CME Group and CF Benchmarks to launch 3 new DeFi indices

    CME derivatives marketplace and cryptocurrency index provider CF Benchmarks announced they will introduce this month reference rates and real-time indices for AAVE, curve (CRV), and Aynthetix (SNX), they said on Dec. 1. Initially, pricing will come from a group of six crypto exchanges. The new rates will be calculated and published starting Dec. 19 and…

    CME Group to release Euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futures

    Leading derivatives marketplace CME Group is set to offer its first euro-denominated Bitcoin and Ether futures on August 29 after its crypto derivatives posted record open interest volumes in Q2 2022. CME Group executive revealed that Europe, the Middle East and Africa region accounts for 28% of total BTC and ETH futures contracts traded. As…

    Citi reportedly prepares to trade CME Bitcoin futures, following Goldman Sachs

    According to a new CoinDesk report, Citigroup is actively recruiting traders to begin working with Bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and is awaiting regulatory approval. CoinDesk, citing two sources, including one within the bank, reported that Citi is planning to trade Bitcoin futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The bank reportedly…