CME Adds Avalanche and Sui Futures, Plans 24/7 Crypto Derivatives from May 29
CME Group, the world's largest derivatives exchange, is expanding its regulated crypto product suite with futures contracts on Avalanche (AVAX) and Sui (SUI), targeting a launch in early May subject to regulatory approval.
The exchange has separately announced that crypto derivatives trading will shift to a 24/7 schedule beginning May 29, according to The Block. Traditional CME products trade on a near-continuous but not fully continuous schedule; the move to round-the-clock trading aligns crypto derivatives more closely with spot crypto market hours.
The addition of AVAX and SUI follows CME's existing listed futures on Bitcoin and Ether. Both Avalanche and Sui are layer-1 blockchain networks, and their inclusion on a regulated institutional venue marks a material broadening of the exchange's crypto exposure beyond the two dominant tokens.
No position limits, contract sizes, or margin requirements were disclosed in the available reporting. Regulatory clearance remains a prerequisite for both the new contracts and the extended trading hours.
