International derivatives marketplace CME Group today announced plans to expand its suite of regulated Cryptocurrency derivatives with the launch of Cardano (ADA), Chainlink (LINK) and Stellar (Lumens) futures on February 9, pending regulatory review.

Market participants will have the choice to trade both micro-sized and larger-sized contracts:

• ADA futures (100,000 ADA) and Micro ADA futures (10,000 ADA)
• LINK futures (5,000 LINK) and Micro LINK futures (250 LINK)
• Lumens futures (250,000 Lumens) and Micro Lumens futures (12,500 Lumens).

“Given crypto’s record growth over the last year, clients are looking for trusted, regulated products to manage price risk as well as additional tools to gain exposure to this dynamic market,” said Giovanni Vicioso, CME Group Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products. “With these new micro- and larger-size Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar futures contracts, market participants will now have greater choice with enhanced flexibility and more capital-efficiencies.”

Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar futures will join the company’s rapidly expanding Cryptocurrency product suite, which includes Bitcoin, Ether, XRP and Solana futures and options on futures.

2025 trading highlights include:

• Record futures and options average daily volume (ADV) of 278,300 contracts ($12 billion notional) and record average open interest (OI) of 313,900 contracts ($26.4 billion notional)
• Record futures ADV of 272,200 contracts ($11.7 billion notional) and record average OI of 253,600 contracts ($21.4 billion notional)
• Record options ADV of 4,100 contracts ($231 million notional) and average OI of 60,400 contracts ($5 billion notional).