CME Group, the top derivatives marketplace in the world, has reported a milestone in terms of annual performance. Hence, it has achieved the 28.1M contracts in terms of Average Daily Volume (ADV) throughout 2025. As per CME Group’s official press release, this denotes a 6% rise over year. Overall, this landmark development highlights consistent growth across nearly all key asset classes.
CME Group Records 6% Surge in Annual ADV in 2025 Amid Consistent Growth
With an Average Daily Volume (ADV) of nearly 28.1M contracts during 2025, CME Group has jumped by 6% over year. In this respect, the marketplace has recorded sustained advancement across leading asset classes, like crypto assets, agriculture, metals, energy, equity indexes, and interest rates. Additionally, the 4th quarter, as well as December 2025, also displayed all-time highs when it comes to trading activity.
These results signify solid demand for risk management instruments amid the shifting macroeconomic conditions. Particularly, the interest rate products served as the biggest contributor to the wider activity. Thus, full-year ADV climbed 4% to hit 14.2M contracts. Additionally, U.S. Treasury futures, along with the options market, also touched noteworthy ADV of almost 8.3M contracts.
Moving on, with the new ATH of up to 5.4M contracts, SOFR futures and options highlight growing expansion of standard rate products. At the same time, an 8% year-over-year rise in the trading of equity indexes reached 7.4M contracts, backed by robust growth. Simultaneously, metals, agricultural, and energy markets also showed massive gains during 2025, jumping 34%, 8%, and 8%, respectively.
Bitcoin and Ethereum Lead Record 139% Jump in Crypto Derivatives Market Activity
According to CME Group, the crypto derivatives industry also took a leading position among the rapidly growing segments. Specifically, the yearly ADV of the crypto derivatives surged by 139%, reaching stunning 278,000 contracts, underscoring $12B in total notional value. The leading players in this market were Micro Bitcoin futures and Micro Ether futures, delivering accessible digital asset exposure to a wider group of market members.
Ultimately, CME Group deems that this continuous growth across regions and products pushes it toward further expansion amid broader global market evolution.
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