{"id":94476,"date":"2026-02-19T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=94476"},"modified":"2026-02-19T20:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:30:15","slug":"cme-announces-launch-date-for-24-7-cryptocurrency-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cme-announces-launch-date-for-24-7-cryptocurrency-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"CME Announces Launch Date for 24\/7 Cryptocurrency Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 29, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will commence round-the-clock trading for regulated cryptocurrency futures and options.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The crypto market doesn&#8217;t sleep. Now, your risk management doesn&#8217;t have to either. \ud83d\udd50<\/p>\n<p>24\/7 trading for Cryptocurrency futures and options is coming May 29*, so you can manage your risk when you need to.<\/p>\n<p>See what&#8217;s changing. \u27a1\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQt7os6uFX\">https:\/\/t.co\/DQt7os6uFX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Pending regulatory review <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6xjkJVffm\">pic.twitter.com\/i6xjkJVffm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CME Group (@CMEGroup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMEGroup\/status\/2024503477531976057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Client demand for risk management in the digital asset market is at an all-time high, leading to a record volume of $3 trillion in our crypto products in 2025,&#8221; stated Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity, FX, and Alternative Products at CME Group, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/cme-group-to-launch-247-cryptocurrency-futures-and-options-trading-on-may-29-302692346.html\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, not all markets are suited for continuous operation, but ensuring constant access to digital assets &#8220;guarantees clients the ability to manage their risks and trade with confidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Operations will be conducted through the CME Globex platform. The terms include a technical break of at least two hours once a week. <\/p>\n<p>The company clarified that the proposal is still under regulatory review. <\/p>\n<p>Representatives of the trading platform also noted new records for crypto derivatives in 2026: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The average daily volume reached 407,200 contracts, up 46% compared to the same period last year;<\/li>\n<li>The average daily open interest was 335,400 contracts, showing a 7% increase;<\/li>\n<li>The average daily volume for futures reached 403,900 contracts, rising by 47%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earlier, CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/cme-group-to-develop-tokenized-cash-with-google-cloud\">announced<\/a> that the exchange plans to release &#8220;tokenized cash&#8221; in partnership with Google Cloud. According to him, work is underway on a &#8220;native coin&#8221; that market participants will be able to use through a decentralized network to interact with other industry players.<\/p>\n<p>Back in November 2025, major American bank JPMorgan <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jpmorgan-introduces-jpm-coin-on-base-blockchain\">launched<\/a> the JPM Coin on the Base blockchain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 29, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will commence round-the-clock trading for regulated cryptocurrency futures and options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"CME to start 24\/7 trading for crypto futures and options on May 29.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[383,1168,436],"class_list":["post-94476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cme-group","tag-crypto-derivatives","tag-trading"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"134","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"CME to start 24\/7 trading for crypto futures and options on May 29.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94476","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=94476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94478,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94476\/revisions\/94478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}