CME Group has announced plans to launch UNIUSD futures contracts starting October 19, pending regulatory review. The exchange will offer two types of contracts: standard contracts sized at 10,000 UNI and micro contracts sized at 1,000 UNI. This move comes as the average daily volume for crypto futures and options reached approximately 279,800 contracts in the first half of 2026.
Meanwhile, the price of UNIUSD on Stocktwits has been trading near $7.33, marking a 1.4% decline over the past 24 hours. The recent dip has been attributed to easing selling pressure on Binance, following a spike in late-September inflows that exceeded $40 million per day, which has since subsided.
Uniswap's total value locked (TVL) has also seen a decline, dropping from around $4.03 billion on October 2 to approximately $3.91 billion on October 16. Despite this dip, Uniswap's TVL peaked at over $4 billion in September, with the highest decentralized exchange (DEX) volume reaching $93.6 billion earlier this year.