CME Cryptocurrency Derivatives Approached $3 Trillion in Notional Volume in 2025



On January 27, CME Group released a report stating that its cryptocurrency futures and options traded nearly $3 trillion in notional volume in 2025. The average daily trading volume increased to 280,000 contracts (approximately $12 billion), with an average of 313,000 open contracts per day (about $26 billion). In Q4, trading volume grew by 92% year-over-year, open interest doubled, and Large OI Holders reached a new high of 1,039. Bitcoin and Ethereum futures continued to contribute liquidity, with Micro contracts and products like MET hitting record trading volumes. Regarding spot-quoted futures, QBTC traded 128,000 contracts in a single day on December 30, and monthly volume surpassed 1 million contracts; including QBTC, QETH, QSOL, and QXRP, the total spot-quoted futures traded 131,000 contracts on that day, supporting CME's plans to expand volatility indices and new products like TAS in 2026.
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