Effective on February 26, 2026 and commencing with the March 2026 contract month and beyond (pending all relevant CFTC regulatory review periods), the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (“CME”) will amend the spot month position limits for the: Ether Futures, Spot-Quoted Ether Futures, Options on Ether Futures, Micro Ether Futures, Options on Micro Ether Futures, Ether Euro Futures and Micro Ether Euro Futures contracts (collectively the “Contracts”) as noted in Exhibits A and B of CME Submission No. 26-007 which details the corresponding position limits (Rule 559), accountability levels (Rule 560), aggregation allocations and reportable levels (Rule 561) for the contracts. Commencing with the March 2026 contract month, the Spot-Quoted Ether Futures (Code: QEF) will no longer be subject to Ether Futures Spot Month Limits as Spot-Quoted Ether Futures expire prior to when the Spot Month Limits go into effect. In addition, the new single month and all month accountability levels will be effective March 2, 2026 as more specifically described in CME Submission No. 26-007. For the full text of this notice, please see link attached below.

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