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Finance

CME Group Adds to Crypto Offerings With Ether Options

The exchange will allow traders to make bets and manage risk ahead of the Ethereum Merge.

The CME is set to launch ether options trading (Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock)

Markets

CME to Roll Out Euro-Denominated Bitcoin and Ether Futures on Aug. 29

The launch of the contracts could accelerate the ongoing institutionalization of the crypto market.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will soon offer euro-denominated bitcoin and ether futures contracts. (Source: 12019/Pixabay)

Finance

CME Bitcoin Futures Premium Hits Highest Level Since Early January

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for March 24, 2022.

CME Group's headquarters in Chicago (Bloomberg/Getty images)

Videos

CME Exec Explains Why Bitcoin Futures Premiums Surge

Tim McCourt, CME Group’s global head of equity & FX Products, shares his crypto market analysis as bitcoin futures premium surges in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Plus, a conversation on what makes ethereum different from bitcoin in the eyes of investors.

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CME Open Interest Suggests Downtrend Is Over

Federal Reserve Chariman Jerome Powell says the Fed will consider more aggressive rate hikes to tame inflation. The statement sent bitcoin trading in the red Monday along with traditional markets.

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Finance

First Mover Americas: CME Futures Open Interest Hints at Bitcoin Bottom, Ether Breaks Out

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for March 21, 2022.

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Finance

CME Group to Offer Micro Crypto Options After Introducing Futures

The options trading debut comes after the derivatives marketplace added micro bitcoin and ether futures last year.

CME headquarters, Chicago

Videos

Fed Funds Futures Contracts Data Suggests Investors Are Predicting Less Hawkish Move by the Fed

A chart from CME's FedWatch Tool shows how the market is predicting the Federal Reserve's next move at its upcoming March 16 meeting. Earlier this month, the market expected more hawkish action. But the Chart of the Day shows something different. What changed? "All About Bitcoin" fill-in host Lawrence Lewitinn explains the data.

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Markets

Paradigm Offering 'Futures Spread Orderbooks' on Deribit and Bybit

Futures spread trading is considered less risky compared with futures contracts but there are still risks.

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Markets

CME Trades 100K Contracts of Micro Ether Futures in First Two Weeks

The micro ether contracts are off to a slow start compared with early activity in micro bitcoin futures launched on May 3.

CME trading floor (Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock)