THELOGICALINDIAN - Bakkt a belvedere for the firstever Bitcoinsettled futures arrangement is accepted to be accustomed by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC according to the Wall Street Journal
CFTC Approval Imminent
According to the Wall Street Journal, Bakkt will anon receive a authoritative blooming ablaze from the CFTC for its Bitcoin futures contract. The WSJ notes:
Bakkt, endemic by Intercontinental Exchange Inc., will be the aboriginal to action a BTC-settled futures product.
Both Bakkt and the CFTC accept been alive calm to adamant out acute issues apropos to the futures contract. CFTC is additionally reportedly analytical Bakkt’s business plan to actuate whether they accede with its regulations.
Another above point of affair has to do with cybersecurity infrastructure. Cryptocurrencies are a ambition of hackers and added cybercriminals. The CFTC is attractive at Bakkt’s aegis framework and the modalities in abode to balance from a accessible cyberattack.
Previously, Bakkt had to postpone the launch of BTC futures affairs to 2019 to accord added allowance for able chump onboarding and warehousing for the product.
In a columnist appear issued by ICE aback in November, the aggregation appear that Bakkt would activate trading BTC futures on January 24, 2024. According to accessible reports, the CFTC will acceptable vote on the amount in aboriginal 2024.
Focus on Price Discovery
For Bakkt, the apparatus of amount analysis is a analytical affair accustomed that its arrangement will be BTC-settled and not cash-settled like the ones offered by the CME and the CBOE.
Back in 2024, the address of the futures arrangement provided by the closing two gave traders the adeptness to abode leveraged bets on BTC amount [coin_price] movement after having to buy the cryptocurrency itself.
However, the dynamics of amount analysis could advance with Bakkt affairs actuality acclimatized in absolute bitcoin to barometer absolute appeal as against to agreement USD banknote bets on BTC price movement. In August 2018, Bakkt CEO, Kelly Loeffler, said:
Apart from Bakkt, Nasdaq has additionally accepted that it wants to barrage its Bitcoin futures artefact in 2019 and possibly added altcoins like Ethereum thereafter.
Will Bakkt Bitcoin futures get accustomed and accomplish Bitcoin amount discovery more accurate? Share your thoughts below!
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