Another large futures exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, will start trading its own futures on 18 December but will use a composite of several bitcoin prices across a handful of exchanges. The warnings from history Read moreThe futures signal greater mainstream acceptance of bitcoin but also open up bitcoin to additional market forces. Traders brace for bitcoin futures launch after wild week for currency Read moreHow much actual investor interest there will be in these bitcoin futures is still up in the air. Many larger Wall Street brokerages and clearinghouses, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, are either not allowing customers to trade bitcoin futures or only allowing select clients to do so. Other brokerages are putting restrictions on the amount of margin a trader can use in bitcoin futures, or putting limits on the amount that can be purchased.

Source: The Guardian December 11, 2017 01:44 UTC