CME News

Bitcoin bulls are getting a rain check on gains with BTC price action retracing its weekend progress.

Axie Infinity, Chiliz and Decentraland will be represented in CME’s new reference rates and real-time indexes.

Derivatives played a major role in the last bull market and it’s highly likely that they will be integral in the market’s evolution in 2023.

CME Bitcoin futures briefly traded at a 5% discount, alarming analysts, but what does it mean for BTC price?

Bitcoin derivatives data also shows sentiment shifting in favor of a massive crash below $20,000, the current psychological support.

First announced on Aug. 4, the euro-denominated Ether futures represent investment vehicles launched prior to the blockchain's transition to proof-of-stake.

The group reported it had observed an increase in trading volume and open interest for ETH futures and micro-sized ETH futures options, possibly in anticipation of the Merge.

The futures options, expected to start trading on Aug. 29, followed the CME Group launching micro-sized Bitcoin and Ether options in March.

The trading of Bitcoin and Ether futures on CME remained elevated in the second quarter, with daily open interest hitting all-time highs.

Bitcoin’s failure to break above $22,000 on July 8 opened room for bears to score a $100 million profit in this week’s options expiry.

The absence of a CME Bitcoin futures premium, unrelenting record-high inflation and investor concerns over the economy are all factors weighing on BTC price.

Bitcoin leverage traders show little interest in going long even as BTC price flirts with new lows below $29,000.

During his time at the CME Group, Bruce Fekrat regulated crypto reference rates and helped in the development of financial products, including BTC and ETH derivatives.

The futures options, expected to start trading on March 28, will come more than two years after the CME Group launched a BTC options trading product in January 2020.

Money is trickling back into the crypto market and derivatives data suggests that investor confidence is improving as the market forms a bottom.