{"id":462602,"date":"2025-01-22T22:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=462602"},"modified":"2025-01-22T22:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T22:48:04","slug":"leaked-cme-page-hints-at-xrp-sol-futures-launching-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/leaked-cme-page-hints-at-xrp-sol-futures-launching-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked CME page hints at XRP, SOL futures launching next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/cme-group\/\">CME Group<\/a> is potentially preparing to launch futures contracts for Solana (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/solana\/\">SOL<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/xrp\/\">XRP<\/a>, based on reports and images shared on social media on Jan. 22.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, CME Group has yet to make a public statement on the matter, and neither confirmed nor denied the authenticity of the images as of press time, leading to rampant speculation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information first surfaced when\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">an X user, identified as Summers,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SummersThings\/status\/1882149522304073996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>shared<\/strong><\/a> a screenshot of an alleged CME page used for testing. This page, which was down as of press time, is set for a pre-launch on\u00a0<\/span>Feb. 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alex Thorn, head of research at <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/galaxy-digital\/\">Galaxy Digital<\/a>, later shared images<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intangiblecoins\/status\/1882154092870750486\">revealing<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that CME would offer futures and micro futures contracts for both assets, all of which would be settled in cash.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Solana futures contract has a size of 500 SOL, while the micro is 25 SOL. The XRP futures contract is sized at 50,000 XRP, and its micro version has a 2,500 XRP size.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg ETF analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/james-seyffart\/\">James Seyffart<\/a> <\/span>cautioned that<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the page could be <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JSeyff\/status\/1882154205202567623\">fake<\/a>. However, he added that futures contracts for SOL and XRP make sense and are &#8220;largely to be expected.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seyffart also noted that if the images and website are fake, it would be a &#8220;good fakeout.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/eric-balchunas\/\">Eric Balchunas<\/a><\/span> said he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1882155132219216240\">expects<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking SOL futures as early as mid-March. He also questioned the demand for such a product since a spot SOL ETF is likely coming soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Over 30 ETFs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US market is experiencing a wave of crypto-related ETF filings. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seyffart recently highlighted that 33 ETFs, filed by 13 different issuers, are currently awaiting approval by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to ETFs filed last year, tracking XRP, SOL, Hedera (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/hedera\/\">HBAR<\/a>), Litecoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/litecoin\/\">LTC<\/a>), and baskets of assets, funds tied to memecoins also surfaced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Jan. 21, Rex Shares<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/insights\/rex-shares-files-for-surreal-trump-memecoin-etf-with-sec-as-price-stalls\/\">filed<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for seven different spot ETFs, three of them tied to the memecoins Official Trump (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/official-trump\/\">TRUMP<\/a>), Dogecoin (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/dogecoin\/\">DOGE<\/a>), and Bonk (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bonk1\/\">BONK<\/a>). Balchunas remarked that the situation was &#8220;surreal.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Bloomberg ETF analysts expected a<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bloomberg-analysts-expects-wave-of-crypto-etfs-next-year-but-some-hurdles-remain\/\">wave of crypto ETF filings<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this year, they did not include memecoin-indexed spot funds in their predictions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/vaneck\/\">VanEck<\/a>,<\/span> called on<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0the SEC to revert the ETF approvals to the process of &#8220;first-come, first-served&#8221; amid the rise in new applications.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CME Group is potentially preparing to launch futures contracts for Solana (SOL) and XRP, based on reports and images shared on social media on Jan. 22. 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