CME Adds to Crypto Futures Suite

CME Group has supported the first trades in its new Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures, with block trades executed by FalconX and GSR.

The new contracts further extend CME Group’s single-asset cryptocurrency product suite, which includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche and Sui futures. CME says year-to-date 2026 crypto futures and options average daily volume is over 242,000 contracts ($7.9 billion notional) and it has had an average daily open interest of almost 240,000 contracts ($14.3 billion notional).

“With trading now underway in our Bitcoin Cash and Uniswap futures, we are providing clients with more versatility to manage cryptocurrency risk and exposure through our robust 24/7 marketplace,” says Giovanni Vicioso, global head of cryptocurrency products at CME Group.

Griffin Sears, head of derivatives, FalconX, adds, “Institutional demand is moving beyond the largest digital assets toward tokens with distinct use cases, like Bitcoin Cash in payments and Uniswap in decentralised finance. Bringing these assets onto a regulated venue like CME Group gives institutions the hedging and capital-efficient exposure they’ve been asking for.”

Elsewhere, Xin Song, CEO of GSR, says, “We have long believed that expanding institutional-grade derivatives will supercharge institutional adoption of digital assets, and CME Group plays a central role in making that vision a reality.”