‘Free the Onion’: University of Chicago Students March on CME Over a 68-Year-Old Onion Trading Ban
Downtown Chicago has seen plenty of protests, but rarely one led by a giant smiling onion. On October 19, 2026,…
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UChicago Students Marched on the CME With a Giant Inflatable Onion to Demand Onion Futures Be Legal Again: “58, Out of Date, Let Our Onions Speculate!”
A giant inflatable onion bobbed over the sidewalk outside the CME Building in downtown Chicago on Monday, beside an American…