With the recent introduction of its Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar token futures, CME Group says it now provides access to over 75% of the crypto market capitalization.
Additionally, CME Group disclosed that its average daily open interest in its cryptocurrency suite — which also includes BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP contracts — reached nearly $25 billion in 2025. Open interest is the total number of outstanding futures or options contracts that have not yet been settled.
“2025 was a record year for our Cryptocurrency product suite, with an average daily volume (ADV) of 278,300 contracts, representing approximately $12 billion in notional value,” CME wrote in a post on Monday.
The world’s largest derivatives marketplace first expanded into crypto with its bitcoin futures listing in 2017. This was followed by listing ether futures in 2021. CME Group is now looking to expand to round-the-clock cryptocurrency futures and options trading.
Bitcoin futures volumes and open interest fell sharply towards the end of last year amid a marketwide pullback in crypto prices. Open interest has seen steady monthly declines since a major liquidation event in October, according to The Block’s futures data.
Over the past several months, CME Group has rapidly expanded its crypto portfolio offerings to include the largest altcoins, a move the firm says helps investors with risk management due to the varying degrees of correlation between the assets.
“Although the broader market still tracks major cryptocurrencies, the distinct risk-return profiles of these relatively smaller assets provide new opportunities for portfolio diversification,” CME said. “As investors increasingly focus on protocol-specific value, these futures will be essential for price discovery and risk management within a secure, centrally cleared environment.”
According to CME, the two largest free-floating digital assets, BTC and ETH, are the most positively correlated at 0.81, while SOL and XRP exhibit a correlation of about .55 and .57, respectively.
“Our new offerings (ADA, LINK and Lumens) maintain moderate-to-high correlations with bitcoin (0.60-0.67), suggesting they follow broad market trends yet provide unique, idiosyncratic exposure,” the CME added.
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