CME Group's Micro Ether Futures will launch on December 6 following regulatory review. These contracts will provide an efficient and profitable means to many market players.

The world's largest and most diverse derivatives market has announced plans to expand its cryptocurrency derivatives offering with the launch of Micro Ether futures. Equal in size to one-tenth of an ether, Micro Ether futures will provide an efficient and profitable way for many market participants, from institutions to sophisticated and aggressive retail traders, to hedge their price risk. spot ether or more agile execution of ether trading strategies, while retaining the features and benefits of CME Group's larger Ether futures. Micro Ether futures will complement CME Group's growing range of cryptocurrency derivatives products, including recently launched Micro Bitcoin futures, which have exceeded 2.7 million contracts traded since launch. in May.