In May 2026, three major venues listed cash-settled GPU futures within sixteen days. CME partnered with Silicon Data. ICE followed with Ornn. Architect’s American Innovation Exchange joined shortly after. At least six ETF filings appeared before a single contract traded. Larry Fink had already framed the thesis: compute is becoming an asset class. AI capital expenditure hit roughly $765 billion that year, surpassing oil and gas for the first time. The resource powering the next industrial wave needed price discovery, hedging tools, and capital markets.
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