CME Group to launch 24/7 crypto futures and options trading on May 29

CME Group announced it will begin offering 24/7 trading for its crypto futures and options on CME Globex starting May 29, according to a press release published today. The products will trade continuously with a weekly maintenance period of at least two hours during weekends, and any holiday or weekend activity executed from Friday evening to Sunday evening will carry the following business day's trade date. Tim McCourt, CME Group's global head of equities, FX and alternative products, said the company is expanding its crypto lineup as client demand for risk management in the digital asset market is at an all-time high, citing a record $3 trillion in notional volume across its cryptocurrency futures and options in 2025. Cryptocurrency futures and options have continued to set new volume records in 2026, with average daily volume at 407,200 contracts so far this year, up 46% from a year earlier, and average daily open interest at 335,400 contracts, up 7% year over year.