According to @CoinMarketCap, CME Group’s cryptocurrency futures and options suite hit an all-time daily volume record of 794,903 contracts on Friday, signaling accelerating demand for regulated crypto risk management tools amid ongoing market uncertainty. Source: @CoinMarketCap. CME lists Bitcoin BTC and Ether ETH futures and options, including standard and micro contracts, which are widely used by institutions in U.S.-regulated markets. Source: CME Group. Contract totals include micro products, so notional volume can differ from contract counts; Micro Bitcoin MBT is 0.1 BTC per contract and Micro Ether MET is 0.1 ETH per contract. Source: CME Group.

According to the source, stablecoins now account for over 1 percent of U.S. M2 money supply, signaling a larger on-chain dollar base that can affect BTC and ETH liquidity, spot volumes, and futures basis. Source: Federal Reserve H.6 statistical release for M2; CoinMarketCap and DeFiLlama for aggregate stablecoin market capitalization. Traders should validate the 1 percent ratio by dividing total stablecoin market cap by the latest M2 and monitor USDT and USDC net issuance as a leading indicator of crypto risk appetite and order-book depth. Source: Tether Transparency; Circle monthly reserve attestations; CoinMarketCap and DeFiLlama. Positioning implications include watching CME Bitcoin and Ether basis, open interest, and funding rates for confirmation when stablecoin float expands, as this has coincided with tighter basis and greater spot depth in prior cycles. Source: CME Group futures data; Kaiko market liquidity metrics.