From Yahoo Finance: 2025-05-03 10:07:00

CME Group’s cryptocurrency derivatives market saw a significant increase in April, with a new average daily volume of 183,000 contracts worth $8.9 billion. This marked a 129% jump from the same month last year, indicating growing institutional interest in crypto markets. Ether led the growth, with CME’s ether futures ADV surging 239% to 14,000 contracts.

Micro ether futures also saw a 165% increase to 63,000 contracts, while micro bitcoin futures rose by 115% to 78,000 contracts. The CME’s bitcoin and ether futures contracts have a larger notional value of 5 BTC and 50 ETH, respectively, while micro contracts represent just 0.1 of each cryptocurrency. The exchange operator reported record cryptocurrency derivatives volumes in the first quarter of the year, with overall ADV hitting 35.9 million contracts in April, up 36% year-over-year.

Despite underperforming the wider cryptocurrency market, Ether only rose by 1.1% in the past 30 days, while Bitcoin saw a 15.8% increase. The broader crypto market, measured through the CoinDesk 20 index, experienced a 12.1% rise during the same period.



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