6\ Rule 1215(b) is substantially identical to CME Rule 
930.B.2.c., which provides that ``[t]he Exchange shall establish 
initial and maintenance performance bond [i.e., margin] requirements 
applicable to Security Futures and held in a futures account, provided 
that the performance bond requirement for any long or short position 
held by a clearing member on behalf of a Customer shall not be less 
than 15% of the current market value of the relevant Contract; or, such 
other requirement as may be established by the CFTC and SEC for 
purposes of CFTC Regulation 41.45(b)(1) and SEC Rule 242.403(b)(1) 
except as

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provided below.'' \7\ Other exchanges have adopted similar 
provisions.\8\
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    \5\ 17 CFR 242.403.
    \6\ 17 CFR 41.45.
    \7\ CME Rule 930.B.2.c.
    \8\ See Self-Regulatory Organizations; Board of Trade of the 
City of Chicago, Inc.; Notice of Filing and Order Granting 
Accelerated Approval of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Customer 
Margin Requirements for Security Futures, Exchange Act Release No. 
53626 (Apr. 10, 2006), 71 FR 19774, 19775 (Apr. 17, 2006), SR-CBOT-
2006-01 (``The Exchange shall establish initial and maintenance 
margin requirements applicable to Security Futures that are held in 
a futures account, provided that the margin requirement for any long 
or short position held by a member firm on behalf of a Customer 
shall not be less than 20% of the current market value of the 
relevant Security Futures Contract, or such other requirement as may 
be established by the CFTC and SEC for purposes of CFTC Regulation 
41.45(b)(1) and SEC Regulation 242.403(b)(1), unless a lower margin 
level is available for such position pursuant to paragraph (e) 
below.''); Self-Regulatory Organizations; Notice of Filing of 
Proposed Rule Change by OneChicago, LLC Relating to Customer Margin 
Requirements for Security Futures, Exchange Act Release No. 46555 
(Sept. 26, 2002), 67 FR 61707, 61708 (Oct. 1, 2002), SR-OC-2002-01 
(``The Exchange will set and publish the initial and maintenance 
margin rates to be used in determining Exchange margin requirements; 
provided that in no case shall the required margin for any long or 
short position held by a Clearing Member or, if applicable, Exchange 
Member on behalf of a Customer be less than 20% of the current 
market value of the relevant Contract (or such other rate from time 
to time determined by the Commission and the Securities and Exchange 
Commission for purposes of Commission Regulation Sec.  41.45(b)(1) 
and Rule 403(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) unless a lower margin 
level is available for such position pursuant to paragraph (m) 
below.'').
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    Under SEC and CFTC regulations, Participant Firms and Clearing 
Firms that are ``security futures intermediaries'' are required to 
compute and collect required margin based on the ``current market 
value'' of a security future on a daily basis.\9\ Under SEC Rule 
242.401(a)(4)(i)(A) \10\ and CFTC Regulation 41.43(a)(4)(i)(A),\11\ 
``current market value'' means on any day, with respect to a single-
stock security future, ``the product of the daily settlement price of 
such security future as shown by any regularly published reporting or 
quotation service, and the applicable number of shares per contract.'' 
SEC Rule 242.401(a)(6) \12\ and CFTC Regulation 41.43(a)(6) \13\ define 
``daily settlement price'' as ``the settlement price of [a] security 
future determined at the close of trading each day, under the rules of 
the applicable exchange, clearing agency, or derivatives clearing 
organization.'' Thus, SEC and CFTC regulations contemplate that 
exchange rules will determine the applicable settlement price. Under 
Rule 1215(b), the ``daily settlement price'' would be the ``Daily 
Settlement Price,'' as determined by Rule 1209 and the relevant Product 
Appendix. To comply with SEC Rule 242.401(a)(4)(i)(A) and CFTC 
Regulation 41.43(a)(4)(i)(A), the Exchange intends to regularly publish 
the Daily Settlement Price.
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    \9\ Customer Margin Rules Relating to Security Futures, Exchange 
Act Release No. 46292 (Aug. 1, 2002), 67 FR 53146 (Aug. 14, 2002).
    \10\ 17 CFR 242.401(a)(4)(i)(A).
    \11\ 17 CFR 41.43(a)(4)(i)(A).
    \12\ 17 CFR 242.401(a)(6).
    \13\ 17 CFR 41.43(a)(6).
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    Rule 1215(b)(2) provides for lower minimum margin requirements 
where Customers hold ``offsetting positions.'' Under SEC Rule 
242.403(b)(2) \14\ and CFTC Regulation 41.45(b)(2),\15\ a self-
regulatory authority may set the required initial or maintenance margin 
level for offsetting positions involving security futures and related 
positions at a level lower than the level that would apply if the 
positions were margined separately, provided that Exchange rules 
governing offsetting positions meet the criteria set forth in Section 
7(c)(2)(B) of the Act.\16\ Under Section 7(c)(2)(B):
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    \14\ 17 CFR 242.403(b)(2).
    \15\ 17 CFR 41.45(b)(2).
    \16\ 15 U.S.C. 78g(c)(2)(B).
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    (I) The margin requirements for a security futures product must be 
consistent with the margin requirements for comparable option contracts 
traded on any exchange registered pursuant to [Section 6(a) of the 
Act]; \17\ and
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    \17\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(a).
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    (II) Initial and maintenance margin levels for a security future 
product may not be lower than the lowest level of margin, exclusive of 
premium, required for any comparable option contract traded on any 
exchange registered pursuant to [Section 6(a) of the Act],\18\ other 
than an option on a security future.
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    \18\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(a).
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    Rule 1215(b)(2) includes a table that sets out in detail the margin 
offsets available with respect to particular combinations of security 
futures and related positions. The offsets in the table align with 
those the SEC and CFTC have acknowledged are permissible, as set forth 
in their joint 2020 release on Customer Margin Rules Relating to 
Security Futures (the ``Customer Margin Release'') \19\ and prior 
approval orders.\20\ Rule 1215(b)(2) establishes the minimum amount of 
margin that Participant Firms and Clearing Firms that carry security 
futures positions must collect from their Customers. Participant Firms 
and Clearing Firms may choose to collect additional margin from their 
Customers.
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    \19\ Customer Margin Rules Relating to Security Futures, 
Exchange Act Release No. 90244 (Oct. 22, 2020), 85 FR 75112 (Nov. 
24, 2020).
    \20\ Self-Regulatory Organizations; Chicago Mercantile Exchange 
Inc.; Order Approving a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Amendments 
to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.'s Rules Governing Performance 
Bond Requirements: Account Holder Level, Exchange Act Release No. 
105899 (July 13, 2026), 91 FR 43699 (July 16, 2026), SR-CME-2026-
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    ``Exempted Person'' Exclusion. Rule 1215(b)(1) identifies 
``Exempted Persons'' and ``Market Makers'' as non-Customers for 
purposes of Rule 1215. Those non-Customers are therefore exempt from 
the application of Rule 1215. Exempted Persons are specifically 
identified by reference to applicable SEC and CFTC Regulations.
    Market Maker Exclusion. SEC Rule 242.400(c)(2)(v) \21\ and CFTC 
Regulation 41.42(c)(2)(v) \22\ permit exchanges to adopt rules with 
specified requirements for security futures dealers, on the basis of 
which the financial relations between security futures intermediaries, 
on the one hand, and qualifying security futures dealers, on the other, 
are excluded from the margin requirements for security futures. Rules 
so adopted by an exchange must meet the criteria set forth in Section 
7(c)(2)(B) of the Act.\23\ CDE proposes a market maker exclusion in its 
proposed Rule 1215(b)(1) consistent with the requirements of those 
provisions. To qualify as a ``Market Maker'' for purposes of the 
exclusion, a Person must register with the Exchange as a Security 
Futures Dealer. A Market Maker must be a Participant Firm and 
registered as a floor trader or a floor broker with the CFTC under 
Section 4f(a)(1) of the CEA or as a dealer with the SEC under Section 
15(b) of the Act.\24\ A Market Maker also must hold itself out as 
willing to buy and sell security futures for its own account on a 
regular or continuous basis. The Exchange will determine whether a 
Market Maker has satisfied this standard, consistent with applicable 
SEC and CFTC guidance, on a case-by-case basis.
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    \21\ 17 CFR 242.400(c)(2)(v).
    \22\ 17 CFR 41.42(c)(2)(v).
    \23\ 15 U.S.C. 78g(c)(2)(B).
    \24\ 15 U.S.C. 78o(b).
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    Rule 1215(b)(1)(a) requires a Participant Firm that seeks to 
register as a Security Futures Dealer to provide the Exchange with 
information about its business necessary for the Exchange to determine 
whether to permit the Participant Firm to register as a Security 
Futures Dealer. Market Makers are also required to maintain books and 
records including trading statements and other financial records that 
would evidence compliance with the standards set forth in Rule 
1215(b)(1)(a), CFTC Regulation 41.42(c)(2)(v) and SEC Rule 
242.400(c)(2)(v). This recordkeeping requirement includes, without 
limitation, such trading statements and other financial records as may 
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necessary specifically to verify compliance. Under Rule 1215(b)(1)(b), 
failure on the part of a Market Maker to comply with applicable Rules 
of the Exchange, CFTC Regulations 41.41 through 41.49 and SEC Rules 
242.400 through 242.406 may result in revocation of Security Futures 
Dealer status or other sanctions provided under CDE rules.
    Type, Form and Use of Margin. Rule 1215(c) identifies the types of 
assets that a security futures intermediary may accept from a Customer 
as margin. Consistent with SEC Rule 242.404(b) \25\ and CFTC Regulation 
41.46(b),\26\ acceptable assets are limited to: deposits of cash, 
margin securities (subject to specified restrictions), exempted 
securities, any other assets permitted under Regulation T of the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to satisfy a margin 
deficiency in a securities margin account, any other assets permitted 
under CFTC Regulation 41.46 and SEC Rule 242.404, and any combination 
of the foregoing. Rule 1215(c) further provides that the equity in a 
Customer account and thus the applicable margin deposit requirements 
shall be calculated in accordance with CFTC Regulations 41.46(c), 
41.46(d), 41.46(e) and 41.46(f) and SEC Rules 242.404(c), 242.404(d), 
242.404(e) and 242.404(f), as applicable.\27\ The Exchange added the 
phrase ``any other assets permitted under CFTC Regulation 41.46 and SEC 
Rule 242.404'' to accommodate other assets that may be permitted under 
applicable CFTC and SEC regulations in the future. If the SEC, the CFTC 
or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System amend SEC Rule 
242.404, CFTC Regulation 41.46 or Regulation T,\28\ respectively, or 
otherwise provide exemptive or interpretive relief, the Exchange 
intends to permit Participant Firms and Clearing Firms to collect 
payment stablecoins as margin.
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    \25\ 17 CFR 242.404(b).
    \26\ 17 CFR 41.46(b).
    \27\ 17 CFR 41.46(c)-(f); 17 CFR 242.404(c)-(f).
    \28\ 17 CFR part 220.
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    Rule 1215(c)(1) addresses the treatment of ``Funding Payments,'' as 
described in Rules 1202 and 1212, in calculating account equity under 
Rule 1215. Funding Payments are periodic payments between the parties 
to a perpetual security futures contract based on the difference 
between the futures price and the spot price. The calculation of 
Funding Payments will be described in greater detail in the product 
specifications for listed security futures contracts. Funding Payments 
are necessary to align the futures price of a perpetual security 
futures contract with the spot price of the underlying. Under Rule 
1215(c)(1), Funding Payments receivable (or payable) by an account at 
the close of trading on any day in connection with an open security 
futures position shall be treated as variation settlement receivable 
(or payable) and thus shall be treated as a credit (or debit) to the 
account on that day for purposes of calculating account equity under 
applicable SEC and CFTC regulations.\29\ SEC Rule 242.401(a)(32) \30\ 
and CFTC Regulation 41.43(a)(32) \31\ define ``variation settlement'' 
as ``any credit or debit to a customer account, made on a daily or 
intraday basis, for the purpose of marking to market a security future 
or any other contract that is: (i) [i]ssued by a clearing agency that 
is registered under section 17A of the Exchange Act or cleared and 
guaranteed by a derivatives clearing organization that is registered 
under Section 5b of the [CEA]; and (ii) [t]raded on or subject to the 
rules of a self-regulatory authority.'' Funding Payments qualify as 
variation settlement because they will be credited or debited to a 
Customer account daily in order to mark a position in a cleared, 
exchange-traded security future to the current futures price and spot 
price.
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    \29\ 17 CFR 41.46(c)(vi); 17 CFR 242.404(c)(vi).
    \30\ 17 CFR 242.401(a)(32).
    \31\ 17 CFR 41.43(a)(32).
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    Rules 1215(c)(2), 1215(c)(3) and 1215(c)(4) limit the assets that 
can be accepted by Participant Firms and Clearing Firms as margin. Rule 
1215(c)(2) provides that shares of a money market mutual fund must meet 
the requirements of CFTC Regulation 1.25, SEC Rule 242.404(b)(2) and 
CFTC Regulation 41.46(b)(2). Rule 1215(c)(3) provides that Participant 
Firms and Clearing Firms shall not accept as margin from any Customer 
securities that have been issued by that Customer or an affiliate of 
that Customer unless the Participant Firm or Clearing Firm files a 
petition with and receives permission from the Exchange for such 
purpose. Rule 1215(c)(4) provides that all assets deposited by a 
Customer to meet margin requirements must be and remain unencumbered by 
third-party claims against that Customer.
    Withdrawal of Margin. Rule 1215(d) requires Participants to comply 
with SEC and CFTC regulations regarding the withdrawal of margin from a 
futures account. As noted above, in calculating equity in a Customer 
account under SEC Rule 242.405(a) \32\ and CFTC Regulation 
41.47(a),\33\ Funding Payments would be treated as variation 
settlement.
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    \32\ 17 CFR 242.405(a).
    \33\ 17 CFR 41.47(a).
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    Undermargined Accounts. Rule 1215(e) requires a Participant Firm or 
Clearing Firm that is a security futures intermediary to take the 
deduction required with respect to an underfunded account in computing 
its net capital under applicable SEC and CFTC regulations if a Customer 
of the security futures intermediary has failed to comply with a 
required margin call within a reasonable period of time. This 
requirement is consistent with SEC Rule 242.406(a) \34\ and CFTC 
Regulation 41.48(a).\35\ Further, Rule 1215(e) requires the liquidation 
of an account where there is a liquidating deficit, in accordance with 
SEC Rule 242.406(b) \36\ and CFTC Regulation 41.48(b).\37\
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    \34\ 17 CFR 242.406(a).
    \35\ 17 CFR 41.48(a).
    \36\ 17 CFR 242.406(b).
    \37\ 17 CFR 41.48(b).
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    Additional Margin Requirements. Rule 1215(f) provides that the 
Exchange may establish additional concentration, emergency, or product-
specific margin requirements in accordance with applicable law and 
published procedures.
    Funding Payments. Rule 1212(c) clarifies that Funding Payments may 
be processed through the Clearing House as cash adjustments separate 
from variation margin. In other words, the Clearing House may 
separately calculate and assess Funding Payments and variation margin.
    Adjustments for Corporate Actions. As noted above, margin 
requirements will be calculated by reference to the Daily Settlement 
Price of a security futures contract. Rules 1213(e) and (f) permit 
adjustments for corporate actions and state that, following a stock 
split, reverse split, fractional split, stock dividend or similar stock 
distribution, the Exchange may restate the prior Daily Settlement Price 
to avoid a variation margin gain or loss caused solely by such stock 
distribution. Rule 1213(n) provides that margin applicable to a 
position will continue to apply to the position following a corporate 
action-related adjustment, except to the extent the Exchange or 
Clearing House determines otherwise pursuant to applicable law and 
published procedures.
    Clearing. Finally, Rule 1221 clarifies that nothing in Chapter 12 
of the Exchange's rulebook limits the authority of the Clearing House 
under its own rules with respect to margin collection, settlement 
processing, default management, or other clearing functions, except as 
otherwise required by law. CDE is not registered with the Commission as 
a clearing agency and is

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not registered with the CFTC as a derivatives clearing organization. 
CDE intends to designate a third-party clearing organization registered 
with the Commission or the CFTC as the ``Clearing House'' referenced in 
its rules.
2. Statutory Basis
    CDE's proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(h)(3)(L) of 
the Act \38\ in conjunction with Section 7(c)(2)(B) of the Act,\39\ in 
that the proposed margin requirements for a security futures product 
will not be lower than the lowest level of margin (excluding premium) 
required for a comparable option contract traded on any registered 
national securities exchange. The SEC has implemented this provision in 
Rule 242.403(b)(1) under the Act,\40\ which as revised in 2020 under 
the Customer Margin Release sets the minimum margin requirements for 
security futures at 15% of current market value (reduced from 20%). 
CDE's proposed Rule 1215 follows that 15% standard and also follows the 
offset strategies recognized under the Customer Margin Release. Thus, 
CDE's proposed rule change is consistent with Exchange Act Sections 
6(h)(3)(L) and 7(c)(2)(B) and the SEC's current requirements 
implementing those statutory provisions. The Exchange notes that the 
SEC's margin requirements apply equally to all security futures 
contracts, including perpetual security futures. Rules 1212(c), 
1213(f), 1213(n) and 1221(c) clarify the application of the margin 
rules in specific contexts but do not alter the minimum margin 
requirements.
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    \38\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(h)(3)(L).
    \39\ 15 U.S.C. 78g(c)(2)(B).
    \40\ 17 CFR 242.403(b)(1).
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    CDE's proposed rule change is also consistent with Section 6(b)(5) 
of the Act \41\ in that it promotes competition and is designed to 
prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just 
and equitable principles of trade, and to protect investors and the 
public interest. CDE believes that the proposed rule change is designed 
to accomplish these goals by permitting members to trade security 
futures contracts (as permitted under the Commission's rules and 
regulations) and by establishing the margin requirements to be not 
lower than the requirements under SEC and CFTC regulations.
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    \41\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
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B. CDE's Statement on Burden on Competition

    CDE does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any 
burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in 
furtherance of the purposes of the Act, because it will apply generally 
to market participants that trade security futures that CDE lists for 
trading and will not discriminate between market participants.

C. CDE's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received 
From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange has not solicited, and does not intend to solicit, 
comments on this proposed rule change.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for 
Commission Action

    Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register or within such longer period up to 90 days (i) as the 
Commission may designate if it finds such longer period to be 
appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to 
which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will:
    (A) by order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or
    (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule 
change should be disapproved.

IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and 
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule 
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of 
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

    <bullet> Use the Commission's internet comment form (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>); or
    <bullet> Send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f4d4a535a125c5052525a514b4c7f4c5a5c11585049"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fc8e899099d19f9391919992888fbc8f999fd29b938a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Please include 
file number SR-COIN-2026-001 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

    <bullet> Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090.

All submissions should refer to file number SR-COIN-2026-001. This file 
number should be included on the subject line if email is used. To help 
the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, 
please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on 
the Commission's internet website (<a href="https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml">https://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml</a>). Copies of the filing will be available for inspection and 
copying at the principal office of the Exchange. Do not include 
personal identifiable information in submissions; you should submit 
only information that you wish to make available publicly. We may 
redact in part or withhold entirely from publication submitted material 
that is obscene or subject to copyright protection. All submissions 
should refer to file number SR-COIN-2026-001 and should be submitted on 
or before October 15, 2026.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\42\
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    \42\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-19512 Filed 9-23-26; 8:45 am]
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