CME Broadens Cryptocurrency Derivatives Portfolio with XRP and SOL Spot-Quoted Futures
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 15 2025
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Source: SeekingAlpha
CME Group's Expansion: CME Group is launching spot-quoted futures contracts for XRP and SOL, expanding its crypto derivatives offerings alongside existing Bitcoin and Ether futures.
Market Demand: Since their launch in June, over 1.3 million contracts for Bitcoin and Ether futures have been traded, indicating strong market interest.
Contract Design: The new contracts are designed for everyday traders, featuring smaller sizes for greater precision and accessibility, and are quoted in familiar terms.
Trading Flexibility: Spot-quoted futures will allow traders to maintain positions based on long-term views or trade in and out more easily without frequent rollovers.
Analyst Views on CME
Wall Street analysts forecast CME stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for CME is 285.90 USD with a low forecast of 209.00 USD and a high forecast of 320.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
10 Analyst Rating
4 Buy
4 Hold
2 Sell
Hold
Current: 279.070
Low
209.00
Averages
285.90
High
320.00
Current: 279.070
Low
209.00
Averages
285.90
High
320.00
About CME
CME Group Inc. provides a derivatives marketplace. The Company enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and over the counter (OTC) markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data. It exchanges offer a range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange (FX), energy, agricultural products and metals. It offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and FX trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates central counterparty clearing provider, CME Clearing. Its products provide a means for hedging, speculation and asset allocation related to the risks associated with, among other things, interest rate sensitive instruments, and changes in the prices of agricultural, energy and metal commodities. It provides clearing and settlement services for a range of exchange-traded futures and options on futures contracts and OTC derivatives.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
