Solana (SOL) futures traded for the first time on the Chicago Mercantile Alternate (CME) Group’s US derivatives trade on March 17 because the cryptocurrency’s mainstream adoption beneficial properties momentum.
In February, CME tipped plans to list two types of SOL futures contracts: commonplace contracts representing 500 SOL and retail-friendly “micro” contracts representing 25 SOL every.
They’re the first regulated Solana futures to hit the US market after Coinbase’s launched in February. The contracts are settled in money, not bodily SOL.
On March 17, the contracts’ first trading day, SOL futures representing a notional worth of almost 40,000 SOL, or almost $5 million at present costs, modified palms on the trade, according to preliminary data from CME’s web site.
Early pricing information signifies a probably bearish sentiment on SOL amongst merchants. The CME doesn’t publish finalized information on day by day trading volumes till the following enterprise day.
The CME’s April futures contracts traded at a worth of $127 per SOL — $2 per token lower than contracts expiring in March, CME information exhibits.
On March 16, trading corporations FalconX and StoneX accomplished the first-ever SOL futures commerce on CME, they said.
“Solana has come a good distance within the final 5 years,” Chris Chung, founding father of Solana-based swap platform Titan, informed Cointelegraph on March 17.
“Solana futures are going dwell on the CME at present, and SOL [exchange-traded funds] will certainly observe shortly behind,” Chung mentioned.
CME listed SOL futures on March 17. Supply: CME
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ETF approval odds
On March 13, Chung told Cointelegraph he expects the US Securities and Alternate Fee (SEC) to approve asset managers VanEck and Canary Capital’s proposed spot Solana ETFs as quickly as Might.
Not less than 5 ETF issuers have filed with the US Securities and Alternate Fee to checklist spot Solana ETFs. The regulator has till October 2025 to make a ultimate determination on the filings.
Bloomberg Intelligence gauges the chance that SOL ETFs are in the end accredited at roughly 70%.
Futures contracts are standardized agreements to purchase or promote an underlying asset at a future date.
They’re generally used for hedging and hypothesis by retail and institutional buyers. Futures additionally play a vital supporting position for spot cryptocurrency ETFs as a result of regulated futures markets present a steady benchmark for measuring a digital asset’s efficiency.
CME already lists futures contracts for Bitcoin BTC and Ether ETH. US regulators accredited ETFs for each of these cryptocurrencies final yr.
