CFTC Seeks Dismissal of CME Lawsuit Over Crypto Perpetual Futures

Revelation News Editorial DeskSeptember 3, 2026

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The CFTC has asked a judge to dismiss CME's lawsuit, characterizing the dispute as insignificant. The regulator notes that its order permits any designated contract market, including CME, to list crypto perpetual futures products.

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The CFTC's dismissal request directly challenges the legal basis of CME's challenge to the regulator's authority over crypto derivatives markets.

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The chart totals every SEC-reported transaction by month and share count, separating informative purchases and sales from non-informative awards, vesting, exercises, tax withholding and transfers. Records without a reported price remain included. Only informative purchases and sales affect the conservative sentiment signal.

Recent SEC-reported share and derivative transactions in CME GROUP INC..

Insider activity sentiment

Leaning bearish

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1 discretionary purchases · 3 discretionary sales

Confidence: High

Informative buyNon-informative buyInformative sellNon-informative sell

Insiders	Activity	Description	Shares	Avg. price / share	Est. value	Trade date
DirectorGEPSMAN MARTIN J	Informative sell	Common Stock Class AOpen-market or private transaction (S)	400	$302.50	$121,000	Oct 22, 2026
DirectorSHEPARD WILLIAM R	Informative buy	Common Stock Class AOpen-market or private transaction (P)	292.55	$268.76	$78,626	Sep 25, 2026
Sr MD Chief Commercial OfficerWinkler Julie	Non-informative sell	Common Stock Class ATax or exercise-price withholding (F)	359	—	—	Sep 16, 2026
Chief Transformation OfficerVroman Ken	Non-informative sell	Common Stock Class ATax or exercise-price withholding (F)	308	—	—	Sep 16, 2026
MD Chief Accounting OfficerTobin Jack J	Non-informative sell	Common Stock Class ATax or exercise-price withholding (F)	51	—	—	Sep 16, 2026

As filed with the SEC. Estimated value is shown only for purchases or sales with a positive reported transaction price; awards, gifts and similar activity are not assigned an assumed market value. Amendments may change the record. This is not investment advice.

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Open short positions reported twice monthly; this is not daily short-sale volume.

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Owner	Activity	Change	Shares held	Value (thousands)	Reported
Vanguard Group Inc	Buy	588,509 (1.667%)	35,895,583	$10,983,330	12/31/2025
Blackrock, Inc.	Sell	-881,915 (-2.804%)	30,566,342	$9,352,689	6/30/2026
Vanguard Capital Management Llc	Buy	294,574 (1.261%)	23,661,856	$7,240,055	6/30/2026
State Street Corp	Buy	290,883 (1.812%)	16,346,170	$5,001,601	6/30/2026
Morgan Stanley	Buy	321,352 (3.416%)	9,728,195	$2,976,633	6/30/2026
Geode Capital Management, Llc	Buy	124,421 (1.36%)	9,271,309	$2,836,835	6/30/2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management Llc	Buy	138,235 (1.531%)	9,167,524	$2,805,079	6/30/2026
Capital World Investors	Sell	-114,173 (-1.646%)	6,822,315	$2,087,492	6/30/2026
Jpmorgan Chase & Co	Sell	-6,442,030 (-52.761%)	5,767,731	$1,764,810	6/30/2026
Sanders Capital, Llc	Buy	906,550 (21.786%)	5,067,740	$1,550,627	6/30/2026
Norges Bank	Sell	-757,356 (-13.578%)	4,820,646	$1,475,021	6/30/2026
Ameriprise Financial Inc	Buy	627,830 (16.816%)	4,361,379	$1,334,495	6/30/2026

Settlement date	Short interest	Avg. daily volume	Change vs. previous report	Days to cover
Sep 30, 2026	5,526,063	1,744,545	-4.75%	3.17
Sep 15, 2026	5,801,564	1,736,223	+3.06%	3.34
Aug 31, 2026	5,629,176	1,987,880	+8.26%	2.83
Aug 14, 2026	5,199,595	1,677,148	-16.32%	3.10
Jul 31, 2026	6,213,476	2,755,420	+6.44%	2.26
Jul 15, 2026	5,837,310	3,110,735	-2.90%	1.88
Jun 30, 2026	6,011,422	4,845,209	+15.33%	1.24
Jun 15, 2026	5,212,475	4,171,632	—	1.25

Fiscal quarter	Reported	EPS	Consensus	Surprise
Sep 2026	Oct 21, 2026	3.02	2.98	+1.34%
Jun 2026	Jul 22, 2026	2.99	2.91	+2.75%
Mar 2026	Apr 22, 2026	3.36	3.37	-0.3%
Dec 2025	Feb 4, 2026	2.77	2.75	+0.73%

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