In one notification At 4:00 a.m. (UTC 9:00 p.m. on December 6), CME announced that it had launched a 0.1 ETH Micro Ether Futures contract, which will offer institutional and individual traders another product for exposure to the second largest cryptocurrency.
The offer of Micro-ETH derivatives with cash settlement is traded under the Globex METZ1 token. It currently runs on the exchange alongside other crypto derivative products, including micro-bitcoin futures, bitcoin futures, options on bitcoin futures, and ether futures.
Source: CME
Tim McCourt, global head of alternative investment products for CME Group, said the new product will enable investors to “hedge spot ether prices or implement agile ether trading strategies more quickly.”
Genesis Global Trading, one of the liquidity providers for the CME Group’s crypto derivative services, claims to have signed a contract for its Micro ETH futures product in cooperation with the investment company XBTO crypto currency. Genesis Head of Derivatives said:
“Micro-Ether-Futures meet the need for more flexibility and more precise delta hedging.”
The announcement comes after the price of ETH and many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, fell significantly over the weekend. ETH price has fallen more than 15% since hitting an all-time high of $ 4,785 on November 8th. At the time of writing, the price of the second largest cryptocurrency is trading at $ 4,335, up over 4% in the past 24 hours.
Source: Coin360
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