CME Group posts record $1.3 billion in October crypto weekend trading

Weekend activity in CME's crypto futures and options jumped 55% from September as its 24/7 trading model gains traction Crypto markets have never cared what day it is. CME Group’s crypto desk, until recently, did. That gap is closing. Crypto weekend trading at CME Group reached $1.3 billion in notional volume in October 2026. Average daily weekend volume climbed 55% from September to a record $340 million. The figures are the clearest sign yet that CME’s round-the-clock crypto experiment is working. It launched in May 2026, so it is barely half a year old. The October numbers The weekend data sits inside a broader record month for the Chicago-based exchange operator. CME Group logged a record monthly average daily volume (ADV) of 30 million contracts across all asset classes in October 2026. That was up 15% year over year. Crypto contributed an ADV of 145,000 contracts. Those contracts carried an average daily notional value of $7.85 billion. Against that $7.85 billion daily crypto figure, the $340 million weekend daily average still looks modest. Weekend trading remains a fraction of weekday activity. Other asset classes kept pace. Interest rate contracts averaged 14.8 million con...