Both outcomes
Cleared to price
Delayed or blocked
CFTC comment ritual gating CME compute futures
Public comments enter an open CFTC docket, staff weigh two threshold questions against the commodity classification boundary, and the outcome forks into a cleared launch (compute becomes priceable) or a delayed or blocked October launch.
May 12
CME announces
Jun 22
CFTC requests comment
Oct 5
target launch
Public comment period open
closing date not yet confirmed
names CME, Silicon Data, GPUs
please give us your thoughts
open
CFTC staff decision
fits standard-futures framework
rental index transparent,
and non-manipulable
commodity classification boundary
compute crosses the line
launch proceeds · Oct 5
launch delayed / blocked
objection or index doubt
the launch hangs on what this process produces