Cboe Sets Nov. 10 Target for Cash-Settled Bitcoin, Ether Futures – Pending Approval

Cboe Global Markets, one of the world’s largest derivatives and securities exchange networks, has announced plans to launch Cboe Continuous Futures on its Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) starting November 10, 2025, pending regulatory ￰4￱ new product line will debut with Bitcoin and Ether contracts, giving ￰5￱ access to long-term exposure to digital assets within a regulated, centrally cleared ￰6￱ traditional futures, which typically expire monthly or quarterly and require rolling into new contracts, the continuous futures will be structured as single, long-dated contracts with a 10-year ￰7￱ says this format simplifies position management and reduces costs tied to frequent rollovers.

Cboe’s Continuous Futures Target Institutional and Retail Crypto Traders According to the announcement , the contracts will be cash-settled and aligned with spot market prices through daily cash ￰8￱ pricing will use a transparent funding rate methodology to replicate real-time valuations of Bitcoin and ￰9￱ at the HOOD Summit in Las Vegas , Catherine Clay, Global Head of Derivatives at Cboe, showed that perpetual-style futures have become dominant on offshore exchanges but lack a regulated U. S. counterpart. NEWS: Cboe Plans to Launch Continuous Futures for Bitcoin and Ether, Beginning November 10 See the press release: ￰0￱ ￰10￱ — Cboe (@CBOE) September 9, 2025 “Now, Cboe is bringing that same utility to our U.

S.-regulated futures exchange and enabling ￰11￱ to access these products with confidence in a trusted, transparent, and intermediated environment,” Clay ￰12￱ added that the futures are expected to attract both institutional investors and retail ￰13￱ launch builds on Cboe’s broader strategy to expand its CFE product suite beyond its flagship Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) ￰14￱ recent years, Cboe has rolled out derivatives tied to equities, digital assets, and global fixed ￰15￱ continuous futures will be cleared through Cboe Clear U. S., a CFTC-regulated ￰16￱ says the move reinforces its goal of creating a robust global exchange and clearing ￰17￱ of the November debut, Cboe’s Options Institute will hold educational sessions on October 30 and November 20 to help traders understand how continuous futures ￰18￱ development follows several digital asset initiatives from the Chicago-based ￰19￱ April 2025, Cboe was expected to launch Cboe FTSE Bitcoin Index futures (XBTF) in partnership with FTSE Russell , a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange ￰20￱ XBTF contracts will be cash-settled on the last business day of each month and will be based on the FTSE Bitcoin Reduced Value Index, representing one-tenth of the value of the FTSE Bitcoin Index. @CBOE plans to introduce Cboe FTSE Bitcoin Index futures with @FTSERussell on 28 April. ￰1￱ — ￰21￱ (@cryptonews) April 8, 2025 The XBTF futures will complement options tied to the Cboe Bitcoin ￰22￱ Index, introduced in November ￰23￱ to Cboe, the combined suite of cash-settled futures and options is designed to give traders more flexibility to hedge or speculate on Bitcoin price movements without directly holding the asset.

Cboe’s expansion comes as it consolidates its crypto-related ￰24￱ company lists many of the ￰25￱ Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on its BZX Equities Exchange and recently launched cash-settled Bitcoin index options in standard and mini contract ￰26￱ margined Bitcoin and Ether futures, currently trading on Cboe Digital Exchange, are scheduled to migrate to CFE in the second quarter of ￰27￱ Clear Europe has also broadened its clearing services this year, covering securities financing transactions for European equities and ￰28￱ Cboe BZX Exchange has refiled applications for four asset managers seeking approval to list a spot Solana ETF in the United States. #Cboe #ETFs ￰2￱ — ￰29￱ (@cryptonews) January 29, 2025 Meanwhile, Cboe BZX Exchange has asked the ￰30￱ and Exchange Commission (SEC) for approval to include staking features in the Fidelity Ethereum ￰31￱ Indicates Approval of Crypto Perpetual Futures as Exchanges Expand Trading Access The ￰32￱ Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is preparing to approve perpetual futures contracts for cryptocurrencies , according to outgoing commissioner Summer ￰33￱ crypto trading is moving closer to mainstream finance after the SEC and CFTC cleared registered exchanges to facilitate certain spot products. #SpotCrypto #SEC #CFTC ￰3￱ — ￰34￱ (@cryptonews) September 3, 2025 Speaking to Bloomberg in May, Mersinger said applications for these products are under review and could reach the market “very soon.” Perpetual futures, derivative contracts without an expiry date, account for much of global crypto derivatives volume but have long been pushed offshore due to ￰35￱ ￰36￱ said bringing them back onshore will be “beneficial to the industry and the U.

S. economy,” stressing that crypto assets are “clearly here to stay.” The announcement comes as several exchanges, for example, Coinbase, build out their regulated derivatives ￰37￱ launched 24/7 Bitcoin and Ether futures trading in May through Coinbase Derivatives LLC, becoming the first CFTC-regulated platform in the ￰38￱ provide uninterrupted ￰39￱ July, Coinbase extended its offering by introducing CFTC-regulated perpetual futures for retail ￰40￱ launch included nano Bitcoin (BTC-PERP) and nano Ether (ETH-PERP) contracts with leverage up to 10x.