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Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group to launch XRP futures
24.4.2025
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, which operates the largest financial derivatives exchanges worldwide, recently announced that XRP (XRP) futures contracts will go live on May 19.According to the April 24 announcement, investors have the option of choosing between micro-sized contracts...
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group to launch XRP futures
24.4.2025
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, which operates the largest financial derivatives exchanges worldwide, recently announced that XRP (XRP) futures contracts will go live on May 19.According to the April 24 announcement, investors have the option of choosing between micro-sized contracts...
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Eyes Bitcoin Trading to Seize Growing Market Demand: Report
16.5.2024
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is reportedly planning to launch Bitcoin trading, seeking to capitalize on the swelling demand for Bitcoin among Wall Street fund managers this year.
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CME’s Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Set New Record at $7.7B as BTC Surges
27.2.2024
Bitcoin futures trading open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) surged to a record high of $7.7b on Tuesday, reflecting a 15.6% rise within the last 24 hours, CoinGlass data showed.
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Bitcoin Reaches New All-Time High In Options Open Interest
20.12.2023
Demand for Bitcoin options is soaring, with average daily open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) touching an all-time high of $1.9 billion as of December. According to CoinGlass, the last high for CME open interest was in April at $1.68 billion, when the U.S. banking crisis a month...
Bitcoin Futures Open Interest on CME Hit $5 Billion
6.12.2023
Source: Adobe Stock Bitcoin futures open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) – has seen a spike rising from $2.20 billion on September 30th to $5.09 billion today, according to data from Glassnode. The rise in open interest is due to bitcoin’s ongoing uptrend to $44,400 on Tuesday...
CME Ousts Binance as Largest Bitcoin Futures Exchange, Indicating Growing Demand From Institutional Traders
10.11.2023
Source: Adobe/fotofabrika The regulated derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has dethroned Binance as the largest Bitcoin ( BTC) futures exchange. The shift marks the first time in two years that CME has claimed the top spot, indicating a surge in demand from institutional...
CME Emerges as Second-Largest Bitcoin Futures Exchange, Approaches Top Spot
30.10.2023
The regulated Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is steadily climbing the ranks as one of the largest Bitcoin futures and perpetual futures exchanges in a development reminiscent of the early stages of the 2020-2021 bull run. With a notional open interest (OI) of $3.54 billion, CME has surged from...
Derivatives Exchange Giant CME Group Announces Micro Ethereum Futures Launch
2.11.2021
On Tuesday, the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, announced the upcoming launch of ethereum-based micro futures slated to be listed on December 6. The launch follows CME Group’s bitcoin micro futures listing in May, which...
One-Tenth of a Bitcoin: Derivatives Giant CME Group to Launch Micro BTC Futures Contract
31.3.2021
The American global markets company Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) has announced the launch of a new bitcoin futures product on May 3, 2021, if U.S. regulators approve the product. The new contract is a micro bitcoin futures product that represents 0.1 bitcoin rather than CME’s other...
Crypto Futures Exchange Bakkt Going Public at a Valuation of $2.1 Billion
12.1.2021
Bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt is going public via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) created for taking startup firms public. Both companies have now confirmed the transaction, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under...
CME Group to Launch Ethereum Futures in February Pending Regulatory Approval
16.12.2020
On December 16, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced that CME Group is expanding the company’s crypto derivatives and plans to launch Ethereum futures. The company said the launch is based on increasing client demand and aims to launch the new ether derivatives products on February...
CME Group Outpaces Competition Becoming the World’s Largest Bitcoin Futures Market
29.11.2020
Financial derivatives products for bitcoin have grown massively during the last few months. On Friday evening (EST), Arcane Research explained that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has surpassed Okex as the largest bitcoin futures provider. The regulated derivatives market at CME has doubled month...
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Rise Suggests Institutional Investors Are Starting to Swarm Toward Crypto
24.10.2020
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has become the second-largest derivatives market for bitcoin futures in terms of open interest. The popular exchange has seen an influx of demand since the recent Paypal announcement and the Bitmex debacle as well. Data shows that the Bitcoin Mercantile...
Institutions Long and Hedge Funds Short: Bitcoin Options Traders Prep for ‘Big Moves’ Ahead
20.10.2020
Trends in bitcoin options markets are making it difficult for financial analysts to pinpoint BTC’s next move. Data from CME’s recently published trader report shows that institutional investors are capturing a larger number of bitcoin long contracts, while hedge funds are showing...
Open Interest on CME Bitcoin Options Is Up 1000% So Far This Month
15.5.2020
CME Bitcoin options open interest has soared to $142 million in the first half of May, marking an increase of over 10 times the value at the end of last month
Demand for Crypto Derivatives Swells as CME’s Bitcoin Volume Rises
22.1.2020
The global markets company Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has seen considerable demand since launching its options contracts in the wake of the firm’s bitcoin futures. On the first day of swaps, CME’s bitcoin options saw 55 contracts ($2.3 million). By the end of the week,...
Bitcoin Futures Update: Bakkt Testing, CME Breaks Records, and a $100K Call Option
23.7.2019
Over the last few months, the interest surrounding cryptocurrency derivatives products has been growing fast. For some time now, open interest in CME’s bitcoin futures has been breaking records. Bakkt’s futures platform began testing contracts on Monday and the company says there...
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Hit New Records
11.6.2019
Ever since the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) announced it was ending its bitcoin futures products back in March, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) has seen a huge influx of bitcoin derivatives volumes. During the second week of May, CME’s bitcoin futures touched a milestone...