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This time last year, the market was abuzz with excitement as CBOE’s XBT futures contracts and CME Group’s bitcoin derivatives products launched for the first time. There is no doubt that BTC futures trading has given some legitimacy to the asset class.
2018-12-22 06:55 | |
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Institutional investors are quickly losing interest in Bitcoin, JP Morgan has stated in recent research. According to the bank, key flow metrics have dwindled in recent months indicating reduced interest from the professional investors.
2018-12-18 20:41 | |
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CBOE’s Bitcoin Foray Turns One As noted by Tom Hearden, a senior trader at Skylands Capital, subsequently relayed through MarketWatch, one year and one day ago, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE Global Markets) made history, becoming one of the first financial institutions to launch a fully-fledged Bitcoin (BTC) product.
2018-12-13 04:32 | |
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It’s been a year since the CFTC gave a regulatory green light for bitcoin futures and ether futures could be next. But this time around, the agency is taking its time, as evidenced by a recent request for input on the third biggest cryptocurrency based on market cap to learn what sets it apart from bitcoin.
2018-12-13 22:35 | |
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It has been a year since the start of Cboe’s XBT futures contracts and CME Group’s bitcoin derivatives products launched last December. With super bearish prices these past few months, a lot has changed since the cryptocurrency economy touched all-time highs on spot markets.
2018-12-12 01:55 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is now offering institutional accounts and we’ve covered the announcement in The Daily. Also, Okex is launching a new derivative product, while crypto derivatives exchange Erisx has raised $27.
2018-12-6 12:45 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is now offering institutional accounts and we’ve covered the announcement in The Daily. Also, Okex is launching a new derivative product, while crypto derivatives exchange Erisx has raised $27.
2018-12-6 12:45 | |
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The company’s move comes ahead of ICE’s planned Bakkt Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives launch, and upcoming Nasdaq BTC futures next year.
2018-12-5 18:18 | |
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Latest Bitcoin News It is now official: NASDAQ, the world’s second largest stock exchange will launch their Bitcoin Futures version by Q1 2019. This comes after days speculations after rumors began doing round that sources privy with development inside the exchange were confident that of the listing come next year.
2018-12-5 06:00 | |
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Nasdaq will launch Bitcoin futures in the first half of 2019. The information was confirmed by Joseph Christinat, Vice President of Nasdaq’s media team, The Express reported on December 3. “Bitcoin Futures will be listed and it should launch in the first half of next year – we’re just waiting for the go ahead from […]
2018-12-4 18:30 | |
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While many people had glossed over this little-known statement released by the Federal Reserve earlier this year (in May), but according to the letter, the government body blamed the launch of Bitcoin futures markets on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for adversely affecting the overall value of Bitcoin (as well as many other alt-assets available […]
2018-12-2 03:57 | |
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Having met the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August 2018, officials of VanEck, SolidX and Cboe BZX Exchange have met with the Commission again, in the latest attempt to convince the regulator to approve the nation's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to an official presentation submitted to the SEC.
2018-12-1 01:17 | |
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Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange Jeff Sprecher recently praised Bitcoin and other digital currencies. It’s is worth noting that Intercontinental Exchange, operator of the NYSE, is launching Bitcoin futures contracts in January next year.
2018-11-29 14:59 | |
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At this year’s CryptoFrontiers Conference in New York City, digital currency exchange Huobi announced that it will begin offering derivatives contract trading. The service will be available via Huobi’s Derivative Market (Huobi DM) to customers of select countries and will allow them to open both short and long positions for a handful of coins.
2018-11-29 01:33 | |
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Securities exchange operator NASDAQ is looking ahead for a Bitcoin futures listing, as revealed by two people familiar with the matter. NASDAQ believes that the cryptocurrency has sustained market interest, despite the prolonged bearish market this year.
2018-11-28 19:29 | |
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The Bitcoin price pushed past the $4,000 mark earlier today, as the market shows some signs of recovery. The upswing might be a result of changing sentiment and new institutional players, as Nasdaq revealed new products for virtual currencies.
2018-11-28 18:23 | |
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Bloomberg’s unnamed sources return a year later to claim that this time, the Nasdaq is pushing plans again to launch Bitcoin Futures in the new year.
2018-11-27 21:05 | |
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An unconfirmed report released today, November 27, 2018, claims that NASDAQ has plans to launch bitcoin-based futures contracts, and that these plans are continuing to go forward despite the recent crypto crash.
2018-11-28 20:45 | |
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Stock exchange operator Nasdaq is sticking with plans to launch bitcoin futures contracts early next year, say Bloomberg sources.
2018-11-28 18:00 | |
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The launch of NYSE's bitcoin futures contract, pushed back to January next year, will be the first deliverable - opposed to cash-settled - bitcoin contract with the settlement of each contract delivering one "physical" bitcoin to the customer's account.
2018-11-27 15:00 | |
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The ICE said that its Bakkt platform and Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract would be launched in January next year rather than in mid-December 2018.
2018-11-21 13:53 | |
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CoinSpeaker ICE’s Bakkt Delays Bitcoin Futures Launch to 2019 The Bakkt digital assets platform, which was created by the operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), announced the creation of Bakkt in August of this year and now said that they are “targeting” Jan.
2018-11-21 13:52 | |
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CoinSpeaker US Officials Closely Investigate Tether Role in Bitcoin Price Manipulation Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U. S. Department of Justice are investigating the role of Tether's stablecoin in artificial inflation of Bitcoin price during last year’s enormous growth.
2018-11-21 13:07 | |
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The long-awaited Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract that was to be launched in December 2018 has been rescheduled for the next year 2019 subject to regulatory approval. The announcement of the postponement was contained in a notice posted on ICE’s official blog today 20 November 2018.
2018-11-21 21:20 | |
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It seems US authorities aren’t yet done with controversial cryptocurrency Tether. The ‘USD-backed’ stablecoin is now being probed by the country’s Justice Department, according to a Bloomberg report.
2018-11-20 15:00 | |
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It’s been 10 years since the birth of bitcoin. At its peak last year, the crypto currency had a total market capitalization of $823. 8 billion and had become an independent economy that shouldn’t be ignored.
2018-11-17 22:22 | |
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It’s been 10 years since the birth of bitcoin. At its peak last year, the cryptocurrency had a total market capitalization of $823. 8 billion and had become an independent economy that shouldn’t be ignored.
2018-11-16 16:40 | |
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In the latter half of 2018, few developments have occupied crypto investors’ headspaces like the industry’s indefatigable pursuit of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-9 20:03 | |
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is eyeing a potential ban on the sale of cryptocurrency derivatives, the Financial Times reported. The UK financial watchdog said that it would begin discussions in the first quarter of the next year on whether it would go ahead with the proposed ban on crypto-based difference, futures, and options.
2018-10-30 14:00 | |
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Bitcoin Futures Underwhelm In December 2017, Bitcoin futures launched. This was right before the peak of last year’s price bubble. By October 2017, many believe that the update has been somewhat disappointing.
2018-10-26 20:21 | |
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October 26th might be one of the most significant dates in the crypto calendars this year due to an event might catalyze a trend reversal in the crypto markets. The crypto markets have been on a free fall since February when news of banning crypto trading in China and South Korea hit the crypto-verse.
2018-10-26 15:37 | |
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Bitcoin futures launched to a huge fanfare in late 2017. But while uptake has been admittedly lackluster so far, the future of BTC futures looks promising. The Future’s Bright Bitcoin futures launched in December 2017, just before the peak of last year’s price bubble.
2018-10-26 07:00 | |
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The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), will list and enable trading of the new Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract on December 12, 2018. What is even exciting about this new announcement is that the Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract will be physically settled for Bitcoin through the ICE’s Digital Asset Warehouse at Bakkt LLC and.
2018-10-23 14:15 | |
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Almost a year to the day after the CBOE and CME launched their own bitcoin futures products, the Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt platform is heralding the launch of its own futures on December 12, though the platform is still pending approval from the Commodity Futures Trade Commission.
2018-10-23 01:16 | |
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The Intercontinental Exchange has been working fervently on their cryptocurrency platform Bakkt for the better part of the year. Bakkt has been awaiting their launch date, which has officially been announced as December 12th, and it is described by ICE as “an open and regulated, global ecosystem for digital assets.” With the launch, ICE has […]
2018-10-23 00:27 | |
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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, also known as the CME Group, has said in a tweet on October 17, 2018, that bitcoin futures trading on its platform is up by a whopping 41 percent in Q3 of this year as compared to the poor performances of the cryptocurrency futures trading product in previous quarters.
2018-10-18 17:00 | |
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Former CFTC Head Affirms: Most Tokens From ICOs Are Securities Gary Gensler, the former chairman of the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has recently affirmed that most of the Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) made since last year have created tokens that can be a considered a form of securities. The comments were originally […]
2018-10-16 00:54 | |
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Fidelity Investments has launched a new business to allow its institutional clients to trade in digital currencies such as bitcoin, a press release reveals. Known as Fidelity Digital Asset Services, LLC, the company will purchase and sell cryptocurrencies for family offices, hedge funds and other monetary ventures.
2018-10-16 22:22 | |
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The United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a few important crypto related decisions to make and is pushing back dates and causing a lot of distress in the blockchain and cryptocurrency communities.
2018-10-9 21:30 | |
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When it comes to innovative business models, Digitex Future Exchange is working to take the cake. Live from Q4 this year, traders will soon be able to trade Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum Futures with ZERO commission fees.
2018-10-8 21:01 | |
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The year 2018 has seen several collaborations and investments from traditional financial service firms into the crypto market. Recently, TD Ameritrade made a strategic investment in ErisX. It is a regulated derivative exchange and a clearing organization that will support crypto spot markets and digital asset futures on the same platform.
2018-10-5 20:34 | |
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The platform will be launched next year and will offer BTC, ETH, LTC, and BCH as well as futures contracts on virtual assets.
2018-10-3 18:58 | |
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The Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) together with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have charged a 26 year old based in Austria, Patrick Brunner, and his company 1broker, with failing.
2018-9-28 12:29 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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Here are a couple of truths for you. When you’ve been in the industry long enough, you get pretty tired of hearing about projects being referred to as “game-changers. ” But, at the same time, you also get better at identifying when one really is.
2018-9-21 12:15 | |
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Tim McCourt, managing director of CME Group, has said that bitcoin futures are not to be blamed for the slump in the crypto market this year.
2018-9-19 13:02 | |
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Industry buzz surrounded Ethereum this week as community members await the next stage of the coin’s development. The protocol also served as the jumping-off point for a new fully regulated stablecoin.
2018-9-16 18:41 | |
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The world’s second-largest stock exchange, NASDAQ, is reported to be gearing up to not only list but support the trading of cryptocurrency via a coin exchange platform. While the CME and Cboe listed crypto-based financial products in the form of “bitcoin futures” in 2017, it is rumoured that NASDAQ will go one step further and list actual cryptocurrency.
2018-9-7 13:00 | |
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Bill Barhydt, founder of bitcoin wallet app Abra, said the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would approve a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) within a year once the financial regulator feels comfortable with the caliber of the applicants.
2018-9-6 21:31 | |
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Defying skeptics, Bitcoin (BTC) has nearly reached the once-unimaginable $100,000 milestone after trading at $0.0009 in 2009. Just a few years ago, only the most optimistic in the industry could have envisioned Bitcoin nearing $100,000 — but now, that vision…
BlackRock, the largest asset management in the world, officially launched iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) for options trading in Nasdaq, while Bitcoin (BTC) hit an all-time high of $94,041. Since the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Bitcoin ETF trading…
Bitcoin is leading the broader crypto market higher, outperforming the CoinDesk 20 Index with its 6% advance over the past 24 hours.
BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for most of the inflows at $1.1 billion, with zero net outflows from any product.
BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust registered $4.1 billion in volume traded as bitcoin broke out to all-time highs.
BTC fell amid a transfer of $2.2 billion worth of the asset by defunct exchange Mt.Gox from its storage to new wallets.
BTC fell amid a transfer of $2.2 billion worth of the asset by defunct exchange Mt.Gox from its storage to new wallets.