Key Takeaways

Why is CME Futures leading in crypto Futures?

CME Futures is attracting more speculative capital and weathered the crash on the 10th of October better than Binance.

Does CME’s OI dominance hurt Binance?

Not yet. Binance still dominates trading volume, so CME’s lead is not market-shaking, though 24/7 trading in 2026 could shift flows.

Futures flows are shifting, showing where the smart money’s leaning.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has overtaken Binance in Futures Open Interest (OI) for major cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin [BTC], for instance, clocked $16.67 billion in CME OI, 1.34× bigger than Binance.

But the story runs deeper.

Aggregate CME Futures OI across Bitcoin, Ethereum [ETH], Solana [SOL] and Ripple [XRP] reached $28.3 billion, surpassing Binance’s $23 billion and Bybit’s $12.2 billion.

In short, CME Futures are drawing relatively more speculative capital.

But this rotation isn’t just a one-off.

Weekend timing gave CME an edge

The 10th of October’s crypto flash crash pushed total liquidations to an all-time high of $19.2 billion, allowing CME to take the lead as

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Author: Ritika Gupta