XRP, SOL Receive the Green Light From the CFTC and CME: Details

Despite the ongoing uncertainty in the cryptocurrency markets, institutional adoption and backing continue for some of the biggest digital ￰1￱ today, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced that it had launched regulated options products on Solana’s SOL and Ripple’s XRP. CFTC-regulated options on Solana and XRP are now live and trading today Seamless integration: Physically settled into the underlying futures ￰2￱ exposure: Trade larger and micro ￰3￱ Crypto options contracts ￰0￱ ￰4￱ — CME Group (@CMEGroup) October 13, 2025 The company explained that the new financial vehicles have received the green light from the US Commodity Futures Trading ￰5￱ will be physically settled into the underlying futures contracts, which ensures “seamless integration.” The products also come in various sizes – larger and micro, said the CME.

Thus, the CME Group continues with its cryptocurrency products, especially for ￰6￱ that its derivatives marketplace saw the launch of XRP futures earlier this year, which joined BTC, ETH, and SOL. Moreover, the XRP futures’ release shattered a few records on the opening day, becoming the fastest product to reach a $1 billion open interest on the platform. Today’s launch comes in a rather peculiar time for the digital asset industry after the market crash experienced at the end of the previous business ￰7￱ and SOL both dumped hard to multi-month lows, especially on some exchanges, but have managed to recover most of the ￰8￱ stands close to $2.60 as of press time, while SOL has neared $200.