Cryptocurrencies

Micro Cryptocurrency futures and options

Manage your cryptocurrency exposure 24/7 with greater precision. Trade the features of our larger contracts with the flexible access of a smaller contract size.

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More access, less margin

Enjoy 24-hour access, price discovery and reduced counterparty risk. Experience even greater trading efficiencies with our smaller contracts that offer lower initial margins and potential margin offset savings.

Fine-tune your exposure

Add precision to your trading strategies and scale positions up or down incrementally using Micro-sized contracts.

Trade in a regulated marketplace

CFTC oversight helps ensure integrity in our markets, where all participants see the same contract prices and quotes on contracts settled to CME CF Reference Rates.

Options execution flexibility

Enjoy multiple ways to trade and manage risk in the Globex central limit order book or via delta-neutral and outright block trades.

Micro Cryptocurrency products

Larger- and Micro-sized Avalanche and Sui futures are now available for trading.

Micro Cryptocurrency products

Options on SOL, Micro SOL, XRP and Micro XRP are now live.

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Get regulated, capital-efficient exposure with both larger- and Micro-sized Avalanche and Sui futures.
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Access the evolving cryptocurrency market with a smaller financial commitment

Micro Cryptocurrency futures and options enable market participants to efficiently hedge market-moving events with greater precision and flexibility, enabling traders of all sizes to access crypto market exposure.

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Explore our comprehensive suite of Cryptocurrency futures and options

Bitcoin

Trade the world’s first and largest cryptocurrency, and manage your exposure with the flexibility of futures and options.

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Ether

Efficiently manage your exposure to Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, using futures and options.

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Solana (SOL)

Expand your trading opportunities with futures and options on one of today's leading cryptocurrencies.

Explore SOL

XRP

Achieve capital-efficient access to XRP’s price movements through larger- and Micro-sized contracts.

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