Ethereum Watch

Advertisements Summary: CME Group expands its Ether-based offerings days before Ethereum’s proof-of-stake transition. The Merge is expected to arrive this week between September 13-15. The latest product brings options on ETH futures to investors. CME announced the offering in August, per EWN’s report on the matter. Ether options trading volume hit an eight-month high back […]

Advertisements Volume and open interest of the CME Ethereum futures have hit all-time highs CME Ethereum futures volume has hit 5,469 contracts valued at roughly 273.5k ETH The open interest has hit 2,462 contracts, which is the equivalent of 123.1k ETH The data on CME Futures hints that institutions are bullish on Ethereum The CME […]

Advertisements Quick take: Deribit has just announced the addition of the ETH $20k strike to its December 2021 options contracts Such a strike price points towards a demand for such a product by Ethereum bulls Ethereum has just set a new all-time high of $1,438 and looks keen to keep moving up The crypto derivatives […]

Advertisements Quick take: The Open interest on Ethereum futures has just set a new all-time high of $2.21 Billion Ethereum has since broken the $700 price ceiling and looks ready to capture $750 The CME Group will launch Ethereum futures in February and the event could provide fuel for an ETH rally Ethereum maintaining a […]

Advertisements Quick summary: The CME Group has announced that they will launch Ethereum futures on February 8th, 2021 The launch is pending regulatory review The Ethereum futures will be cash-settled Ethereum joins Bitcoin as the second digital asset with futures contracts handled by the CME Group Ethereum’s value has surged past $600 due to a […]

Derivatives exchange operator CME Group is launching an ether reference rate and a real-time ether-dollar index in partnership with UK-based digital asset trading service Crypto Facilities. Advertisements The operator noted Monday that it would provide “a daily benchmark price in U.S. dollars” every 24 hours, as well as the real-time price “based on transactions and […]