CME crypto derivatives reached a total notional trading volume of nearly $3 trillion in 2025.
PANews reported on January 27 that CME Group released a report stating that its cryptocurrency futures and options reached a total notional principal of nearly 3 trillion USD in 2025, with an average daily trading volume rising to 280,000 contracts (about 12 billion USD), and an average daily open interest of 313,000 contracts (about 26 billion USD). In Q4, trading volume increased by 92% year-on-year, open interest doubled, and the number of Large OI Holders hit a new high of 1,039. Bitcoin and Ethereum futures continued to provide liquidity, while Micro contracts and products such as MET set new trading records. In terms of spot-quoted futures, QBTC recorded a single-day trading volume of 128,000 contracts on December 30 and exceeded 1 million contracts for the month; the combined daily trading volume of spot-quoted futures including QBTC, QETH, QSOL, and QXRP reached 131,000 contracts, supporting CME’s continued expansion of volatility indices and new products such as TAS in 2026.
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