{"id":843452,"date":"2025-04-25T09:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/chicago-mercantile-exchange-cme-group-to-launch-xrp-futures\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T14:11:27","slug":"chicago-mercantile-exchange-cme-group-to-launch-xrp-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/chicago-mercantile-exchange-cme-group-to-launch-xrp-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group to launch XRP futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-gtm-locator=\"a1\" data-v-a9acf736>\n<article id=\"article-187978\" data-v-a9acf736>\n<p itemprop=\"description\" data-v-a9acf736> In January 2025, news of XRP futures contracts launching on the CME was leaked but quickly retracted, leaving only speculation until now. <\/p>\n<div data-v-a9acf736>\n<p><span><\/span><span> 5938 <\/span><span> Total views <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> 4 <\/span><span> Total shares <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-v-a9acf736><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img  loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1434\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-04\/01966821-1c5e-7092-8647-16f70cadb802\" alt=\"Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group to launch XRP futures\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div data-v-a9acf736>\n<div data-v-a9acf736>\n<p>The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, which operates the largest financial derivatives exchanges worldwide, recently announced that XRP (<a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/xrp-price-index\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">XRP<\/a>) futures contracts will go live on May 19.<\/p>\n<p>According to the April 24 <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/media-room\/press-releases\/2025\/4\/24\/cme_group_to_expandcryptoderivativessuitewithlaunchofxrpfutures.html\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">announcement<\/a>, investors have the option of choosing between micro-sized contracts, featuring 2,500 XRP, or standard contract sizes of 50,000 XRP. All <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/what-are-xrp-futures-and-how-to-invest-in-them\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">XRP futures contracts<\/a> will be cash-settled.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, the CME Group signaled an impending <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cme-website-hints-xrp-sol-futures-debut-february\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">launch of XRP futures<\/a> before quietly pulling the related page from its website.<\/p>\n<p>CME\u2019s announcement is the latest in a growing wave of crypto-focused financial products entering the market or awaiting regulatory approval in the US, a sign that cryptocurrencies have reached a new level of institutional acceptance.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"XRP, CME, Futures\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-04\/01966880-21d8-7d3b-a0e2-b677e3c14bac\" title><figcaption><em>The XRP ticker symbol displayed on the CME Group website. Source: <\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/markets\/cryptocurrencies\/cme-cf-cryptocurrency-benchmarks.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" text=\"null\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/markets\/cryptocurrencies\/cme-cf-cryptocurrency-benchmarks.html\"><em>CME Group<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cme-group-google-cloud-tokenization-technology-capital-market-efficiency\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>CME Group taps Google Cloud for pilot asset tokenization program<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Financial institutions push for altcoin financial products<\/h2>\n<p>On March 17, Solana (<a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/solana-price-index\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">SOL<\/a>) futures <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/solana-futures-finish-first-day-of-listing-on-cme\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">debuted on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange<\/a>. The SOL contracts featured a standard contract size of 500 SOL and the more accessible micro contracts for 25 SOL.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2025, asset manager Canary Capital <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/canary-files-for-staked-trx-etf\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">submitted an application<\/a> to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a staked Tron (<a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/tron-price-index\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">TRX<\/a>) exchange-traded fund (ETF).<\/p>\n<p>The asset manager&#8217;s proposed ETF will hold spot TRX but will stake a portion of the token to accrue yield, which, at the time of this writing, is 4.5% for TRX.<\/p>\n<p>On April 22, Crypto.com and the Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), a media conglomerate partially owned by the US President, signed a deal to <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/trump-media-inks-deal-cryptocom-made-in-america-etfs\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">launch an ETF tracking US crypto projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ETF will launch under the Truth.Fi banner, which is US President Trump&#8217;s decentralized finance project, and is expected to start trading later in 2025.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"XRP, CME, Futures\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-04\/01966881-a030-7124-80e1-2b12862bd19b\" title><figcaption><em>List of pending ETF applications. Source: <\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1914336419314643103\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" text=\"null\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1914336419314643103\"><em>Eric Balchunas <\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are now <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-crypto-etfs-await-sec-decision-70-bloomberg\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">more than 70 crypto ETF applications<\/a> waiting to be reviewed by the SEC, according to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything from XRP, Litecoin, and Solana to Penguins, Doge, 2x Melania, and everything in between. Gonna be a wild year,&#8221; Balchunas wrote in an April 21 X <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1914336419314643103\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/ethereum-maxis-should-become-assholes-to-win-tradfi-tokenization-race\/\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Ethereum maxis should become \u2018assholes\u2019 to win TradFi tokenization race<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\" label=\"Subscription Form: Markets Outlook\"><\/template>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt src=\"https:\/\/zoa.cointelegraph.com\/pixel?postId=187978&#038;regionId=1\" data-v-a9acf736><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/chicago-mercantile-exchange-cme-group-to-launch-xrp-futures?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Cointelegraph by Vince Quill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2025, news of XRP futures contracts launching on the CME was leaked but quickly retracted, leaving only speculation until now. 5938 Total views 4 Total shares The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, which operates the largest financial derivatives exchanges worldwide, recently announced that XRP (XRP) futures contracts will go live on May 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":843453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[812,143439],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-843452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","category-mercantile"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}