The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group announced on March 28, 2022, that it would offer options on the micro 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:futures contracts of the two largest 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:cryptocurrencies by market capitalization: Bitcoin (BTCUSD) and Ether (ETHUSD). Each micro 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:futures contract will be worth 1/10 the price of the underlying token. Trading of micro Bitcoin and Ether futures options will be available 24/7 on th♊e CME platform.

Prices of b𒊎oth coins rose on the news. Bitcoin is up more than 6% over the past 24 hours, and Ether is up more tha﷽n 2% during the same time period.

CME's offering will provide retail and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:institutional investors more flexibility to participate inꩲ the cryptocurrency ⭕market with less upfront cost. Previously, the only cryptocurrency products offered by CME were options of regular-sized bitcoin and ether future contracts. 

CME launched two new reference rates for bitcoin and ether along with the new micro products. These reference rates, which provide a daily 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:benchmark price for each token in U.S. dollars, will be published at 4 p.m. London time.♛

Investors will not need a digital wallet to trade CME’s new cryptocurrency products. As with other CME options, investors looking to trade micro Bitcoin and Ether options must open an account with a registered futures ဣbroker. 

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CME's micro Bitcoin and Ether options are the latest investment products to be launched tied to a cryptocurrency. Last year, trading began on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), the first ETF linked to Bitcoin. A number of similar 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bitcoin ETFs launched shortly afterward.

Many hopeful cryptocurrency investors are still waiting for the SEC to approve an ETF that is directly tied to the price of Bitcoin, unlike the current products which track the future price of the coin.