CME Group and CF Benchmarks announce plans to launch new DeFI reference rates LeapRate

December 02, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group and CF Benchmarks announce plans to launch new DeFI reference rates

CME CF Reference Rates and Real-Time Indices include Aave, Curve and Synthetix. The new benchmarks will ger pricing data from several crypto exchanges and trading platforms, starting initially with Bitstamp, Coinbase, Gemini, itBit, Kraken, and LMAX Digital. Each coin will trade on a minimum of two of these constituent exchanges. Sui Chung, CEO of CF…

October 26, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports revenue of $1.2 billion in Q3

The average daily volume (ADV) of the period was up 26%, reaching 22.4 million contracts. Non-US ADV came in at 6.1 million contracts, seeing growth in Asia, Latin America, and EMEA of 41%, 31% and 14%, respectively. Clearing and transaction fees revenue for the final quarter came in at $1 billion. Market data revenue for…

October 18, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group expands its TOPIX futures offering

Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity and FX Products, CME Group, said: The addition of U.S. dollar-denominated TOPIX futures represents a natural extension of our Japanese index offerings as we aim to become the primary international venue for trading Japanese equity benchmark products. We are pleased to extend our partnership with JPX in launching this…

October 07, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group appoints new Global Equity Index and Crypto heads

In their new roles, both Woolman and Vicioso will report to Tim McCourt, who recently became part of CME Group management team as Global Head of Equity and FX Products. McCourt has previously led both crypto and equity index products' business lines. Tim McCourt said: Our equity and cryptocurrency businesses have experienced tremendous growth in…

September 19, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

NinjaTrader Group introduces mobile trading experience for newly launched CME Group event contracts

Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity and FX Products at CME Group, said: We are pleased to have the support of NinjaTrader Group in offering CME Group event contracts to retail traders. With the launch of our event contracts, market participants have a new and cost-effective tool to take a position on daily price moves…

September 16, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group FX futures and options reach volume record of 3 million contracts

Additionally, CME Group reported that Open interest (OI) for CME Group FX futures and options also reached a record high. The platform recorded 3.3 million contracts on 8 September 2022. This was 17% higher year-on-year and reflects notional value of around $295 billion. Paul Houston, Global Head of FX Products, CME Group, said: Clients are…

September 12, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group launches Ether Options

Capital market company DRW Holdings, LLC will provide liquidity on day one of the launch of the Ether Options. Rob Strebel, Head of Relationship Management for DRW, added: As ether transitions through the anticipated merge this week, we expect we'll continue to see strong demand for this Ether options contract. Furthermore, digital currency prime brokerage…

July 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports revenue of $1.2 billion in Q2

The average daily volume (ADV) of the period was up 25%, reaching 23.05 million contracts. Non-US ADV reached 6.3 million contracts, seeing growth in Latin America, Asia and EMEA of 40%, 36% and 15%, respectively. Clearing and transaction fees revenue for the final quarter came in at $1 billion. Market data revenue for the same…

July 12, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group reports 21% increase in international ADV in Q2 2022

Asia Pacific ADV registered a record 1.7 million contracts in the second quarter, up 36% due to growth in Equity Index, Interest Rate and Energy products in the region. Latin America ADV reached 164,000 contracts in with 40% increase from Q2 2021. On a global scale, CME Group saw ADV of 23.1 million contracts in…

July 05, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BGC Partners arranges intermediated block trade of CME Group Bitcoin options in Asia

BGC is establishing electronic platforms and voice / hybrid listed brokerage desks in major financial centers in anticipation of an active OTC wholesale cryptocurrency marketplace, so that it can facilitate the expected growth in this sector. Brad Howell, CEO Asia Pacific* for BGC, commented on today's announcement: We are delighted to partner with Cumberland and…

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