Minneapolis, United States
Abbreviation
MGEX
Location
Minneapolis, United States
Region
Americas
Group
Miami International Holdings (MIAX)
Product Types
Agricultural
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX), founded in 1881, is the United States' primary futures market for Hard Red Spring Wheat (HRSWW) — the high-protein wheat used in premium breads and noodles. MGEX also provides agricultural cash commodity trading and clearing services. Acquired by Miami International Holdings (MIAX) in 2020, MGEX continues to serve as an essential price-discovery and risk management platform for Spring Wheat, a crop critical to North American and global food production.
Flett Exchange was a New Jersey-based electronic exchange for environmental commodity credits, established around 2004. Flett specialised in US environmental market instruments including NOx (nitrogen oxide) allowances under the EPA SIP Call, SO2 (sulphur dioxide) allowances under the Acid Rain Program, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon allowances, and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). The exchange served power generators, utilities, and compliance buyers navigating the complex US state and federal cap-and-trade regulatory frameworks for air emissions.
Amercanex is a US-based cannabis commodity exchange headquartered in Denver, Colorado, designed to facilitate transparent wholesale trading of legal cannabis products between licensed growers, processors, and dispensaries. As one of the world's first regulated cannabis commodity exchanges, Amercanex aims to standardise pricing and improve supply-chain efficiency across state-legal cannabis markets.
LedgerX was the first CFTC-regulated bitcoin derivatives exchange in the United States, offering bitcoin options and futures contracts to institutional and retail participants. Founded in 2013 and launching trading in 2017, LedgerX pioneered regulated crypto derivatives clearing. In 2021, it was acquired by FTX and rebranded as FTX US Derivatives. Following the catastrophic collapse of the FTX exchange group in November 2022, FTX US Derivatives ceased operations.
The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) was North America's first and only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas emission reduction and trading system. Founded in 2003 by economist Richard Sandor, CCX allowed member companies to make binding commitments to reduce carbon emissions and trade Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs). Acquired by ICE (Intercontinental Exchange) in 2010, CCX ceased operations the same year after voluntary carbon credit prices collapsed following the failure of US cap-and-trade legislation.