A new fund focused on bitcoin derivatives has been created, SEC filings reveal.
A U.S. economist and businessman known for his work in advancing futures contracts is seeking a cryptocurrency hardware patent.
A major US options exchange is seeking to list cryptocurrency derivatives, and has inked a notable partnership to move it toward this goal.
New York startup LedgerX has received approval from the CFTC to trade cryptocurrency derivatives to institutional investors.
Derivatives giant CME has developed a system for delivering digital currencies tied to futures contracts, patent documents reveal.
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.
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.
The US CFTC has settled charges against bitcoin swap facility TeraExchange for failing to enforce trading prohibitions.
The CFTC has confirmed that bitcoin and other digital currencies are commodities covered by the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).
Two London bitcoin startups have unveiled a new system that "ring-fences" customer funds from other operations.
MGT Capital has entered into an agreement with Tera Group that would find the regulated bitcoin derivatives platform operator going public.