Key Highlights: Kalshi has proposed a 10-year West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil contract designed to eliminate monthly rollover costs and physical delivery risks at Cushing, Oklahoma. Unlike typical derivatives, the contract cannot be self-certified and requires direct Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) review due to its quasi-perpetual nature. The initiative emerges amid heated rivalry ...
Key Highlights: Bitcoin mining services firm Luxor is expanding into artificial intelligence infrastructure by offering cash-settled compute derivatives designed to hedge GPU rental price volatility. Financial contracts offer data center operators predictable baseline revenue without binding long-term client commitments, though basis risk and counterparty exposure remain significant challenges. Institutional momentum is growing across the sector, ...
Key Highlights Coinbase Markets data shows XRP one-week call/put implied volatility skew hit 9.3 volatility points, placing it in the top 5% of readings over the past year, signaling heightened bullish derivative demand. XRP futures open interest surged to $4.1 billion, with CME Group overtaking Binance as the leading venue, indicating growing institutional participation in ...
Key Highlights CME Group will launch Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures contracts on Oct. 19, pending regulatory approval. Both products will be offered in standard and Micro contract sizes, covering 250 BCH and 25 BCH for Bitcoin Cash, and 10,000 UNI and 1,000 UNI for Uniswap. The expansion follows CME’s earlier 2026 rollout of futures ...
Key Highlights CME Group will launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on October 19, 2025, following regulatory review. Both standard and micro contract sizes will be available, offering institutional-grade risk management tools for highly liquid altcoin markets. The addition expands CME Group’s single-asset cryptocurrency futures portfolio to include Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Cardano, ...
A growing share of $XRP futures trading is shifting to CME as traders reduce leveraged positions across cryptocurrency exchanges. CME XRP open interest rises 36%…
CME Group and CF Benchmarks have launched two multi-asset crypto indices designed to give institutional investors a broader view of digital-asset market performance beyond Bitcoin…