While Wall Street and the world’s leading financial institutions are increasingly interested in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, we shared with you in the past weeks that Bloomberg announced that Nasdaq plans to launch Bitcoin futures in the first quarter of 2019.
Bloomberg’s Speaking to Express about the news he received from those close to Nasdaq, the authorities of the New York-based giant stock exchange confirmed that Nasdaq will launch its Bitcoin futures plan in the first months of next year.
Express, one of the UK’s leading news channels’ According to the news in the newspaper, while Nasdaq still needs the approval of the CFTC to launch Bitcoin futures, it is stated that getting this approval may be easier than expected thanks to the long-established history and lobby of the New York-based stock market.
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Making a statement on the subject, Joseph Christinat, Nasdaq’s media team manager, said, “There is an incredible amount of money and energy for this business. We spent a lot of money on it and we’ve been working on it for a long time.” While saying his words, “We laid the foundations of this plan before the market went down, even if the market goes down, there is no change in our plans.”
Nasdaq’s continued interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies stands out as important news for Bitcoin investors at a time when prices maintain their negative course. Besides Nasdaq, Bakkt, the Bitcoin venture of ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, is also preparing to trade Bitcoin futures in 2019. It came to the fore with the crypto initiative.
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