CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, today announced the appointment of two new global heads for its Equity Index and Cryptocurrency businesses to continue driving product innovation and supporting long-term growth. Paul Woolman, Global Head of Equity Index Products, will oversee the company’s Equity Index product portfolio, while Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products, will assume responsibility for the company’s Cryptocurrency products. Woolman and Vicioso will report to Tim McCourt, who previously led both business...

CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it plans to launch options on Ether futures on September 12, pending regulatory review. These new contracts deliver one ether futures, sized at 50 ether per contract, and based on the CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate, which serves as a once-a-day reference rate of the U.S. dollar price of Ether. These new contracts will also expand CME Group’s existing suite of Cryptocurrency options contracts, which include Bitcoin options, as...

CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it plans to further expand its cryptocurrency derivatives offering with the introduction of Bitcoin Euro and Ether Euro futures on August 29, pending regulatory review. Designed to match their U.S. dollar-denominated counterparts, Bitcoin Euro and Ether Euro futures contracts will be sized at five bitcoin and 50 ether per contract. These new contracts will be cash-settled, based on the CME CF Bitcoin-Euro Reference Rate and CME CF Ether-Euro Reference...