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October 9, 2025 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funds and public companies have now acquired more Bitcoin this year already than during the entire 2024. This, according to a recent update shared by André Dragosch, Director, Head of Research – Europe at Bitwise. André Dragosch of Bitwise noted that as of August 10,… Read More

October 3, 2025 @ 11:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, announced that its cryptocurrency futures and options will be available to trade 24 hours a day, 7 days a week beginning in early 2026, “pending regulatory review.” Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equities, FX and Alternative Products at CME… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, has recently announced several developments that indicate its commitment to product development and tech advancements. On September 9, 2025, CME Group launched a new suite of analytics tools designed to support volatility traders in an increasingly active options market…. Read More

May 21, 2025 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, announced its new XRP futures are now available for trading. The first trade, a block, took place “on Sunday, May 18,” and was cleared by Hidden Road. Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group said: “We… Read More

April 26, 2025 @ 7:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group has announced plans to launch XRP futures on May 19, pending regulatory review. Market participants will have the choice to “trade both a micro-sized contract (2,500 XRP) and a larger-sized contract (50,000 XRP).” Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group…. Read More

March 26, 2025 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Further expanding their partnership, CME Group and Google Cloud announced that they are piloting solutions for wholesale payments and tokenization of assets. CME Group has reportedly completed the first phase of integration and testing of Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), a distributed ledger from Google… Read More

March 2, 2025 @ 5:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the world’s derivatives marketplace, announced plans to launch Solana (SOL) futures on March 17, pending regulatory review. Market participants will have the choice to trade both “a micro-sized contract (25 SOL) and a larger-sized contract (500 SOL).” Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency… Read More

January 30, 2025 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, and Robinhood Derivatives, LLC, announced that some of CME Group’s most “popular” futures products have started rolling out on the Robinhood mobile app. Over the coming weeks, eligible Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) customers in the U.S. will have access to futures products… Read More

October 2, 2024 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, announced that its Bitcoin Friday futures (BFF) have launched and are available for trading. 31,498 contracts traded across two different contract weeks. The first trade, a block, took place on Sunday, September 29 and was executed by Galaxy and Marex…. Read More

August 30, 2024 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group said it will further expand its cryptocurrency derivatives offerings by introducing Bitcoin Friday futures (BFF) on September 30, pending regulatory review. Sized at one-fiftieth of one bitcoin, these new weekly futures contracts “will be cash-settled to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate New… Read More

July 26, 2024 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) reported financial results for the second quarter of 2024. The company reported revenue “of $1.5 billion and operating income of $1.0 billion for the second quarter of 2024.” CME Group further noted that net income “was $883 million and diluted… Read More

July 9, 2024 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, announced the appointment of Mike Dennis as Global Head, Fixed Income. In this position, Dennis will oversee “the company’s largest, most actively traded global benchmark futures and options contracts on SOFR and U.S. Treasuries, including the 30-year bond, 10-, 5-… Read More

June 22, 2024 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, announced its foreign exchange (FX) futures reached an all-time single-day volume record of 3.26 million contracts (equivalent to $314B notional) on June 12. The previous record of 3.15 million contracts ($296B notional) was “set on March 8, 2023.” In addition,… Read More

June 6, 2024 @ 12:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, reported its May 2024 market statistics set a new average daily volume (ADV) record of 26 million contracts for the month, “up 4% from May 2023.” The company’s interest rate and metals products also “reached May ADV records, as its… Read More

May 22, 2024 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be the leading derivatives marketplace, announced that it will continue its expansion into the fixed income markets by launching repo on corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities (MBS) on BrokerTec Quote, its dealer-to-client (D2C) request-for-quote (RFQ) trading platform. U.S. corporate bonds… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, reported its April 2024 market statistics set a new average daily volume (ADV) record of 26.5 million contracts for the month, up 33% from April 2023, with double-digit growth across all asset classes. Additionally, interest rate, equity index, foreign exchange… Read More

April 21, 2024 @ 12:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, announced that its quarterly international average daily volume (ADV) reached a record 7.4 million contracts in Q1 2024, up 2% year on year. Reflecting all trading reported from outside the United States, volume was driven “largely by 38% growth in… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be one of the leading derivatives marketplaces, reported its full-year, Q4 and December 2023 market statistics, “showing it reached a record average daily volume (ADV) of 24.4 million contracts during the year, an increase of 5% over 2022.” Q4 ADV… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be one of the world’s leading derivatives marketplaces, reported its November 2023 market statistics, “reaching an average daily volume (ADV) of 28.3 million contracts during the month, an increase of 21% over 2022 and the company’s highest-ever November ADV on… Read More

December 1, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be one of the world’s leading derivatives marketplaces,  announced that open interest in its deeply liquid U.S. Treasury futures “set a new record of 21,428,757 contracts on November 24.” This year, the notional value of open interest “in CME Group… Read More