Crypto never sleeps. As of May 29, CME Group’s crypto futures and options don’t either.
The world’s largest derivatives exchange flipped the switch on 24/7 trading for its entire crypto futures suite ...

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<p>Crypto never sleeps. As of May 29, CME Group’s crypto futures and options don’t either.</p>
<adv/><p>The world’s largest derivatives exchange flipped the switch on 24/7 trading for its entire crypto futures suite at 4:30 p.m. CT, eliminating the weekend closures and limited hours that had defined its digital asset offerings since launch. The move covers futures and options on nine assets: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui.</p>
<adv/><p>For years, institutional traders had access to crypto futures on a regulated exchange, but only during what amounted to a near-23-hour daily window, with full shutdowns on weekends. That meant price gaps every Monday morning, commonly known as “CME gaps,” which became something of an obsession for chart analysts tracking support and resistance levels. Those gaps are now, for practical purposes, extinct.</p>
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</div> <h2>What the new trading schedule looks like</h2>
<p>On weekdays, there’s a two-minute maintenance window between 4:00 and 4:02 p.m. CT. On weekends, a longer two-hour maintenance window runs from 2:00 to 4:00 a.m. CT on Saturdays.</p>
<p>Any trades executed during weekends or holidays will receive the next business day’s settlement date. So the trading is continuous, but the back-office plumbing still operates on traditional finance time.</p>
<h2>The numbers behind the timing</h2>
<p>Year-to-date average daily volume across CME’s crypto futures hit 407,200 contracts, a 46% increase compared to the same period last year. Open interest stood at 335,400 contracts at the time of the launch.</p>
<p>The open interest figure of 335,400 contracts tells a complementary story. High open interest relative to volume suggests positions are being held over longer time horizons rather than day-traded.</p>
<h2>Why this matters for Ethereum and the broader market</h2>
<p>The elimination of CME gaps also has implications for market microstructure. Those gaps frequently created artificial volatility at the weekly open, as futures prices snapped to match where spot markets had traded over the weekend. Removing that discontinuity should lead to smoother price discovery and tighter correlations between CME futures and underlying spot prices.</p>

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CME Group launches 24/7 trading for crypto futures, closing the gap on always-on markets

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这家全球最大的衍生品交易所已将其所有加密货币期货产品组合全部开启24小时不间断交易……

<div><div><p>加密货币市场永不停歇。截至5月29日，芝商所（CME Group）的加密货币期货和期权交易也同样如此。</p><adv/><p>全球最大的衍生品交易所于美国中部时间下午 4:30 正式开启旗下所有加密货币期货产品 24 小时全天候交易，取消了自其推出以来一直存在的周末休市和交易时间限制。此次调整涵盖九种加密货币的期货和期权：比特币、以太坊、 Solana、XRP)、Cardano、 Chainlink、Stellar)、Avalanche 和Sui。</p><adv/><p>多年来，机构​​交易者可以通过受监管的交易所交易加密货币期货，但每天的交易时间仅为近23小时，周末则完全关闭。这意味着每周一早上都会出现价格缺口，通常被称为“芝商所缺口”，这一度成为图表分析师追踪支撑位和阻力位的重要指标。如今，这些缺口实际上已经消失。</p><div><div>广告</div><template/></div><h2>新交易时间表如下所示</h2><p>工作日，下午 4:00 至 4:02（中部时间）之间有两分钟的维护窗口。周末，周六凌晨 2:00 至 4:00（中部时间）会有更长的两小时维护窗口。</p><p>周末或节假日执行的任何交易都将在下一个工作日结算。因此，交易虽然持续进行，但后台系统仍然按照传统的金融工作时间运行。</p><h2>时间背后的数字</h2><p>今年迄今为止，芝加哥商品交易所（CME）加密货币期货的日均成交量达到407,200份合约，较去年同期增长46%。该期货合约推出时，未平仓合约数为335,400份。</p><p>未平仓合约数为335,400份，这则数据也印证了这一点。相对于成交量而言，较高的未平仓合约数表明，持仓时间较长，而非日内交易。</p><h2>为什么这对以太坊和更广泛的市场至关重要</h2><p>消除芝商所（CME）的缺口也会对市场微观结构产生影响。这些缺口经常在每周开盘时造成人为波动，因为期货价格会迅速调整以匹配现货市场周末的交易情况。消除这种不连续性应该有助于更平稳地发现价格，并提高芝商所期货价格与标的现货价格之间的相关性。</p></div></div>

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