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CME Group Breaks Records in 2025: Bitcoin Futures Surge 140% to All-Time Highs

CME Group Smashes Records in 2025: Bitcoin Futures and Crypto Derivatives Hit All-Time Highs What happens when Wall Street fully embraces Bitcoin? CME Group’s staggering 2025 performance might just give us the answer. The global derivatives giant, based in Chicago, has reported an unprecedented average daily volume (ADV) of 28.1 million contracts—a 6% leap from […]

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CME Trading Halted for 10+ Hours: Human Error at CyrusOne Exposes Centralized Finance Risks

Human Error at CyrusOne Data Center Shuts Down CME Trading for Over 10 Hours: A Brutal Wake-Up Call for Financial Systems On November 28, a catastrophic failure at a CyrusOne data center in Aurora, Illinois, brought the CME Group’s trading systems to a screeching halt for over 10 hours, exposing the fragility of centralized financial […]

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Google Cloud’s GCUL: Blockchain Innovation or Centralization Threat for Crypto?

Google Cloud Drops GCUL: A Blockchain Breakthrough or Big Tech Overreach? Google Cloud has made a seismic move into the blockchain space with the launch of its Layer-1 platform, the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), aimed squarely at financial institutions for tokenized assets and settlements. This marks a bold pivot from supporting infrastructure to developing […]

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CME Group Eyes 24/7 Crypto Trading, Rejects Meme Coin Hype in Bold Move

CME Group Weighs 24/7 Crypto Trading as Meme Coin Mania Faces Cold Shoulder The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, a titan in the derivatives market, is seriously considering 24/7 trading access for its cryptocurrency products—a move that could redefine trader engagement with digital assets. At the same time, they’re drawing a hard line against the […]

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Chicago Traders Sue CME for $1B Over Electronic Trading Shift and Bitcoin Futures Impact

Chicago Traders vs. CME: A Billion-Dollar War Over Electronic Trading and Legacy Chicago’s financial district is about to witness a historic clash as veteran traders of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and its subsidiary, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), square off against CME Group in a class action lawsuit starting July 7, 2025. With […]

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XRP Futures Launch, Dogecoin Surge, and Tether’s Ethereum Flip Ambition: Market Shifts

XRP Futures, Dogecoin Surge, and Tether’s Market Ambitions: A Crypto Market Roundup The crypto market is witnessing significant developments, from the launch of XRP futures to Dogecoin’s speculative surge and Tether’s ambitions to surpass Ethereum. These events could reshape the landscape for both institutional and retail investors. CME Group launches XRP futures on May 19 […]

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CME Group and Google Cloud Partner to Transform Capital Markets via Tokenization

CME Group and Google Cloud Join Forces to Revolutionize Tokenization CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, has partnered with Google Cloud to explore tokenization solutions, aiming to transform wholesale payments and asset management using Google Cloud’s Universal Ledger (GCUL). CME Group and Google Cloud collaborate on tokenization Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL) at the […]

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Robinhood and CME Group Launch Futures Trading: Bitcoin and More

Robinhood Expands into Futures Trading with CME Group Robinhood has announced a significant expansion into futures trading in partnership with CME Group, offering retail investors a broader range of investment options including U.S. equity indices, commodities, and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether. Robinhood adds CME Group’s futures for equities, commodities, and crypto. CME Group to […]

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