CME Group said Tuesday it plans to launch regulated futures tied to Avalanche and Sui on May 4, extending a crypto derivatives lineup that has recently added contracts linked to Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar. 

The new products will include AVAX futures sized at 5,000 tokens and 500-token micro contracts, alongside SUI futures sized at 50,000 tokens and 5,000-token micro versions.

For CME, the rollout deepens a market structure pitch built around capital efficiency, risk management and institutional access at a time when demand for listed crypto products is still climbing. CME said March average daily volume in its crypto complex rose 19% year over year, with nearly $8 billion in average notional value traded daily. 

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CME’s crypto head Giovanni Vicioso said the new contracts are designed to give clients more choice, flexibility and capital efficiency across the exchange’s regulated crypto derivatives offering. 

The launch will add to CME’s recently introduced Cardano, Chainlink and Stellar futures, while the company also said its crypto futures and options markets will move to 24/7 trading beginning May 29. 

Outside market makers are already framing the launch as part of a broader maturation cycle. Plus500US CEO Isaac Cahana said, “With sustained and increasing interest in digital assets, we welcome the continued rollout of additional derivatives tailored to high-growth crypto assets,” adding that the new contracts should widen access for customers and improve capital efficiency. 

The bigger signal is that regulated venues are moving faster to list instruments tied to the next tier of crypto demand, not just the largest legacy names. 

Avalanche (CRYPTO: $AVAX) is currently trading at $9.44 U.S. per digital token, while Sui (CRYPTO: $SUI) is trading at $0.97 U.S. per digital token. 

CME Group (NASDAQ: $CME) stock is trading at $310.58 U.S. per share.