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Wall Street's weekend just died

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Marc Baumann and Sangam Bharti
Mar 10, 2026
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On May 29, CME opens crypto derivatives trading 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. One problem: if Bitcoin crashes at 3am on a Saturday, CME has to manage that margin call instantly, and every bank in America is asleep.

The world’s largest derivatives exchange just dragged traditional finance into a stress test it doesn’t have the plumbing fo…

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