CME Group will start offering around the clock trading for its future and options in early 2026, The Exchange announced this week.
The world’s leading derivative market said this step reflects the high demand from customers who seek to manage the risk of encryption every day of the week.
“Although all markets are not lending themselves to work around the clock throughout the week, the customer’s request to trading the clock coin has grown with the market participants need to manage their risks every day of the week,” said Tim McCort, President of Global shares, FX and Alternative products at CME Group.
“Ensure that our organized cryptocurrency markets will always enable customers to trade with confidence at any time.”
The CME Globex will be traded, with a weekly maintenance window for two hours on weekends. The activity that was conducted between Friday evening and Sunday evening will be set on the next job day as the date of trade, while handling clearing, settlement and reporting on the next work day.
This advertisement follows record levels of activity via encryption markets in the CME group in 2025.
The virtual open interest reached $ 39 billion on September 18, while the average daily open interest in August increased 95 % on an annual basis to 335,200 contracts, equivalent to $ 31.6 billion in theoretical. The average daily sizes increased by 230 % to 411,000 contracts, or $ 14.9 billion, and the number of large open benefits export 101010 in late September.
CME Group said that expansion will enhance its role as a reliable place to manage institutional encryption risk.