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CME Group Reports Record Annual Average Daily Volume of 24.4 Million Contracts in 2023

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

CME Group Reports “Highest-Ever” November Average Daily Volume of 28.3M Contracts

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

Digital Assets: Talos Integrates with CME Group to Expand Crypto Derivatives Access for Institutions

Talos, the premier provider of digital assets trading technology for institutions, announced its integration with CME Group, the derivatives marketplace. Through this integration, Talos clients can now “trade CME Group Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts using Talos’s suite of advanced execution algorithms and smart order… Read More

Derivatives Marketplace CME Group to Introduce Micro Henry Hub Futures, Options

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, announced that it will launch Micro Henry Hub futures and options on November 6, “pending all relevant regulatory reviews.” These new micro contracts will “be one-tenth the size of the company’s benchmark Henry Hub futures and options and cash-settled.” Peter… Read More

First Block Trade of CME’s ETH Options Completed by Genesis

Genesis has executed its first-ever block trade of CME’s newly listed large ETH options contract with Cumberland DRW, according to a statement by the company. According to Genesis, via an affiliate, a trade of CME’s large ETH options contract affirms Genesis’ support of CME’s latest… Read More

CME Group to Introduce Euro-denominated Bitcoin, Ethereum Futures

CME Group, which claims to be the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, announced its plans to further expand its cryptocurrency derivatives offering “with the introduction of Bitcoin Euro and Ether Euro futures on August 29, pending regulatory review.” Designed to match their U.S. dollar-denominated counterparts, Bitcoin… Read More

CME Group, CF Benchmarks to Introduce New Cryptocurrency Reference Rates, Real-Time Indices

CME Group, the derivatives marketplace, and CF Benchmarks, the provider of cryptocurrency benchmark indices, announced plans to introduce 11 new virtual currency reference rates and real-time indices, which will be “calculated and published daily by CF Benchmarks, beginning April 25.” These reference rates and indices… Read More

CME Group Introduces Micro-Sized Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Options

CME Group, the leading derivatives marketplace, has introduced options on Micro Bitcoin and Micro Ether futures, further expanding its suite of virtual currency derivatives offerings. Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity and FX Products, stated: “The launch of these micro-sized options builds on… Read More

DogeCoin Trading on Binance Briefly Surpassed BTC, ETH Volumes in May, while Ethereum Volume Exceeded Bitcoin on Coinbase: Report

Nate Maddrey and the Coin Metrics research team noted that during the past month, Ethereum (ETH) trading volumes have been catching up with Bitcoin (BTC) volume on Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. Although Bitcoin led by a significantly large margin at the start of… Read More

Cryptoasset-to-USD Lender BlockFi Announces Inaugural Block Trade for Ethereum Futures on CME

Cryptoasset-to-USD lender BlockFi recently announced with CMT Digital that the companies have been cleared for what it claims to be the first-ever block trade for Ethereum futures on the CME, facilitated by ED&F Man Capital Markets Inc. According to BlockFi, CME also offers Bitcoin futures, which… Read More

Fidelity Digital Assets to Work with Wilshire Phoenix, as it Plans to Offer Publicly Traded Bitcoin (BTC) Fund, Pending Approval

Wilshire Phoenix, an investment firm that provides multiple services including advisor and asset management, has filed an S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a publicly traded Bitcoin (BTC) Fund. The Wilshire team notes in its filing: “The Shares will… Read More

Open Interest for CME Group’s Bitcoin (BTC) Futures Approaching All-Time Highs, Reaches 5,328 Contracts Valued at $237 Million

Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives trading volumes are again approaching record-level highs this month as open interest keeps increasing. CME Group Inc (Chicago Mercantile Exchange & Chicago Board of Trade) data reveals that as of January 16, 2020, open interest for the exchange’s futures products reached 5,328… Read More

CME Seeking to Launch Options on Bitcoin Futures in 2020

CME Group, also known as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, has announced it is seeking regulatory approval to launch options on its Bitcoin futures contracts in Q1 2020. According to the relevant release: “CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it… Read More

CME Ranked Top Exchange Brand Helped by Bitcoin, HKEX Second with NYSE Third

Valuation and strategy consultancy Brand Finance has published its annual report on the top brands for the world’s most valuable exchange brands. According to their numbers, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is the top regulated exchange in the world. CME held the top spot last… Read More

Bear Market or Not: Nasdaq Moving Forward on Plans to Sell Bitcoin Futures

Nasdaq is proceeding with plans to list a Bitcoin futures product on its exchange despite Bitcoin’s waning fortunes in 2017, sources to Bloomberg say. Nasdaq hopes to have its Bitcoin futures market up and running by Q1 2018 and is working now to meet expectations at… Read More

Fundstrat Claims Bitcoin Price Drawn Down When Futures Expire

In regular commodities markets, futures are understood to help stabilize prices to consumers. Not so with Bitcoin, says the Head of Research at “independent research boutique” Fundstrat. Tom Le, a former Chief Equity Strategist at JP Morgan, has floated a possible correlation between a fall in… Read More

CFTC Subpoenas Four Crypto Exchanges in Bitcoin Market Manipulation Probe, Cryptocurrencies in the Red

As part of a probe examining possible manipulation in Bitcoin markets, the regulator responsible for overseeing futures and commodity trading in the US has subpoenaed four American cryptocurrency exchanges to produce volumes of trade data, WSJ reported Friday June 8th. Top cryptocurrencies have since turned red as this… Read More

Crypto ETF: VanEck and SolidX Partner on “Physically Backed Bitcoin ETF”

VanEck, a New York based asset manager, has announced it will partner with SolidX to list a “physically-backed bitcoin ETF” (exchange traded fund). The proposed ETF will be insured against loss or theft of bitcoin. VanEck was first to file for a 40-Act Bitcoin ETF… Read More

Be Careful What You Wish for, Bitcoin Lovers: It May Come True. Bitcoin’s Acceptance on Futures Trading Markets Gave it the Respectability Investors Craved, but Might Cause its Downfall

Cryptocurrencies are fast swapping their shady past for respectability. But investors pushing hard for regulated trading and adoption by Amazon may be destroying the reason for Bitcoin’s existence. Last December, Bitcoin climbed above $18,000, and finally launched on the CME futures exchange. There was little… Read More

CME Launches Bitcoin Futures as Digital Currency Nears $20,000

As previously announced, the CME – the worlds largest derivatives marketplace, launched Bitcoin futures contracts yesterday, Sunday, December 17th. CME’s Bitcoin futures will be cash-settled, based on the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR) which serves as a once-a-day reference rate of the U.S. dollar price of… Read More

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