CME Group introduced plans on Jan. 15 to launch futures contracts for Cardano , Chainlink , and (*9*) (Lumens) on Feb. 9, pending regulatory evaluation.
The brand new merchandise will embody each commonplace and smaller micro-sized contracts for every asset, in accordance to CME Group’s announcement. Customary contract sizes are 100,000 ADA, 5,000 LINK, and 250,000 XLM. Micro contracts at one-tenth the dimensions will even be accessible for merchants looking for smaller positions.
Futures enable merchants to wager on future costs with out holding the precise tokens, and CME’s regulated contracts give institutional buyers a compliant approach to acquire publicity.
Giovanni Vicioso, CME Group International Head of Cryptocurrency Merchandise, stated shoppers are looking for trusted, regulated merchandise to handle worth danger following the asset class’s document development.
CME’s cryptocurrency enterprise recorded 139% year-over-year development in 2025, as beforehand reported by Coinspeaker. Common day by day quantity reached 278,300 contracts value $12 billion. Excellent contracts averaged 313,900 with a worth of $26.4 billion.
The February launch continues CME’s enlargement into different cryptocurrencies past Bitcoin and Ethereum . The alternate launched Solana futures on March 17 and XRP futures on Might 19. Choices on each merchandise adopted on Oct. 13. CME first launched Bitcoin futures in December 2017 and Ethereum futures in February 2021.
All three tokens have proven elevated buying and selling exercise in latest periods. Cardano recorded $703 million in 24-hour quantity on Jan. 15, in accordance to CoinGecko information. Chainlink posted $641 million whereas Stellar recorded $211 million. Seven-day quantity traits exceeded 59% for all three property. ADA traded at $0.40, LINK at $13.92, and XLM at $0.23 on Jan. 15.
The Chainlink futures launch arrives in the future after Bitwise launched its Chainlink exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca on Jan. 14. The fund trades underneath the ticker CLNK and competes with Grayscale’s present GLNK product. LINK posted a seven-day acquire of 6.07%.
Cardano can be growing its ecosystem. The community lately ratified a governance proposal to convey extra stablecoins to its blockchain by means of a 70 million ADA group fund.
Learn unique story CME Group to Launch Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar Futures on Feb 9 by Zoran Spirkovski at Coinspeaker.com
