CME Group is a diverse derivatives marketplace that manages risk and capture opportunities.
CME Group Inc. (Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, The Commodity Exchange) is an American global markets company. It is the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange, and trades in asset classes that include agricultural products, currencies, energy, interest rates, metals, stock indexes and cryptocurrencies futures. The company offers futures contracts and options on futures using its CME Globex trading platforms, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates a central counterparty clearing provider, CME Clearing. With a range of pre- and post-trade products and services underpinning the entire lifecycle of a trade, CME Group also offers optimization and reconciliation services through TriOptima, and trade processing services through Traiana.
The company has been described by The Economist as, “The biggest financial exchange you have never heard of”. In 2019, CME Group was named the world’s fastest growing and most valuable exchange brand for the sixth consecutive year by Brand Finance, while it had the fifth greatest brand strength.
CME group, the leading derivatives marketplace, known for its crypto support, expands its offering to altcoins. The firm announced its upcoming support for Solana futures contract.
CME Group expands its crypto offerings with Bitcoin Friday options, featuring daily expiries and smaller contract sizes to improve capital efficiency for traders.
CME Group announced that the new XRP and Internet Computer reference rates are designed to provide the US dollar price of each digital asset.