"The move is designed to give clients round-the-clock access to hedging and trading tools tied to bitcoin and other digital assets, aligning futures markets more closely with the nonstop nature of spot cryptocurrency trading. Tim McCourt, CME Group's global head of equities, foreign exchange, and alternative products, said customer demand for risk management in the digital asset sector has reached new highs. "Client demand for risk management in the digital asset market is at an all-time high, driving a record $3 trillion in notional volume across our Cryptocurrency futures and options in 2025," McCourt said in a statement."
"The world's largest derivatives marketplace said continuous trading will start Friday, May 29 at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on its CME Globex platform. Under the new schedule, CME cryptocurrency futures and options will trade continuously with at least a two-hour weekly maintenance period over the weekend. The exchange said holiday and weekend trading from Friday evening through Sunday evening will carry the trade date of the following business day. Clearing, settlement, and regulatory reporting will be processed the next business day as well."
CME Group will begin offering 24/7 trading for its regulated cryptocurrency futures and options on May 29, pending regulatory review. Continuous trading will commence at 4:00 p.m. Central Time on the CME Globex platform. The change provides round-the-clock hedging and trading tools tied to bitcoin and other digital assets to align futures with nonstop spot trading. Customer demand for risk management in the digital asset sector has reached new highs, with a record $3 trillion in notional volume across cryptocurrency futures and options in 2025. Contracts operate within the U.S. regulatory framework with standardized settlement, clearing, and reporting. Holiday and weekend trades will carry the following business day trade date; clearing and reporting are processed the next business day. The complex posted year-to-date average daily volume of 407,200 contracts in 2026, up 46% year-over-year.
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