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After winning its legal battle with the SEC, a new era began for Ripple and $XRP. Ripple made significant moves towards expansion, while $XRP reached an all-time high of $3.6 last August.
Although $XRP is now far from its all-time high, it continues to achieve new milestones.
At this point, $XRP has surpassed $63 billion in CME futures trading.
According to Coindesk, CME $XRP futures have completed their first year and reached a major milestone.
Accordingly, CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, announced that its $XRP futures product reached a nominal trading volume of approximately $63 billion in its first full year of trading.
$XRP futures saw a total of over 1.3 million contracts traded. In this context, CME attributes the explosive growth directly to increasing institutional demand for regulated $XRP exposure. For many institutional accounts, futures products are easier to manage and comply with compared to spot positions. Therefore, an increase in futures trading volume on regulated platforms is often seen as a direct signal of rising institutional interest.
As you may recall, CME launched two $XRP futures contracts on May 19, 2025: “a 50,000 $XRP $XRP futures contract and a 2,500 $XRP micro $XRP futures contract.”
$XRP futures have attracted significant interest since their initial launch. According to data, $XRP futures reached $1 billion in open interest in just three months, making $XRP the fastest contract to reach $1 billion in CME history.
*This is not investment advice.
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