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XRP News: CME Group Announces Plans To Launch XRP Futures On May 19
In a massive development, the CME Group has revealed plans to expand its derivative offerings with XRP futures. This provides a bullish outlook for the XRP price, as this move could pave the way for the launch of a spot XRP ETF.
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CME Group To Launch XRP Futures
In a press release, CME Group announced plans to launch XRP futures on May 19, pending regulatory approval. The derivatives exchange revealed that market participants will have the choice to trade both a micro-sized contract (2,500 XRP) and a larger-sized contract (50,000 XRP).
Commneting on this development, Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group said,
The exchnage stated that they will settle the XRP futures in cash and based on the CME CF XRP-Dollar Reference rate, which serves as a once-a-day rate of the XRP price in USD and is calculated at 3pm UTC.
The XRP futures will be the fourth crypto addition on the exchange. CME Group already offer Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and recently added Solana futures in March.
This development is significant as it could pave the way for the launch of a spot XRP ETF. The court in the Grayscale case ruled that there was no difference between the futures and spot market. As such, the existence of a futures market means the SEC has no plausible reason to deny a spot XRP ETF.
As CoinGape reported, XRP and Solana are currently leading the ETF race over other altcoins. The launch of an XRP futures further solidifies the altcoin’s edge in the ETF race. Meanwhile, the CME Group futures launch is also bullish for the XRP price.
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