CME Group said late Monday that its crypto futures complex topped $30 billion in notional open interest for the first time, with a duo of products—SOL and XRP futures—each crossing $1 billion in open interest. In the same post , CME underscored that XRP futures were the “fastest-ever” contract on the venue to clear the $1 billion mark, doing so in just over three months—meaning faster than the exchange’s long-standing bitcoin and ether listings.

XRP Outpaces BTC And ETH

The acceleration is measurable. Four days earlier, CME flagged “a new record for XRP futures,” noting an all-time high in open interest of more than 6,000 contracts on August 18 and publishing a three-month recap: 251,000-plus contracts traded, $9.02 billion in notional volume (about $143.2 million ADV), and roughly 12.

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