CME Group

Exchanges

Gemini Exchange Data Is Being Added to CME’s Crypto Indices

Data from the Winklevoss-founded exchange Gemini is being added to eight crypto indices offered by CF Benchmarks, including its CME offerings.

Markets  ·  8 August 2019
Exchanges

Coinbase Shutters High-Speed Crypto Trading Division, Axing 30 Jobs

Coinbase is shutting down the Chicago trading technology office it opened a year ago, eliminating 30 jobs.

Business  ·  23 April 2019
Bitcoin Futures

CME: Average Daily Volume for Bitcoin Futures Grew 41% in Q3

Average daily volumes for bitcoin futures trading saw a significant jump in the third quarter compared to the last period, according to CME Group.

Markets  ·  17 October 2018
Bitcoin Futures

Don’t Blame Bitcoin Futures for Bear Market, CME Exec Says

Tim McCourt, managing director of CME Group, has said that bitcoin futures are not to be blamed for the slump in the crypto market this year.

Markets  ·  19 September 2018
Ether

CME Group Partners to Launch Ether Reference Rate Index

Derivatives exchange operator CME Group and U.K. firm Crypto Facilities are partnering to create an ether reference rate and real time index.

Business  ·  14 May 2018
Blockchain

CME to Patent System for Seamless Blockchain Rule Changes

A new patent application from the CME outlines ways in which the rules underlying private blockchains can be rewritten.

Business  ·  12 February 2018
Patents

Editable Blockchains? Mining Futures? 2017 Saw Crypto Patents Pile Up

A run-down of some of the more notable crypto and blockchain patents seen in 2017.

Business  ·  26 December 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Futures Codes: How to Read Them And What They Mean

So you want to trade bitcoin futures? First, learn the Chicago exchanges' highly counterintuitive naming system for monthly contracts.

Markets  ·  13 December 2017
Futures

Understanding Futures: A Primer for Bitcoiners

You may be able to trade the bitcoin cash market anonymously, but you cannot do the same with futures.

Markets  ·  11 December 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Futures Launch Could Revive ETF Push, CBOE Says

Cboe may use information gleaned from futures trading to make a case to the Securities and Exchange Commission to allow bitcoin-linked ETF.

Markets  ·  10 December 2017
Exchanges

Futures Industry Association Blasts New Bitcoin Derivatives

In an open letter to the CFTC, Futures Trading Association CEO Walt Lukken has expressed concerns about who would insure bitcoin futures contracts.

Markets  ·  7 December 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Futures: Make Way for a New Kind of Whale

A rude awakening? That might be what's in store for the bitcoin market's so-called whales according to trader Lanre Sarumi.

Markets  ·  5 December 2017
Bitcoin

CME, CBOE to Begin Bitcoin Futures Trading

U.S. derivatives giant CME Group will launch bitcoin derivatives trading on December 18 following approval from regulators.

Markets  ·  1 December 2017
Bitcoin

CBOE Releases New Details on Bitcoin Futures Contracts

Options exchange CBOE has released early specifications for its planned bitcoin futures product.

Markets  ·  20 November 2017
Exchanges

FUD on All Sides: In Defense of CME’s Bitcoin Plan

The CME’s plan to offer bitcoin futures will benefit the futures trading and bitcoin communities alike – notwithstanding hand-wringing in both worlds.

Markets  ·  20 November 2017