cryptd.in

Alternativ LinkedIn för kryptovänliga talanger

XRP Futures on CME One Year Later: $63B in Trading Volume and Counting

-

av

cryptd.in
i

One year after launching XRP futures, data from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) show the product has gained steady traction in the derivatives market.

Since trading began on May 19, 2025, the exchange has recorded almost $63 billion in notional trading volume across its XRP futures suite as of May 15, 2026.

XRP Sees Heavy Derivatives Demand

CME introduced two products at launch. First was a standard XRP futures contract representing 50,000 tokens, and then a smaller micro contract representing 2,500 XRP. Both were designed to give traders exposure to the asset’s price movements without requiring direct ownership of the crypto asset itself.

The contracts are cash-settled and track the CME CF XRP-Dollar Reference Rate, which allows market participants to trade XRP exposure through a regulated marketplace. Over the past year, traders exchanged 1.32 million contracts, equivalent to 28.6 billion XRP. The figures point to strong activity around XRP-linked derivatives, particularly among investors using futures for hedging, speculation, or leveraged trading strategies.

Unlike spot trading, futures contracts also allow traders to take both bullish and bearish positions depending on market expectations. CME has since expanded the lineup with XRP options and Spot-Quoted XRP futures, amidst demand for XRP-related products on institutional trading platforms.

XRP Price Weakness

Amid broader market turmoil, US-based spot XRP ETFs have also continued to rake in inflows. So far in May, these investment funds have recorded inflows of over $98 million. Even so, XRP has failed to replicate the same growth trajectory in terms of its price. The token is over 26% down so far this year and is trading near $1.35 at the time of writing.

At the same time, exchange-flow data tracked by CryptoQuant indicated that XRP trading activity may also be entering a different phase. The analytics platform found that heavy deposit activity previously concentrated on Bybit has started to cool, while Binance and Coinbase are now seeing stronger withdrawal-side transactions.

The change could hint at easing sell-side pressure compared to the trend observed over the past several weeks.

Inlägget XRP Futures on CME One Year Later: $63B in Trading Volume and Counting publicerades först på CryptoPotato.

Kommentarer

Lämna ett svar

Din e-postadress kommer inte publiceras. Obligatoriska fält är märkta *

Senaste flödena

Populära kategorier

sv_SE Svenska
sv_SE Svenska en_US English ro_RO Română et Eesti ko_KR 한국어 ja 日本語 ru_RU Русский de_DE Deutsch es_ES Español zh_CN 简体中文 fr_FR Français zh_TW 繁體中文 pt_PT Português it_IT Italiano pl_PL Polski tr_TR Türkçe nl_NL Nederlands id_ID Bahasa Indonesia el Ελληνικά uk Українська bg_BG Български cs_CZ Čeština fi Suomi hu_HU Magyar lv Latviešu valoda lt_LT Lietuvių kalba nb_NO Norsk bokmål sk_SK Slovenčina sl_SI Slovenščina

Sök på webbplatsen

Populära berättelser

Etiketter

#AlexeyPertsev (1) #BidenCryptoBan (1) #BidenVal (1) #BinanceVsCoinbase (1) #Bitcoin (447) #BitcoinETF (3) #BitcoinFundamentals (1) #BitcoinHantering (1) #BitcoinPris (5) #BitcoinPrisnivå (1) #BitcoinPump (1) #BitcoinReserv (1) #BitcoinSurge (1) #BitcoinTopp (1) #Bitfinex (1) #Bitwise (1) #BracebridgeKapital (1) #BRC20Token (1) #BTCförvärv (1) #BullishPrediktion (1) #BullishSentiment (1) #Ckinesisk gruvdrift (1) #CPIPrecension (1) #Cryptotillgång (2) #CryptoBattle (1) #CryptoBoom (1) #CryptoExpert (1) #Cryptoinsikter (1) #CryptoMania (1) #CryptoMarknaden (4) #Cryptoförutsägelse (1) #CryptoFörutsägelser (1) #CryptoReglering (2) #CryptoTakeoff (1) #CryptoTiming (1) #CryptoTips (1) #CryptoTreasury (1) #CryptoOvisshet (1) #DerivativJump (1) #Dogecoin (74) #DogecoinGains (1) #DogecoinVolym (1) 1TP5Holländska domstolen (2) #ECommerce (1) #ElSalvadorBitcoin (1) #Ethereum (73) #EthereumSmärta (1) #EthereumPris (1) #ExpertOpinion (1) #FedRateCut (1) #FiatValuta (1) #Finansiell påverkan (1) #FinansiellIntegritet (1) #FirmAvstängning (1) #FrystaKonton (1) #IllicitFonder (1) #InflationData (1) 1TP5Investeringar (1) 1TP5Investeringsförlust (1) #JapanskFirma (1) #LegalAction (1) #Laglig påverkan (1) #Lagstiftning (1) #LightningNätverk (1) #MMarknadsanalys (3) #MarknadenÖvervakning (1) #MarknadenPrediktion (1) #MarknadenFörutsägelser (1) #MarknadenProjektering (1) #Marknadsstöd (1) #MarknadenVolatilitet (1) #M Äktenskap (1) #MemeCoin (5) #MemeCoins (2) #MinerLönsamhet (1) #MpengarTvätt (2) #MtGox (4) #NordkoreaKrypto (1) #NovogratzPrediktion (1) #PrisMilstolpe (1) #PrisPrediktion (2) #PrisFråga (1) #Prisökning (1) #PrisonStraff (1) #QuantAnalys (1) #Regleringstryck (1) #SECAntiCrypto (1) #ShibaInu (6) #SocialaBuzz (1) #Tteknisk analys (1) #Toncoin (3) #TornadoCash (3) #TornadoCashDev (1) #TornadoCashUtvecklare (1) #UKCrypto (1) #UpsidePotential (1) #USKongressen (1) #WyomingLand (1) #XRPPris (1) #XRPuppsving (1)

Användbara länkar

Länkar som jag tyckte var användbara och ville dela med mig av.