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Cboe's New S&P Deal Opens the Door to Tokenized Options
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Cboe Global Markets and S&P Dow Jones Indices are exploring whether to bring options contracts on-chain, tucking a tokenization ambition into a 25-year extension of their decades-old licensing partnership.
Key facts
- SPX options are a heavily traded market, reaching a record 970.6 million contracts in 2025, according to figures cited alongside the announcement
- The partnership dates to 1983, when Cboe launched the first S&P 500 index options
- The two firms said Monday they had renewed their exclusive licensing agreement through 2051, preserving Cboe's rights to offer options on the S&P 500 Index, or SPX, its flagship product
- Cboe Global Markets and S&P Dow Jones Indices are exploring whether to bring options contracts on-chain, tucking a tokenization ambition into a 25-year extension of their decades-old licensing
Summary
Cboe Global Markets and S&P Dow Jones Indices extended their exclusive licensing agreement through 2051, and said they may collaborate on new products "beyond traditional index derivatives," including tokenized options contracts. The tokenization plan is exploratory, not a launch—any tokenized contract would be separate from the SPX options trading today, a market that hit a record 970.6 million contracts in 2025; Cboe shares rose more than 6%. The move follows a wave of institutional tokenization, from NYSE and BlackRock to a new SEC "innovation exemption" for tokenized stocks. The two firms said Monday they had renewed their exclusive licensing agreement through 2051, preserving Cboe's rights to offer options on the S&P 500 Index, or SPX, its flagship product.