The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME Group) has announced plans to expand its digital asset suite with the launch of Bitcoin Volatility futures. The new futures contracts will launch on June 1, pending regulatory review. According to a Tuesday press release, these first-of-their-kind regulated futures contracts will allow investors to more precisely manage their market and portfolio positions by isolating their volatility risks from price direction.
“Crypto market participants are seeking regulated products that provide opportunities to gain digital assets exposure when markets move,” said Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group. “With our new Bitcoin volatility futures, traders will be able to invest or hedge against the future volatility of Bitcoin, allowing them to access a critical new layer of risk management.”
Earlier this year, CME Group announced its plans to launch 24/7 crypto futures and options trading on May 29th. The exchange stated that its crypto futures and options will trade continuously on the CME Globex with at least a two-hour weekly maintenance period over the weekend.
Demand for the exchange’s digital asset products has climbed sharply. Notional volume reached $3.0 trillion in 2025, while average daily contracts traded rose 46% year-over-year to 407,200 in early 2026. Additionally, with the rebound in Bitcoin price in the last two months, the crypto market is starting to pick back up, with institutional interest also surging.
Bitcoin Volatility futures will settle to the CME Group’s CF Bitcoin Volatility Index (BVX), a 30-day forward-looking measure of implied volatility. Rather than tracking price, the index is derived from real-time CME Bitcoin options order books to isolate market expectations.