CME will launch Euro-priced Bitcoin and Ethereum futures on August 29.

[CME will launch Euro-priced Bitcoin and Ethereum futures on August 29] Jinse Finance reported that CME Group (CME) plans to further expand its cryptocurrency derivatives products and will launch Euro-priced Bitcoin futures on August 29. Bitcoin and Ethereum futures pending regulatory review.

To match their USD-denominated counterparts, the bitcoin euro and ethereum euro futures contracts will be sized at 5 bitcoin and 50 ether per contract. These new contracts will be cash-settled against the CME CF Bitcoin-Euro Reference Rate and the CME CF Ethereum-Euro Reference Rate, which serve as once-daily reference rates for Bitcoin and Ethereum denominated in euros. These new futures contracts will be traded at CME Group is listed and bound by its rules.

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