A recent tweet from CME Group, one of the first companies to offer bitcoin futures trading, reports that average daily trading volumes are up 93% and open interest surpassed 2,400 contracts, a 58% increase.
There have been mixed opinions about the success of bitcoin-based futures options since their inception in December 2017, when Cboe Global and CME Group were both authorized to offer the investment products.
Despite the performance of cryptocurrency markets overall, bitcoin-based futures trading has seen increased interest and liquidity.
CME Group Reports Growth
Yesterday, CME Group tweeted its Q1 and Q2 comparison, showing a healthy increase in Q2 compared to Q1, 2018.
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Derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is adding to its cryptocurrency offerings with daily expirations soon to be available on bitcoin and either futures options contracts, the company said in a press release on Monday.
Derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is adding to its cryptocurrency offerings with daily expirations soon to be available on bitcoin and either futures options contracts, the company said in a press release on Monday.
CME Group, world's largest futures exchange, has announced plans to expand its event contracts to include Bitcoin futures, providing more accessible and transparent way for investors to access cryptocurrency markets
Quick Take Cryptoslate reported on January 24 that the CME exchange saw 84,000 Bitcoin, or $2 billion, allocated in futures contracts in the last 24 hours.
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Bitcoin open interest on CME futures is nearing its all-time high. The value is 21% at the moment, with three-month CME futures at a premium of 0.6%.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is considering launching Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) futures, days after announcing Micro-Sized Bitcoin and Ether Options.
CME Group, one of the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplaces, today announced it will expand its crypto derivatives offerings with the introduction of Micro Ether futures on December 6th.
One of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), is planning to launch micro bitcoin futures contracts in May, thus enabling traders to speculate on fractional units of BTC.
CryptoNinjas » CME Group to launch Micro Bitcoin futures on May 3rd
CME Group, a leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will expand its suite of crypto derivatives with the introduction of a new Micro Bitcoin futures contract on Monday, May 3rd, pending regulatory review.
CME is to expand their futures offering with what they are calling micro bitcoin futures pending regulatory review. Currently one bitcoin futures contract on CME is the equivalent of five...
The day is finally here—today, depends on how you cut it, the CME Group will be launching a futures market for Ethereum.
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The US-based exchange CME announced its plans to launch Ethereum-pegged futures in February 2021. CME was one of the first traditional financial markets to launch bitcoin futures trading in 2017.
TradeStation, an online broker-dealer, and futures commission merchant, today announced it now offers its futures clients the ability to trade options on Bitcoin futures contracts (BTC) from CME Group (CME) and Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) futures options on the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
Bakkt up or shut up. A month ago, the CME looked down and out and now, it’s anything but. Bitcoin Futures, from a regulated standpoint, was associated with the CME and the CBOE, following the Chicago exchanges’ entry into the crypto-derivatives space two years ago.
The world’s largest options and futures exchange, operated by CME Group, reported record volume for its Bitcoin (BTC) futures…
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CME Group, the leading derivative market in the United States, reported that Bitcoin futures hit a record trading volume on Thursday, April 4th. While cryptocurrency continues to trend in the bullish direction, the futures markets.
The Bitcoin bull-run coupled with the competitor-less Bitcoin Futures market saw the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s [CME] Bitcoin Futures surge by a whopping 950 percent over the past five days of the month.
In spite of all the previous rumors, CME Group Inc. is not going to introduce futures on cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin.
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Recent news from CME Group Inc. , an American financial market company based in Chicago, indicates that Bitcoin futures average daily volume has risen up by 93% over the past quarter and a 58% increase in open interest, crossing a threshold of 2,400 contracts.
По данным Чикагской товарной биржи (CME), во втором квартале текущего года среднесуточный объём торгов биткоин-фьючерсами вырос на 93%. Об этом представители биржи сообщили в официальном Твиттере.
A recent tweet from CME Group, one of the first companies to offer bitcoin futures trading, reports that average daily trading volumes are up 93% and open interest surpassed 2,400 contracts, a 58% increase.
Средний дневной объем торгов биткоин-фьючерсами на Чикагской товарной бирже (CME Group) во втором квартале вырос на 93%. Bitcoin futures average daily volume in Q2 grew 93% over previous quarter, while open interest surpassed 2,400 contracts, a 58% increase.
Среднедневной объем торгов по фьючерсам на биткоин Чикагской товарной биржи (CME) во втором квартале текущего года вырос на 93%. Как сообщается в официальном Twitter-аккаунте CME, количество открытых контрактов на биткоин-фьючерсы за тот же период превысило 2 400, что на 58% больше, относительно показателей первого квартала. Bitcoin futures average daily volume in Q2 grew 93% […]
CME revealed that Bitcoin futures average daily volume grew by 93 percent in Q2 over the previous quarter in 2018, while open interest is up 58 percent
Bitcoin futures trading continues to grow since both the CME and Cboe launched their futures contracts in late 2017. Experts believe that the reduced volatility, as well as clearer regulations, make the market more appealing to mainstream investors.
With the decision on whether a cryptocurrency-based exchange traded fund (ETF) will ever launch in the U. S still sitting firmly with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), experts continue to speculate on the market and its potential.
Along this exciting journey of cryptocurrencies, crypto-markets and blockchain technology, we have seen traditional banking institutions embrace blockchain based payments solutions such as those offered by Ripple, as well as some banks opting to patent their own blockchain ideas.
Cboe has been selling between 2500-18,000 bitcoin futures contracts per day. CME Group’s bitcoin futures volumes are usually less than Cboe’s trade volume but contracts sold on Globex have also spiked.
Everyone knows that bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have been on a steady decline since the last month of 2017. While digital asset spot prices have been quite volatile, bitcoin futures products provided by two of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges, Cboe and CME Group, have seen a steady increase in trade volume and more liquidity […]
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“It’s the next big revolution, just like the internet was. ” “No… it’s a bubble!” Love it or hate it, cryptocurrencies have now grown to a point where they cannot be ignored. The CBOE and CME have launched their own cryptocurrency futures, the SEC and CTFC have gotten involved, and pretty much every mainstream publication that matters discusses cryptocurrencies one way or the other every day.
Last week, bitcoin skidded to its lowest level since November, under $6,000, which traders attributed to CME futures contracts expiring and overall lackluster interest from new buyers. The world’s largest and first cryptocurrency has struggled from that lack of enthusiasm, and prices have dropped 52 percent since January, according to CoinDesk. Still, bitcoin is up
Last week, bitcoin skidded to its lowest level since November under $6,000, which traders attributed to CME futures contracts expiring and overall lackluster interest from new buyers. The world’s largest and first cryptocurrency has struggled from that lack of enthusiasm, and prices have dropped 52 percent since January, according to CoinDesk. Still, bitcoin is up
Despite positive announcements and regulatory development, the overall cryptocurrency market endured a multi-month downtrend since its peak last December 2017. On June 29, 2018, Bitcoin experienced a surge over $6,200 after spending much of the day around $5,800.
Bitcoin fell below $6,000 for the second time in a week Friday, June 29, the day CME Group’s Bitcoin futures end their last day of trading for the month. Data from Cointelegraph’s price index and Coin360.
LONDON – A Wall Street analyst known for his bullish stance on bitcoin has flagged the possibility that bitcoin futures contracts could be hurting the cryptocurrencies price. CME Group and CBOE both launched bitcoin futures products in December when bitcoin was trading close to record highs around $20,000. Bloomberg reports that Lee wrote that traders
Bitcoin has seen a major downfall in its market strength over the past week with a drop of about 20% in its price. According to Thomas Lee, the Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, this steep plunge is due to the expiration of futures contracts linked with Bitcoin [BTC] on Cboe and CME. Lee […]
That’s because Friday, July 27 is the date that bitcoin futures contracts offered by derivatives giant CME Group are scheduled to expire. Investor interest in the bitcoin futures market is seeing substantial growth – perhaps best depicted by a tweet from the CME Group which stated that their bitcoin futures product was up 93 percent
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, suspended trading services on Wednesday after irregular transactions were reported on its platform. The project later confirmed after an investigation that it discovered “odd trading behavior coupled with atypical blockchain activity.
The Maltese Parliament has voted into law three cryptocurrency and blockchain bills, making Malta one of the most desirable locations for setting up blockchain enterprises. The bills-turned-law detail the regulation of ICOs and cryptocurrencies and the process for setting up crypto-based businesses in Malta. The news, which Schembri shared via a tweet, makes Malta the
South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is scrambling to protect users funds after a large scale hack. Bithumb has already assured customers affected by the hack will be compensated for their losses.
