Latest CME Group News: Finextra Research

CME completes first phase of testing on Google Cloud

Trading venue CME Group has revealed more about its plan to introduce tokenisation services via its link up with Google Cloud

25 July 2025

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CME hops on Google Cloud for real-time market data delivery

CME Group is to become the first derivatives marketplace to offer real-time futures and options market data across the Google Cloud platform.

15 October 2019

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CME and NEX agree £3.9 billion deal to create trading powerhouse

CME Group has reached agreement on a £3.9 billion take over of the UK's NEX Group, in a deal that promises to transform the world's currency and sovereign debt markets.

29 March 2018

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NEX Group confirms approach from CME

Icap financial technology spin off NEX Group has confirmed a preliminary takeover approach by Chicago futures exchange CME.

16 March 2018

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RBS and Allianz join C$45m funding round for quantum computing startup 1QBit

A host of financial services firms, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, have joined a C$45 million Series B funding round for Vancouver-based quantum computing startup 1QBit Information Technologies.

30 November 2017

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Royal Mint to issue digital gold

The Royal Mint, a 1000-year-old institution owned by HM Treasury, is partnering with CME Group to create a digital gold product that will be stored and recorded on a blockchain.

29 November 2016

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Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round

Digital Asset Holdings, the blockchain startup helmed by former JP Morgan luminary Blythe Masters, has raised more than $50 million in a funding round joined by some of the biggest names in financial services, including Citi, Deutsche Börse and Santander InnoVentures. One of the investors, the ASX, has also handed Digital Asset a contract to design a post-trade settlement system using distributed ledger technology.

21 January 2016

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Bank of Canada ponders bitcoin's effect on monetary policy

The rise of bitcoin could leave central banks struggling to implement monetary policy and unable to act as lenders of last resort, the Bank of Canada's senior deputy governor has warned.

17 November 2015

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Dwolla enters exchange world through CME Group deal

Dwolla is expanding its scope through a deal with CME Group to provide on-demand payment capabilities for clearing and settlement at the exchange operator.

28 October 2015

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Deutsche Bank backs blockchain potential

Deutsche Bank is the latest major financial institution to laud the potential of the blockchain, confirming that it is exploring the use of distributed ledger technology for everything from securities clearing and settlement to anti-money laundering registries.

31 July 2015

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Ripple scores $28 million funding round

Digital currency outfit Ripple Labs has closed a $28 million Series A funding round that includes IDG Capital Partners and the venture arms of CME Group and global data storage company Seagate Technology.

19 May 2015

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CME turns down the volume on open outcry trading

It's the end of an era in Chicago as the CME Group announces plans to close most of its open outcry futures trading pits in the summer.

05 February 2015

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