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CME Group to Launch Options on Bitcoin Futures Contracts in Two Months
12.11.2019
2020 might kick off with a launch of a new financial instrument for Bitcoin (BTC) investors.
After the September announcement of its plans to launch this new addition to their offerings for Q1 of 2020, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), a major financial derivatives marketplace, said...
CME Group Announces Launch Date of Options on Bitcoin Futures Product
12.11.2019
CME Group has revealed the launch date for its options on BTC futures and provided contracts specifications
CME Says It Will Launch Bitcoin Options in January
12.11.2019
Chicago exchange CME Group has announced it will launch options on its bitcoin futures contracts in mid-January
CME Group Publishes Bitcoin Options Specifications
2.11.2019
In mid-September, the foreign exchange company CME Group announced the launch of options on its bitcoin futures contracts in Q1 2020, pending regulatory review. CME Group executive Tim McCourt said there was “increasing client demand” for the firm’s bitcoin derivatives and now...
CME Reveals Details of Upcoming Bitcoin Options Contracts
30.10.2019
CME Group revealed the product specifications for its bitcoin options contracts on Wednesday, targeting a 2020 launch
Bakkt Announces Bitcoin Options After Record-Breaking Futures Volumes
24.10.2019
On October 23, Bakkt’s physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts touched an all-time high with 640 BTC ($4.8 million) swapped on the exchange. Coincidentally, the futures action started after BTC prices plummeted to $7,365 across global exchanges. After the record-setting day, Bakkt...
CME Bitcoin Futures Sees Institutional Interest and Demand from Asia
18.10.2019
Global markets business CME Group said that institutional interest toward the firm’s Bitcoin futures is thriving and 2019’s third-quarter data showed a record number of open interest. Moreover, despite the lackluster start, the Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE) Bakkt platform...
CME Group Expects New Bitcoin Options to See High Demand in Asia
10.10.2019
CME Group expects its new Bitcoin options to be highly popular in Asia
Financial Giant Fidelity Backs Bitcoin Derivatives Yield Fund
1.10.2019
The Los Angeles-based Wave Financial has announced the launch of a bitcoin derivatives-based yield fund and Fidelity will provide custody for the fund’s BTC reserves. Wave Financial’s crypto fund commencement is part of a growing trend toward launching BTC derivatives products....
CME Group Declares Launch Options on Bitcoin Futures Contracts
23.9.2019
Recently, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, the world’s outstanding and most assorted derivatives market place, reported that it would initiate options on its Bitcoin futures contracts in the first quarter of 2020, pending regulatory audit. This development was declared in a recent...
CME Group to Launch Options on Bitcoin Futures in Q1 2020
20.9.2019
CME Group has announced plans to add options to its Bitcoin futures contracts in Q1 2020, pending regulatory review
CME Group Is Launching Bitcoin Options Early in 2020
20.9.2019
Derivatives marketplace CME Group says it will offer options on its bitcoin futures contracts starting in the first quarter of next year
Gemini Exchange Added to CME Group’s Pioneering Crypto Benchmarks
8.8.2019
Gemini will be included in CME’s series of four Bitcoin and Ether pricing products as of Aug. 30
Gemini Exchange Data Is Being Added to CME’s Crypto Indices
8.8.2019
Data from the Winklevoss-founded exchange Gemini is being added to eight crypto indices offered by CF Benchmarks, including its CME offerings
Bitcoin Futures Update: Bakkt Testing, CME Breaks Records, and a $100K Call Option
23.7.2019
Over the last few months, the interest surrounding cryptocurrency derivatives products has been growing fast. For some time now, open interest in CME’s bitcoin futures has been breaking records. Bakkt’s futures platform began testing contracts on Monday and the company says there...
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Hit New Records
11.6.2019
Ever since the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) announced it was ending its bitcoin futures products back in March, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) has seen a huge influx of bitcoin derivatives volumes. During the second week of May, CME’s bitcoin futures touched a milestone...
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Break Records With $1 Billion in Notional Volume
15.5.2019
The world’s largest options and futures exchange, Chicago Mercantile Exchange & Chicago Board of Trade (CME Group) and its bitcoin futures contracts saw an all-time high on May 13. According to CME’s records, the exchange recorded 33,700 contracts on Monday which represented...
CME Group Bitcoin Futures Hit $1.3 Billion Amid Parabolic Advance
14.5.2019
CME’s bitcoin futures hit $1.3 billion in volume as bull market continues