CME Ether futures
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CME Ether futures are standardized, cash-settled derivatives contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow institutional and professional traders to gain regulated exposure to the price of Ether (ETH).
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CME Ether futures canonical | 2 |
| CME Ether options | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T144945 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CME Ether futures Context triple: [Chicago Mercantile Exchange, notableProduct, CME Ether futures]
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A.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is a major U.S. derivatives marketplace where futures and options on a wide range of asset classes are traded.
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B.
Eurodollar futures
Eurodollar futures are interest rate futures contracts based on U.S. dollar deposits held outside the United States, widely used to hedge or speculate on short-term dollar interest rates.
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C.
CME livestock futures
CME livestock futures are standardized exchange-traded contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow participants to hedge or speculate on the future prices of livestock such as cattle and hogs.
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D.
Chicago Board Options Exchange
The Chicago Board Options Exchange is a major U.S. options exchange and derivatives marketplace known for pioneering standardized, exchange-traded options.
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E.
NYSE Arca
NYSE Arca is an electronic securities exchange in the United States known for trading exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and equities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CME Ether futures Target entity description: CME Ether futures are standardized, cash-settled derivatives contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow institutional and professional traders to gain regulated exposure to the price of Ether (ETH).
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A.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is a major U.S. derivatives marketplace where futures and options on a wide range of asset classes are traded.
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B.
Eurodollar futures
Eurodollar futures are interest rate futures contracts based on U.S. dollar deposits held outside the United States, widely used to hedge or speculate on short-term dollar interest rates.
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C.
CME livestock futures
CME livestock futures are standardized exchange-traded contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow participants to hedge or speculate on the future prices of livestock such as cattle and hogs.
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D.
Chicago Board Options Exchange
The Chicago Board Options Exchange is a major U.S. options exchange and derivatives marketplace known for pioneering standardized, exchange-traded options.
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E.
NYSE Arca
NYSE Arca is an electronic securities exchange in the United States known for trading exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and equities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cash-settled futures
ⓘ
derivatives contract ⓘ futures contract ⓘ |
| allowsExposureTo | price of Ether ⓘ |
| assetClass |
cryptocurrency derivatives
ⓘ
digital asset derivatives ⓘ |
| contractStandardization | standardized contract specifications ⓘ |
| counterpartyRiskMitigation | central clearing ⓘ |
| deliveryType | financial (non-deliverable) ⓘ |
| denominatedIn | U.S. dollars ⓘ |
| exchangeOperator | CME Group ⓘ |
| exposureType | synthetic Ether price exposure ⓘ |
| issuer | CME Group ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| listedOn |
CME
ⓘ
Chicago Mercantile Exchange ⓘ |
| margining | daily mark-to-market ⓘ |
| marginType | performance bond ⓘ |
| market | regulated futures market ⓘ |
| marketParticipants |
asset managers
ⓘ
banks ⓘ commodity trading advisors ⓘ hedge funds ⓘ proprietary trading firms ⓘ |
| priceReference | CME CF Ether-Dollar Reference Rate ⓘ |
| pricingUnit | U.S. dollars per Ether ⓘ |
| regulatoryOversight | U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | regulated ⓘ |
| riskManagementFeature |
initial margin
ⓘ
variation margin ⓘ |
| riskManagementUse |
hedging Ether price risk
ⓘ
speculation on Ether price ⓘ |
| settlementCurrency | USD ⓘ |
| settlementType | cash-settled ⓘ |
| settlementVenue |
CME Group
ⓘ
surface form:
CME Clearing
|
| suitableFor |
basis trading between spot and futures Ether markets
ⓘ
hedging spot Ether holdings ⓘ |
| supportsStrategy |
calendar spreads in Ether futures
ⓘ
options-on-futures strategies involving Ether futures ⓘ |
| targetTraderType |
institutional traders
ⓘ
professional traders ⓘ |
| tickerUnderlying |
Ether
ⓘ
surface form:
ETH
|
| tradingHours | nearly 24/7 electronic trading ⓘ |
| tradingPlatform |
CME Group
ⓘ
surface form:
CME Globex
|
| underlyingAsset |
Ether
ⓘ
surface form:
ETH
Ether ⓘ |
| underlyingCategory | cryptocurrency ⓘ |
| underlyingNetwork | Ethereum blockchain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CME Ether futures Description of subject: CME Ether futures are standardized, cash-settled derivatives contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that allow institutional and professional traders to gain regulated exposure to the price of Ether (ETH).
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
CME Ether options