The world's largest derivatives exchange will launch futures for Chainlink, Cardano, and Stellar

Source: PortaldoBitcoin Original Title: World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange to Launch Futures for Chainlink, Cardano, and Stellar Original Link: CME Group, the operator of the world’s largest derivatives exchange, will add futures contracts for Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar to its crypto offerings on February 9.

The new ADA, LINK, and XLM futures contracts are still awaiting regulatory approval, according to a company statement released this Thursday (15). The contracts will be available in both standard and micro sizes for the three cryptocurrencies: 100,000 ADA and 10,000 for the micro; 5,000 LINK and 250 for the micro; and 250,000 XLM and 12,500 for the micro.

“Given the record growth of the crypto sector over the past year, clients are seeking reliable and regulated products to manage price risk,” said Giovanni Vicioso, CME Group’s Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products, in the statement.

At the time of writing, ADA was trading at US$ 0.398 after a 5% drop in the last day. Meanwhile, LINK fell 3% since yesterday and was recently trading at US$ 13.91; Stellar’s XLM was quoted at US$ 0.231 after losing 4.5% in the last 24 hours, according to the price aggregator CoinGecko.

CME eyes crypto

The expansion in the crypto sector reinforces CME’s role as one of the primary destinations for Bitcoin futures. The exchange was a pioneer when it launched Bitcoin futures contracts in December 2017. CME’s current crypto portfolio already includes futures and options for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP.

The company also maintains the CME CF Cryptocurrency Benchmarks, which are real-time reference rates and indices used to standardize price data. Arbitrum, Ondo, Near, and Sui were recently added to the benchmark set, but there is still no information about CME creating futures contracts for these assets.

Currently, crypto options and futures have reached record trading volumes in 2025. The average daily volume of contracts was 278,300 for crypto contracts, representing US$ 12 billion in notional value. Open interest also hit a record of 313,900 contracts, equivalent to US$ 26.4 billion in notional value.

“As one of the largest global traders of crypto futures, we are excited to see more regulated financial products available for trading and risk management,” said an industry representative in the statement.

Translated and edited with permission from Decrypt.