CME Group launches Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar futures on Feb 9

CME Group plans to launch futures contracts for Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar on February 9, pending regulatory review.
Products will include standard and micro-sized contracts: 100,000 ADA, 5,000 LINK, and 250,000 XLM. Micro contracts are one-tenth the size.
CME's regulated futures provide institutional investors a compliant way to gain exposure without holding tokens.
The cryptocurrency business of CME grew by 139% in 2025, with an average daily volume of 278,300 contracts ($12 billion).
The expansion beyond Bitcoin and Ethereum follows previous launches of Solana and XRP futures.
Recent trading activity for these assets shows high volumes: Cardano at $703 million, Chainlink at $641 million, and Stellar at $211 million on January 15.
Chainlink futures coincide with Bitwise's ETF launch under the ticker CLNK, competing with Grayscale's GLNK product, and showing a 6.07% seven-day gain.
Cardano is expanding its ecosystem with a proposal to add more stablecoins via a 70 million ADA community fund.