CME Group and Silicon Data to Launch Compute Futures on October 5 to Unlock New Way to Hedge AI Risks

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u/jnana OP 1 22 hours ago

Contract details: https://www.cmegroup.com/notices/ser/2026/08/ser-9785.html
u/Puzzleheaded-Pass-64 1 20 hours ago

Building exit liquidity?
u/Positive-Pause-3019 1 19 hours ago

So you’re saying I can long computational ability? So confused someone explain asap
u/JohnTitor_3 1 19 hours ago

That is actually really cool for companies to be able to hedge out future compute cost risk the same way airlines hedge out the risk of gas price spikes. For actual traders…probably won’t be much active liquidity.
u/Objective_Chest_1697 1 18 hours ago

Doesn't computational power grow exponentially? Please ELI5
u/Ready-Molasses-7093 1 17 hours ago

yeah. each gpu and cpu generation they deliver around 10-30% performance uplift
u/Ready-Molasses-7093 1 17 hours ago

love this. hopefully they have options contracts on this