CME Group


Finance

Goldman Sachs Offering Bitcoin Derivatives to Investors

The bank will protect itself from the cryptocurrency’s volatility by buying and selling bitcoin futures in block trades.

Goldman Sachs Hands Clients Losses In 'Top Trades'

Videos

CME Group Launches ‘Micro’ Bitcoin Futures Product

CME Group’s “micro bitcoin” futures product, announced in March, has officially opened for trading. The group hopes the new product, which is one-tenth the size of a bitcoin, will lower the barrier to entry for average investors. Tim McCourt of CME Group joins “All About Bitcoin” to discuss the launch.

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Markets

CME to Launch Micro Bitcoin Futures in May

CME's micro futures contract will provide institutions and individual traders one more tool to hedge their spot market risks.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Ether Sets New Highs as Bitcoin Stays Below $49K

Despite choppy price action, news over the past few days has been extraordinarily bullish for the leading cryptocurrency.

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Markets

Bitcoin an 'Emerging Competitor' to Gold, Says CME's Chief Economist

Blu Putnam said gold's ongoing production, likely to increase this year, contrasts with bitcoin's fixed supply.

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Markets

CME Leveraged Funds Double Down on Shorts as Bitcoin Maintains $19,000

Short open interest for leveraged funds grows on CME as likely hedge trades continue to increase.

CME bitcoin futures open interest for leveraged funds

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