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XRP Futures Start Trading on CME - Hubert Test May 21
Spot XRP ETFs are only a matter of time, according to one industry expert.
Updated May 21, 2025, 7:27 p.m. Published May 21, 2025, 7:12 p.m.
What to know:
- CME began trading regulated XRP futures on Monday, the first of their kind in the U.S.
- The contracts are cash-settled and priced off a daily reference rate, with sizes of 2,500 and 50,000 XRP.
- The launch may support efforts to list a spot XRP ETF, which remains under SEC review.
XRP futures started trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) derivatives platform on Monday, becoming the first regulated futures tracking the price of XRP in the U.S.
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Traders can trade two contract sizes: 2,500 XRP and 50,000 XRP, which will both be cash-settled and based on the SME CF XRP-Dollar Reference Rate, which tracks the price of XRP daily at 4:00 p.m. London time.
CME already offers bitcoin , ethereum and solana futures as well as bitcoin and ethereum options. The Group’s SOL futures, which launched in mid-March, had only booked $12.3 million in notional daily volume on the first day and closed with $7.8 million in open interest, a much lower number on an adjusted basis compared to the debut of the ether and bitcoin futures.
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The price of XRP was down 3.45% over the past 24 hours.
The existence of regulated futures could mark a big step in the right direction as it relates to a spot XRP exchange-traded fund which is currently under review to be approved or denied by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Several U.S. issuers have filed to launch such a fund but have yet to receive a decision.
"CME-traded XRP futures are now *live*," wrote ETF Store President Nate Geraci on X. "CFTC-regulated contracts on XRP. Spot XRP ETFs only a matter of time."
The former SEC under Chair Gary Gensler had previously told issuers that one of the reasons it approved the spot bitcoin and ethereum ETFs was that it already had an existing regulated futures market in the U.S.
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