Interactive Brokers Group on Tuesday listed nano Bitcoin (BTC) and nano Ethereum (ETH) futures contracts from Coinbase Derivatives on its brokerage platform.
The contracts are available around the clock with both monthly expirations and perpetual-style structures, giving eligible clients regulated cryptocurrency futures exposure at a fraction of standard contract sizes.
The launch is the latest in a string of cryptocurrency-related product additions by the S&P 500-listed brokerage, which enabled stablecoin account funding through USDC in January.
What Happened
Nano futures contracts reduce position sizes to 0.01 Bitcoin and 0.10 Ether, respectively. That smaller sizing lowers margin requirements and allows traders to calibrate exposure more precisely than standard-sized cryptocurrency futures would permit.
The perpetual-style contracts are designed to track spot prices of Bitcoin and Ether continuously, eliminating the need for frequent contract rollovers that come with traditional monthly expirations.
Trading runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except for a one-hour maintenance window on Fridays between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Eastern.
"By offering nano-sized Bitcoin and Ether futures on a regulated exchange, we are expanding access to these products with smaller contract sizes and lower margin requirements," said Milan Galik, chief executive officer of Interactive Brokers.
Coinbase Derivatives operates as a CFTC-regulated futures exchange under Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN). The exchange entered the derivatives market through its acquisition and rebrand of FairX and expanded its capacity further with the $2.9 billion Deribit acquisition in August 2025.
Greg Tusar, co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional, said the nano contracts are intended to lower the barrier to entry for investors engaging with digital assets in a regulated environment.
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Why It Matters
Perpetual futures have long been a staple of offshore cryptocurrency exchanges, but access through U.S.-regulated venues has been limited. Listing them on a platform like Interactive Brokers, which provides access to more than 170 markets worldwide, could reach a broader audience of traditional investors who previously had no straightforward path to these instruments.
The nano sizing is particularly relevant for retail traders. A standard Bitcoin futures contract on CME, for instance, represents 5 BTC - worth roughly $500,000 at current prices. At 0.01 BTC per contract, the Coinbase Derivatives nano product brings the notional value closer to $1,000, a meaningful difference in capital commitment.
Eligibility to trade these products varies by jurisdiction. Interactive Brokers currently offers access across the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, subject to local regulatory requirements.
Broader Context
Interactive Brokers has been steadily layering cryptocurrency infrastructure onto its traditional brokerage offering. The firm first enabled cryptocurrency trading through Paxos in late 2021 and has since expanded to include additional digital assets.
The January stablecoin funding rollout, powered by Zerohash, allowed clients to deposit USDC around the clock and begin trading across global markets within minutes. The firm also added support for Ripple's RLUSD and PayPal's PYUSD stablecoins shortly after.
Combined with the new nano futures contracts, the moves place Interactive Brokers among a growing number of traditional brokerages building deeper bridges between conventional finance and cryptocurrency markets.
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