Derivatives

Bitcoin Options Firm LedgerX Crosses Key Launch Hurdle

Thanks to a recent venture capital infusion, bitcoin swaps firm LedgerX is closer to final approval from the CFTC to open for business.

The CME Group officially launched its bitcoin price indexes yesterday.

By Stan HigginsNov 14, 2016

Digital asset trading service Crypto Facilities has raised $1.5m in new funding.

Two former BNP Paribas employees have launched their own blockchain startup and are working to create a prototype to serve clearinghouses.

Derivatives marketplace CME Group and Crypto Facilities have unveiled two bitcoin benchmarks designed to give investors a new way to hedge.

A meeting of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee discussed how blockchain could reshape the derivatives market.

By Stan HigginsFeb 23, 2016

The US CFTC has settled charges against bitcoin swap facility TeraExchange for failing to enforce trading prohibitions.

By Stan HigginsSep 24, 2015

The CFTC has confirmed that bitcoin and other digital currencies are commodities covered by the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).

By Pete RizzoSep 17, 2015

Two London bitcoin startups have unveiled a new system that "ring-fences" customer funds from other operations.

By Grace CaffynJul 9, 2015

MGT Capital has entered into an agreement with Tera Group that would find the regulated bitcoin derivatives platform operator going public.

By Pete RizzoFeb 27, 2015

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