CME Group, one of the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, recently revealed that it would be expanding its suite of cryptocurrency derivatives with the launch of a new Micro Bitcoin futures contract on May 3, 2021 (subject to regulatory review and approval). Micro Bitcoin futures will reportedly be one-tenth or 10% the size of one Bitcoin (BTC), which is trading at just under $57,000 at the time of writing (after recently reaching as high as $61,000+). As noted in a release from the CME Group, the smaller-sized contract will offer market participants – from institutions to “sophisticated, ... (full story)