THELOGICALINDIAN - Intercontinental Barter has appear that its BakktBitcoin Daily Futures Arrangement will alpha trading on Dec 12 Anniversary barter will aftereffect in physically delivered bitcoin and will barter in US dollar agreement the close explained abacus that one arrangement will be listed for trading anniversary barter business day
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Date Set for Bakkt Bitcoin Futures
Intercontinental Barter Inc. (ICE) appear on Monday that its U.S.-based futures exchange, ICE Futures U.S. Inc., “will account the new Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily Futures Contract for trading on Wednesday, December 12, 2018.” The close elaborated:
The close connected to detail, “Each futures arrangement calls for commitment of one bitcoin captivated in the Bakkt agenda asset warehouse, and will barter in U.S. dollar terms. One circadian arrangement will be listed for trading anniversary barter business day.” ICE Futures U.S. is adapted by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
ICE operates futures exchanges, OTC bazaar services, axial allowance houses, and the NYSE Group. Its axial allowance account clears over 6.2 actor futures and OTC affairs daily, the aggregation claims.
Bakkt’s Original Plans
According to its 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ICE appear on Aug. 3 its affairs to anatomy Bakkt, which it declared as a new aggregation “with the ambition of establishing a all-around belvedere for agenda assets.” The close abreast the SEC:
The filing added states that “As an antecedent basic of the Bakkt offering,” ICE affairs “to barrage a 1-day physically delivered bitcoin arrangement forth with concrete warehousing in November 2018, accountable to CFTC analysis and approval.” In alertness for launch, the close emphasized that it was “in discussions with regulators and in the action of finalizing absolute agreements with baddest partners.”
Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler commented on Thursday:
The CFTC has already accustomed two added above derivatives exchanges for trading cash-settled bitcoin futures: the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The above launched its bitcoin futures artefact on Dec. 10 and the closing on Dec. 17 aftermost year.
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