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Bringing regulation to cryptocurrency

Ryan Kailath Dec 11, 2017
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Bringing regulation to cryptocurrency

Ryan Kailath Dec 11, 2017
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Bitcoin’s wild ride is getting even wilder. Yesterday saw the launch of bitcoin futures, trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Interest was so high it nearly crashed the CBOE website and the exchange briefly halted trading a couple of times after the price jumped erratically. So, we’ve all heard bitcoin is volatile, risky, maybe a bubble. So why then the demand for bitcoin futures? 

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