Overview
- CME’s planned ADA, LINK and XLM futures will offer both standard and micro contracts, with standard sizes of 100,000 ADA, 5,000 LINK and 250,000 XLM, subject to regulatory review.
- The rollout comes one day after Bitwise launched its Chainlink ETF (ticker CLNK) on NYSE Arca on Jan. 14.
- The additions extend CME’s crypto lineup beyond bitcoin and ether, following earlier launches of Solana and XRP futures with subsequent options.
- CME reported 2025 crypto growth of 139% year over year, with average daily volume of 278,300 contracts worth about $12 billion and average open interest of 313,900 contracts valued at $26.4 billion.
- Recent market activity was elevated for the three tokens, with 24-hour volumes on Jan. 15 of about $703 million for ADA, $641 million for LINK and $211 million for XLM, and prices near $0.40, $13.92 and $0.23 respectively.