CME’s crypto futures suite goes 24/7

Written By James Davies

May 29 is when CME’s regulated crypto futures suite goes 24/7.

Over $3 trillion in notional volume in 2025.

The conversation in most institutions right now is about which counterparty to use. The conversation that should be happening is about what kind of structure they are approving: independent clearing infrastructure or a vertically integrated model where the exchange and the clearing house share a parent entity.

Those are different risk decisions. Most approval frameworks were not written to distinguish them.

#ClearedDerivatives #CryptoDerivatives #ClearingInfrastructure

This first appeared on LinkedIn on 19 May 2026. If you want to comment or discuss, that’s the place.

James Davies
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