Financially Settled Cryptocurrency Futures

Gain exposure to the world's leading cryptocurrencies without the complexity of owning the underlying digital asset. Financially Settled Bitcoin (FBT) and Ethereum (FET) Futures are CFTC-regulated, cash-settled futures contracts offered for trading on Cboe Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE). Market participants may be able to use FBT and FET futures for price speculation, hedging, and risk management.

Benefits

Operational Simplicity

Digital asset futures between standardized and contracts cleared through Cboe Clear US reduces counterparty risk.

Price Discovery

Benefit from price discovery in transparent futures markets.

Capital Efficiency

Access cryptocurrency exposure with lower capital requirements through margin trading.

Underlying Rates Based on Digital Asset Prices

Trade with prices based on Cboe Kaiko Rates.

Abbreviated Contract Highlights

ProductFinancially Settled Bitcoin FuturesFinancially Settled Ether Futures
Contract SymbolFBTFET
Contract Size0.10 bitcoin1 ether
Price QuotationUSD per 1 bitcoinUSD per 1 ether
Minimum Price Increment$ 1.00 ($0.10 per contract)$ 0.10 ($0.10 per contract)
SettlementFinancially-settled. The final settlement value of an expiring FBT or FET futures contract shall be the value of the applicable Cboe Kaiko Rate Index, as determined by Kaiko, at 10:00 a.m. CT on the final settlement date of that FET or FBT futures contract.
Trading Hours (all times are CT)Extended (Monday-Friday): 5:00 p.m. (previous day) to 8:30 a.m.
Regular (Monday-Friday): 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Extended (Monday-Friday): 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
View full contract specificationsDownload FBT SpecificationsDownload FET Specifications

Cboe Kaiko Reference Rates

Cboe has worked with Kaiko, a leading provider of crypto data and crypto indices, to provide reference rates for FBT and FET futures.

The Cboe Kaiko that underlie FBT and FET futures rates are calculated hourly. Each rate takes into account one hour of executed trade data from a vetted list of digital asset exchanges. For more information on the Cboe Kaiko Rates please visit theĀ Kaiko website.

ContractSymbol RateKaiko SymbolISIN
FBTCboe Kaiko Bitcoin RateCboe-KAIKO_BTCUSDFR001400LY68
FETCboe Kaiko Ether RateCboe-KAIKO_ETHUSDFR001400LY50

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