• Product Modification Summary: Reduction of Final Settlement Date for Bitcoin Futures Contract - Effective: April 29, 2019

      • To
      • Clearing Member Firms; Back Office Managers
      • From
      • CME Clearing
      • #
      • 19-125
      • Notice Date
      • 11 April 2019
      • Effective Date
      • 29 April 2019

    • Final Settlement Date Change

      Effective Sunday, April 28, 2019 for trade date Monday, April 29, and pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods, please be advised that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME or Exchange) will amend the final settlement day for Bitcoin futures (Clearing Code BTC/Globex Code BTC) currently listed on CME Globex, and available for submission for clearing on CME ClearPort. The Final Settlement day for Bitcoin futures is changing from LTD+3 to the LTD+1.

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