The world's largest derivatives exchange will launch futures for Chainlink, Cardano, and Stellar

2026-01-17 01:42:50

Source: PortaldoBitcoin Original Title: World’s Largest Derivatives Exchange to Launch Futures for Chainlink, Cardano, and Stellar Original Link: The world’s largest financial derivatives exchange will add futures contracts for Cardano, Chainlink, and Stellar to its crypto offerings on February 9.

The new ADA, LINK, and XLM contracts are still awaiting regulatory approval, according to the company in a statement. The contracts will be offered in both standard and micro sizes for the three cryptocurrencies: 100,000 ADA and 10,000 for micro; 5,000 LINK and 250 for micro; and 250,000 XLM and 12,500 for micro.

“Given the record growth of the crypto sector over the past year, clients are seeking reliable and regulated products to manage price risk,” said the company’s global head of crypto products in the statement.

Price Movements

At the time of writing, ADA was trading at $0.398 after a 5% drop in the last day. Meanwhile, LINK fell 3% since yesterday and was recently trading at $13.91; Stellar’s XLM was quoted at $0.231 after losing 4.5% in the last 24 hours, according to price aggregators.

Sector Expansion in Crypto

The expansion reinforces the company’s role as one of the primary destinations for Bitcoin futures. The exchange was a pioneer in launching Bitcoin futures contracts in December 2017. The current crypto portfolio already includes futures and options for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and XRP.

The company also maintains cryptocurrency benchmarks, which are real-time reference rates and indices used to standardize price data. Arbitrum, Ondo, Near, and Sui were recently added to the benchmark set, but there is still no information about the creation of futures contracts for these assets.

Record Volumes in 2025

Currently, crypto options and futures have reached record trading volumes in 2025. The average daily volume of contracts was 278,300 for crypto contracts, representing $12 billion in notional value. Open interest also hit a record of 313,900 contracts, equivalent to $26.4 billion in notional value.

LINK-0,76%

ADA0,63%

XLM-1,1%

BTC-0,47%

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