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Cboe Extends S&P 500 Options Rights to 2051, Eyes Tokenized Contracts

Cboe Global Markets has secured exclusive rights to list S&P 500 index options through 2051 under a 25-year extension with S&P Dow Jones Indices. The two firms said they may also collaborate on new products such as tokenized options, though no specific product or timeline was named.

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The 25-year extension locks in Cboe's exclusive franchise on the world's most-traded index options, a defensive moat against venues pushing to list competing contracts. The tokenized-options language is the more novel signal: it suggests major index licensors are at least exploring on-chain wrappers for benchmark derivatives, even without a product or timeline. Whether that exploration produces anything tradeable — and whether S&P's licensing posture extends to other venues — is the open question worth tracking.

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