The Chicago Mercantile Exchange(CME) Group yesterday announced its plan to launch XRP futures trading on May 19, 2025. In case you didn’t know, the CME group is a vital part of America’s financial infrastructure.
Initially, the CME group was a market for agricultural futures contracts. But now, it is a major trading hub for precious metals, foreign currencies, treasury bonds, cryptocurrencies, and various derivative instruments.
Pending regulatory review, they plan on introducing both micro-sized (2,500 XRP) and larger-sized (50,000 XRP) contracts, which will expand their growing crypto derivatives suite. This development is creating new opportunities for institutional and retail investors alike to engage with futures trading and potentially manage XRP market volatility through regulated instruments.
XRP futures will join the company’s crypto product suite that includes Bitcoin and Ether futures and options, as well as recently launched SOL futures. Q1 trading highlights for crypto futures and options on futures include:
- Average daily volume of 198,000 contracts ($11.3 billion in notional), up 141% year-over-year
- Average open interest of 251,000 contracts ($ 21.8 billion in notional), up 83% year-over-year
- Additionally, more than 43,000 SOL futures ($705 million in notional) have traded since launch on March 17
“Bringing CME Group XRP futures to Robinhood is a natural next step in our mission to expand retail access to futures trading,” said JB Mackenzie, VP and GM of Futures and International at Robinhood. “Our customers have shown a deep interest in digital assets, and they will soon be able to access an even wider variety of crypto futures to complement Robinhood’s existing spot crypto offerings.
Soon, customers will be able to trade 40 futures products on Robinhood using our one-of-a-kind mobile trading ladder, giving them the speed and precision typically reserved for institutional traders.”
Expanding Ecosystem: XPR’s Future
CME will list the XRP futures and subject them to their rules, providing a structured trading environment that CME Clearing backs. This development represents another step toward mainstream financial adoption of digital assets while addressing key concerns around market access, volatility management, and regulatory compliance in the growing crypto derivatives space.
“As innovation in the digital asset landscape continues to evolve, market participants continue to look to regulated derivatives products to manage risks across a wider range of tokens,” said Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group.
An overwhelmed fan commented thus: “Big news! XRP futures trading on CME could bring more legitimacy and liquidity to the market. Exciting times ahead!
