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CME Group Records Increased Demand for Crypto Products Despite Bear Market 

Terrence A. Duffy, chairman and CEO of leading derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), disclosed that his company has noticed some growth in demand for its crypto products since November. During a recent interview with CNBC’s Closing Bell, Duffy made the revelation when he was asked about the state of institutional demand for its Bitcoin futures product. CME Records Uptick in Crypto Products The CME chief executive believes market conditions in 2022 could...

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CME Group Is Releasing New Around-the-Clock Pricing Info for Crypto Assets

CME Group in Chicago, one of the world’s largest derivative marketplaces, is working with CF Benchmarks, a leading provider of crypto benchmark indices, to unveil roughly 11 new crypto reference rates by April 25. CME Group Seeks to Permits Full Price Transparency The reference rates in question are not for tradable futures products. Instead, they will apply to a wide array of separate crypto networks such as bitcoin cash, Litecoin, Cosmos, Polygon, Solana, Stellar...

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Google Invests $1B in Bitcoin Futures Provider CME Group

CME Futures, the futures-exchange giant that offers regulated bitcoin services, has secured a massive investment from Google worth $1 billion aiming to transfer its core trading systems to the cloud. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, and informs that the tech giant will provide its cloud services to CME to “power markets that handle trillions of dollars in trades each day.” The two parties have agreed on a ten-year partnership. CME will strive to onboard...

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Citi Awaits Regulatory Approval to Start Trading Bitcoin Futures on CME: Report

US multinational investment banking giant Citigroup is reportedly considering trading bitcoin futures, stating that it has witnessed an increased interest in BTC from its institutional clients. CME Looking to Trade CME Bitcoin Futures According to a report by CoinDesk on Tuesday (August 24th, 2021), an anonymous source within the bank revealed that Citi is working on receiving the regulatory green light to begin trading bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange...

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FTX CEO: Buying Goldman Sachs Is Not Out of the Question

Sam Bankman-Fried opined that some of the top financial institutions could be targeted for acquisition by young crypto companies. Moreover, he stated that his cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform – FTX – could consider buying the US banking giant Goldman Sachs if it surpasses its rivals. FTX to Buy Goldman? Sam Bankman-Fried – the CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX – believes that digital asset companies can acquire some of the most prominent traditional financial...

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Bitcoin Paints the Largest CME Gap Following the Weekend Crash

The CME Bitcoin futures opened for trading on Monday with the largest gap of nearly $5,000 following the adverse price developments during the weekend. The question remains if BTC would spike to close that gap as it has done multiple times in the past. The Largest CME Bitcoin Gap to Date Launched in late 2017, the cash-settled BTC futures platform from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange enables institutional investors to trade bitcoin on a regulated platform. It operates within...

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CME Launches 0.1 BTC Cash-Settled Futures Contracts on May 3rd

Smaller investors would be able to take advantage of CME’s regulated Bitcoin futures contracts as of May 3rd, the organization announced earlier today. This would be possible in the form of so-called Micro BTC futures contracts, which will be one-tenth the size of one bitcoin. Micro Bitcoin Futures Contracts on CME Founded over a century ago, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is among the largest global derivatives marketplaces and one of the first-ever regulated establishments...

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CME Sees Trading Volume ATH Above $2.7 Billion During Bitcoin’s Latest Drop

Yesterday’s highly volatile BTC performance has led to increased trading volumes on numerous platforms, including CME Bitcoin futures registering a new all-time high of $2.7 billion.BTC Futures Record Trading Volume On CMELaunched in late 2017, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange allows institutional investors to trade with the primary cryptocurrency on a regulated platform. Apart from short-lived low levels of trading volume, the exchange has enjoyed increased adoption from such customers.Data...

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