Just last week, Bitcoin News reported Bloomberg’s findings on the world’s second largest stock exchange’s plan on moving forward with Bitcoin futures listing. This week, Nasdaq has cleared the air of all speculation by confirming this.
UK news outlet Express heard it from the horse’s mouth yesterday that Nasdaq would definitely be launching its Bitcoin futures within the first half of next year. This was obtained from two credible inside sources from within the organization.
Vice president of Nasdaq’s media team Joseph Christinat told an Express point man: “Bitcoin Futures will be listed and it should launch in the first half of next year – we’re just waiting for the go-ahead from the CFTC but there’s been enough work put into this to make that academic.”
Christinat added, “We’ve seen plenty of speculation and rumors about what we might be doing, but no one has thought to come to us and ask if we can confirm it, so, here you go – we’re doing this, and it’s happening.”
The current market trends might just be in need of a good news as this, in particular, is of more interest to institutional investors. However, this has a way of rippling into other mainstream financial affairs. The most likely of all institutions to feel the most impact would be traditional banking institutions, as the move will enlighten them on the serious roles cryptocurrency has in the future of finance. More so, it may be a step closer to legitimizing the market.
From Joseph’s statement, it would seem that they are no strangers to the development of both the blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency market, as he does emphasize on the efforts of the exchange toward engaging with the new venture.
“We got into the blockchain game five years ago, and when the technology first popped up we just leaned out of the window and shouted “hey come over here” right at it.”
However, the most assuring is that the exchange has spent so much on achieving this milestone:
“We’ve put a hell of a lot of money and energy into delivering the ability to do this and we’ve been all over it for a long time – way before the market went into turmoil, and that will not affect the timing of this in any way. No. Period. We’re doing this no matter what.”
Right now, all that’s left for the exchange is the final confirmation from the CFTC. This would also be the case with other players who are currently looking to launch their Bitcoin futures too. In the case of VanEck partnering with SolidX for a physically-backed Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), they are simply waiting on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for approval.
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