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The CME micro Bitcoin futures allows retail players and individual crypto investors to deal with small-sized contracts thereby ushering more market liquidity while giving the smaller players equal exposure to a regulated environment.
On Monday, May 3, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced the launch of the Micro Bitcoin Futures in a move aimed at expanding its crypto derivative products. Over the last year, Bitcoin has gained significant price appreciation and momentum.
Thus, the demand for Bitcoin derivative products has also surged. While CME was indeed the first to launch the Bitcoin Futures, it was largely available only to institutional players. The cash-settled CME Bitcoin futures is one of the most popular Bitcoin derivative products.
CME Group Announces Launch Of Micro Bitcoin Futures Date
03/05/2021
CME Group, the world s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today launched Micro Bitcoin futures, further expanding its suite of crypto derivatives offerings. We are pleased to introduce this new contract at a time when we continue to see consistent growth of liquidity and participation in our crypto futures and options, said
Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products. At one-tenth the size of one bitcoin, Micro Bitcoin futures will provide an efficient, cost-effective way for a broad array of market participants – from institutions to sophisticated, active traders – to fine-tune their bitcoin exposure and enhance their trading strategies, all while retaining the benefits of
CME Group Announces Launch of Micro Bitcoin Futures
“We are pleased to introduce this new contract at a time when we continue to see consistent growth of liquidity and participation in our crypto futures and options,” said Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products. “At one-tenth the size of one bitcoin, Micro Bitcoin futures will provide an efficient, cost-effective way for a broad array of market participants – from institutions to sophisticated, active traders – to fine-tune their bitcoin exposure and enhance their trading strategies, all while retaining the benefits of CME Group’s standard Bitcoin futures.”
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CME Group: Micro E-mini Equity Options Surpass 500,000 Contracts Traded Date
10/12/2020
CME Group, the world s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, announced that more than 500,000 options on its Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts have traded since launch on
August 31. Since the launch of these new options on our Micro E-mini S&P 500 and Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures contracts, we have seen robust interest and participation from a broad range of clients and active traders, said
Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products. Working with the broker community, we will continue to educate sophisticated active traders on the benefits of using Micro options to manage risk and take advantage of the unparalleled liquidity, margin efficiencies and round-the-clock access to our markets.