CME's crypto derivatives trading volume reached nearly $3 trillion in notional principal in 2025.

According to ME News, on January 28th (UTC+8), CME Group released a report stating that its cryptocurrency futures and options trading volume reached nearly $3 trillion in notional principal in 2025, with average daily trading volume increasing to 280,000 contracts (approximately $12 billion) and average daily open interest reaching 313,000 contracts (approximately $26 billion). Q4 trading volume increased by 92% year-over-year, open interest doubled, and the number of Large OI Holders reached a new high of 1,039. Bitcoin and Ethereum futures continued to contribute to liquidity, with Micro contracts and MET setting new trading records. In the spot-quoted futures market, QBTC saw a single-day trading volume of 128,000 contracts on December 30th, surpassing 1 million contracts for the month; Spot-Quoted futures, including QBTC, QETH, QSOL, and QXRP, totaled 131,000 contracts traded that day, supporting CME's continued expansion of volatility indices and new products such as TAS in 2026. (Source: ME)