Bitcoin’s Famous CME Gap Playbook May Be Nearing Its End

CME Group Crypto Trading Hits Strong $3T

CME Group is expanding crypto futures and options trading to nearly 24/7 availability, giving institutional investors continuous access to major digital asset markets. The move is expected to improve hedging flexibility, reduce weekend trading disruptions, and further strengthen the role of regulated crypto derivatives in global financial markets.

CME’s 24/7 Bitcoin Futures Launch Collides With $6.25B Options Expiry

For over eight years, Bitcoin traders have opened TradingView on Monday morning in search of the same signal: a blank space left behind over the weekend. Today, this changes. CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange, is flipping its regulated crypto futures and options to continuous trading which goes live at 4 P.M. Central Time across CME Globex and CME ClearPort. The two-day weekend that created the famous and widely watched “CME ga…

CME Will Run 24/7, Ending Bitcoin Weekend Gap Trade

CME Group will begin 24/7 trading for its cryptocurrency futures and options on Friday, closing the gap with bitcoin’s nonstop spot market. The move ends the “CME gap” trade, which relied on price breaks when the exchange was closed. CME reported record crypto futures volume of $3 trillion in 2025. Bitcoin traded near $73,543 early Friday, with ether around $2,006. The post CME Will Run 24/7, Ending Bitcoin Weekend Gap Trade appeared first on Te…

Bitcoin’s Famous CME Gap Playbook May Be Nearing Its End

CME Group is moving its regulated cryptocurrency futures and options market to 24/7 trading, a structural shift that could remove one of Bitcoin’s most watched weekend market patterns: the CME gap. For BTC traders, the change matters because the gap has long served as both a technical reference poin...