Coinbase is bringing Wall Street’s favorite thematic bets onto a crypto-native trading rail. Starting June 8, the exchange’s derivatives arm will offer four new perpetual-style equity index futures contracts covering artificial intelligence, US defense, China-listed ADRs, and the Nasdaq’s top 100 companies.
The contracts are built on MarketVector’s existing indexes, each tracking the 10 largest companies in its respective sector, except for the broader tech basket, which captures 100. Think of it as getting exposure to Nvidia, Microsoft, and Alibaba through the same interface you’d use to trade Bitcoin perps.
What’s actually launching
The MarketVector US Listed AI 10 Index, ticker AI10, follows the ten biggest US-listed companies generating meaningful revenue from AI operations. MarketVector uses revenue thresholds to determine which firms qualify, so this isn’t just any company that mentions “AI” on an earnings call.
The US Listed Defense 10 Index, or Defense10, does the same for aerospace and defense. The top 10 firms in that sector get bundled into a single tradeable contract.
