PANews reported on April 2 that according to CoinDesk, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME) had an average daily trading volume of 198,000 cryptocurrency derivatives contracts in the first quarter of 2025, with a notional value of $11.3 billion, a record high. The trading volume of micro Ethereum futures reached 76,000 contracts, and the micro Bitcoin futures increased by 113% year-on-year, with an average daily trading volume of 77,000 contracts. Micro contracts have a low threshold and are easy to manage risks, which has driven a surge in overall trading activity.