CME Group’s planned futures contracts tied to Nvidia GPU rental prices will not launch on the original Oct. 5 schedule after the CFTC extended its review by 45 days. The launch has been pushed to after Nov. 9 as the regulator conducts an in-depth assessment and seeks broader industry input. The CFTC has said compute financial markets could support U.S. AI development, while warning that the underlying market remains fragmented and opaque. The products are intended to help establish AI compute as an investable asset class through regulated futures markets.