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Derivatives Trading Giant CME Group to Test Tokenization with Google Cloud
The company aims to modernize financial markets through asset tokenization using Google Cloud Universal Ledger.
Updated Mar 25, 2025, 2:05 p.m. Published Mar 25, 2025, 1:42 p.m.
What to know:
- CME Group is partnering with Google Cloud to explore tokenization, using Google Cloud's Universal Ledger, to enhance capital market efficiency.
- The partnership aims to test digital asset infrastructure for streamlining settlement and clearing, with services expected to launch in 2026.
- This move is part of a growing trend of traditional financial firms using blockchain technology for efficient, round-the-clock settlements.
CME Group, a major marketplace in derivatives trading for institutions, said it is exploring tokenization as a way to improve capital market efficiency with U.S. tech giant Google Cloud's distributed ledger technology.
The two companies plan to start direct tests with market participants later this year and are aiming to launch new services in 2026, according to a Tuesday press release. CME will use Google Cloud’s newly introduced Universal Ledger, a programmable, private network to test how digital asset infrastructure can streamline settlement and clearing.
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The two giants' move underscores the red-hot tokenization trend that has captivated crypto firms and traditional financial firms. Global asset managers and banks are increasingly exploring ways to use blockchains rails for moving traditional financial instruments such as funds, bonds and other securities. They do so to pursue efficiency gains and faster, cheaper and around-the-clock settlements. Tokenized assets could grow to multitrillion-dollar market by the end of the decade, according to several industry reports from BCG, McKinsey and Bernstein.
"As the President and new Administration have encouraged Congress to create landmark legislation for common-sense market structure, we are pleased to partner with Google Cloud to enable innovative solutions for low-cost, digital transfer of value," said Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Google Cloud Universal Ledger has the potential to deliver significant efficiencies for collateral, margin, settlement and fee payments as the world moves toward 24/7 trading."
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