Meet the college students trying to reverse an obscure ban on trading onion futures
Summary
A group of college students is attempting to overturn a long-standing U.S. ban on trading onion futures. While American investors can legally trade contracts for many other commodities, this specific market remains restricted by federal law.
In the U.S., investors can legally trade futures contracts tied to all sorts of commodities, from pork bellies to oil to the computing power needed to power artificial-intelligence models.
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