CME Group has unexpectedly suspended all trading operations on its Globex electronic platform due to a severe cooling system failure detected in its critical facilities. According to an urgent statement issued by the support team on its website, the technical incident at CyrusOne data centers forced a pause on stock and crypto asset contracts, leaving traders waiting for details regarding the market reopening.
The technical problem originated specifically in the physical infrastructure of CyrusOne, a key company that operates over 55 vital data centers distributed across the United States, Europe, and Japan. This massive outage totally froze activity across all futures and options contracts on the platform, creating a nightmare situation for traders who were left trapped without being able to manage their open positions.
Likewise, various users on social media reported with frustration that essential commodities such as crude oil and palm oil abruptly stopped trading during the active session, exacerbating uncertainty on an already complicated day for global financial logistics.
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On the other hand, this incident occurs at a particularly delicate moment for international markets, as liquidity was notably scarce due to the Thanksgiving holiday celebrated in the United States. Market analyst Tony Sycamore commented to international agencies that the technical pause considerably aggravated the situation in a slow Asian session, complicating the close of a month that has already been extremely volatile for the financial sector. Thus, the lack of volume combined with the inability to trade created a high-risk scenario for those looking to transact at the end of the month.
The halt affected institutional cryptocurrency investors directly and forcefully, who helplessly saw how Bitcoin and Ethereum futures on CME became totally inoperative during the outage. Parallel to this technical event, the price of Bitcoin retreated slightly towards the $90,896 mark, a market movement also linked to the massive options expiry of $13.4 billion which favored bearish bets in the short term. Furthermore, the leading digital asset had unsuccessfully tested the $91,800 resistance on three previous occasions, which triggered automated sell orders just before the institutional derivatives platform suffered the disconnection.
Finally, the technical team continues to work intensely to resolve the thermal issues and restore services, promising to notify regarding the Pre-Open details as soon as they are available for all clients affected by the shutdown. It is expected that normalcy will return soon to the derivatives markets, although confidence in the physical infrastructure stability of data providers could be questioned after this unforeseen event that paralyzed global capital flow.
