«Yes, you can
already trade a derivative in Europe, an exchange traded note which tracks Bitcoin,» Nadig adds.
«Yes, you can
already trade a derivative in Europe, an exchange traded note which tracks Bitcoin,» Nadig adds.
Not exact matches
NEW YORK (Reuters)- A group of small brokerages and large commodities companies convinced lawmakers to tweak a rule that they say would have made
derivatives trading more expensive for them and sent more business to Wall Street banks that
already dominate the market.
The ban will apply to OTC
derivatives and not to
trading on a regulated exchange or on a multilateral
trading facility, which is designed to supplement a Belgian distribution ban that was
already in force for certain products, such as financial products with Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies as their underlying.
Cantor's futures exchange has
already been approved by the US Commodities and Futures
Trading Commission (CFTC), and considering that CFTC has approved several bitcoin futures listings including the bitcoin options,
derivatives, and futures exchange of LedgerX, regulatory hurdles of Cantor in listing bitcoin are expected to be minimal.
In a statement to the press today, bitcoin
trading platform LedgerX confirmed rumors that it has
already begun
trading cryptocurrency
derivatives, an offering it first received approval to begin selling to institutional investors in July.
Bitcoin had
already been
trading up in anticipation of the launch of bitcoin futures on Chicago - based CME, the world's largest
derivatives exchange.