{"id":406896,"date":"2025-10-03T00:22:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/cme-group-to-expand-to-offer-24-7-crypto-derivatives-trading-in-2026-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T00:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:01:50","slug":"cme-group-to-expand-to-offer-24-7-crypto-derivatives-trading-in-2026-crypto-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/cme-group-to-expand-to-offer-24-7-crypto-derivatives-trading-in-2026-crypto-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CME Group to Expand to Offer 24\/7 Crypto Derivatives Trading in 2026 &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-v-43e640e6=\"\">\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">The derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group said it will expand its services to offer \u201calways on\u201d trading for crypto markets starting in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday notice, the CME Group <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/media-room\/press-releases\/2025\/10\/02\/cme_group_to_offeraround-the-clocktradingforcryptocurrencyfuture.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"null\">said<\/a> that, pending regulatory review, it would allow clients to trade cryptocurrency futures and options \u201c24 hours a day, seven days a week beginning in early 2026.\u201d The so-called \u201caround-the-clock cryptocurrency trading\u201d will represent a significant expansion in its services, beyond its scheduled pauses on weekends, holidays, and outside business hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile not all markets lend themselves to operating 24\/7, client demand for around-the-clock cryptocurrency trading has grown as market participants need to manage their risk every day of the week,\u201d said CME Group\u2019s global head of equities, FX, and alternative products, Tim McCourt. \u201cEnsuring that our regulated cryptocurrency markets are always on will enable clients to trade with confidence at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Terry on Crypto, Missed Penalties &amp; Turning Down \u00a329M\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_X56X4XDoqY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cme-group-options-solana-xrp-futures-october\" rel=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cme-group-options-solana-xrp-futures-october\" target=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cme-group-options-solana-xrp-futures-october\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cme-group-options-solana-xrp-futures-october\"><em><strong>CME Group to launch options on Solana, XRP futures in October<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to data from CoinMarketCap, the global crypto derivatives open interest was about $3.2 billion at the time of publication. CME Group reported a notional open interest volume of about $39 billion as of Sept. 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Waiting for review amid a US government shutdown<\/h2>\n<p>Regulatory review for the trading options refers to authority under the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the financial agency responsible for overseeing derivatives markets. However, the CFTC is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-government-shutdown-impact-sec-crypto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-government-shutdown-impact-sec-crypto\">currently on reduced operations<\/a> after the US Congress failed to pass a budget bill to continue to fund the government, making it highly unlikely the regulator will be able to review 24\/7 trading until the shutdown ends.<\/p>\n<p><template data-ct-widget=\"buzzsprout\" data-buzzsprout-podcast-id=\"2040516\" data-buzzsprout-episode-id=\"17907885\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\">At a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and CFTC <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cftc-acting-chair-fud-crypto-enforcement\" rel=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cftc-acting-chair-fud-crypto-enforcement\" target=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cftc-acting-chair-fud-crypto-enforcement\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/cftc-acting-chair-fud-crypto-enforcement\">joint roundtable discussion<\/a> this week, CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy said \u201cthe market is going to demand\u201d 24\/7 trading soon, and crypto was the \u201cbest way to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though many think it is highly unlikely a US government shutdown could extend into 2026 \u2014 the record is 35 days, between 2018 and 2019 \u2014 there was no proposed deal being considered at the time of publication. <\/p>\n<p data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\"><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/hong-kong-isnt-loophole-chinese-crypto-firms-think\/\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Hong Kong isn\u2019t the loophole Chinese crypto firms think it is<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\" data-ct-non-breakable=\"undefined\" label=\"Subscription Form: Markets Outlook\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group said it will expand its services to offer \u201calways on\u201d trading for crypto markets starting in 2026. In a Thursday notice, the CME Group said that, pending regulatory review, it would allow clients to trade cryptocurrency futures and options \u201c24 hours a day, seven days a week [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[235,203,210,234,231,232,237,238,236,233],"class_list":["post-406896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto-currency","tag-elon-musk","tag-ethereum","tag-hyperledger","tag-ibm","tag-mining","tag-nodes","tag-spacex","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406901,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406896\/revisions\/406901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}