Futures

XRP futures started trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) derivatives platform on Monday, becoming the first regulated futures tracking the price of XRP in the U.S. Traders can trade two contract sizes: 2,500 XRP and 50,000 XRP, which …

Speculative bets are piling into XRP and dogecoin (DOGE) futures even as spot prices show signs of losing momentum, signaling rising appetite for volatility and downside risk. In the past week, DOGE futures open interest surged from $989 million to …

CME’s bitcoin futures, considered a proxy for institutional activity, gapped lower Monday in a sign of bearish sentiment after President Donald Trump ruled out a trade deal with China. The futures contract due to expire on the last Friday of April …

U.S. crypto giant Coinbase Institutional said on Friday it had submitted a filing to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to roll out futures contracts tied to Ripple’s closely related XRP token. “We’re excited to announce that …

CME Group (CME) saw record activity in its cryptocurrency derivatives markets during the first quarter of the year, driven by increased interest in micro-sized contracts. The company reported average daily volume of 198,000 contracts for crypto …

CME Group expands its crypto offerings with Solana futures, set to debut in March.

On Monday, U.S. spot-listed bitcoin ETF outflows rose to $516 million as bitcoin tumbled toward $90,000.

Institutional crypto futures positioning suggests a weakness in demand, the report said.

The record short interest is led by carry trades and some amount of outright bearish bets on the second-largest cryptocurrency.

Coinbase is looking to list the futures as soon as Feb. 18, it said in the filing.