XRP, Solana Prices Rise After Report of Leaked CME Futures Addition
2025-01-23
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Payments-focused cryptocurrency XRP and world's most-used blockchain Solana SOLUSD prices spiked on Wednesday afternoon, after report that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is adding futures contracts of both. 
According to a post on X, CME have posted the futures page for XRP and SOL in their "staging subdomain." 
A screenshot of the website shows that the regulated futures could start trading on Feb. 10 pending regulatory approval. The website was not accessible at the time of publication. CoinDesk reached out to CME for comments. 
XRP and SOL jumped as much as 3% in the minutes after the post started circulating on social media, TradingView data showed.
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