{"id":54184,"date":"2021-12-06T19:49:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T17:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=54184"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:10:07","slug":"cme-launches-ethereum-microfutures-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cme-launches-ethereum-microfutures-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"CME launches Ethereum microfutures trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 6, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) launched microfutures on the cryptocurrency Ethereum.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The newest member of the CME Group cryptocurrency product family has arrived. Micro Ether futures are available for trading. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bJoZWA7qZz\">https:\/\/t.co\/bJoZWA7qZz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CME Group (@CMEGroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMEGroup\/status\/1467856354450853890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Each contract is one-tenth of ETH. Microfutures are cash-settled and do not involve physical delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, the price of the second-largest cryptocurrency rose above $4,160. In the last 24 hours, the asset rose by 0.5%, according to CoinGecko.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETHUSD_2021-12-06_19-40-12-1024x580.png\" alt=\"CME launches microfutures trading on Ethereum\" class=\"wp-image-158323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETHUSD_2021-12-06_19-40-12-1024x580.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETHUSD_2021-12-06_19-40-12-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETHUSD_2021-12-06_19-40-12-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ETHUSD_2021-12-06_19-40-12.png 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><meta charset=\"utf-8\">ETH\/USD chart from Bitstamp. Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/symbols\/ETHUSD\/\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cme-launches-ethereum-futures\">launched Ethereum futures<\/a> in February. In May, CME <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cme-group-launches-micro-bitcoin-futures-trading\">began trading<\/a> microfutures on Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On December 6, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) launched microfutures trading on Ethereum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[383,1168,46],"class_list":["post-54184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cme-group","tag-crypto-derivatives","tag-ethereum"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54186,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54184\/revisions\/54186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}