China works on AI token futures market, sources say, in race with US
- May 30
- 1 min read

REUTERS — The Shanghai Futures Exchange is in the early stages of designing futures contracts for so-called AI tokens - the smallest unit of information processed by AI models, said one of the people familiar with the matter.
The Shanghai exchange's research on product design for token futures is preliminary and driven partly by the AI rivalry with the U.S.
The move comes as the CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange in the U.S. are preparing to launch GPU compute futures, which are tied to the cost of renting the computing power for AI.
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