[Infowarrior] - CBOE plans to launch bitcoin futures

[Richard Forno]

CBOE plans to launch bitcoin futures, announces agreement with Winklevoss brothers' digital currency exchange

	• CBOE Holdings and Gemini Trust announced an agreement Tuesday for subsidiary CBOE and its affiliates to use Gemini's bitcoin market data to create bitcoin trading products.
	• CBOE plans to offer cash-settled bitcoin futures as early as the fourth quarter of 2017, pending regulatory approval.
	• The news follows the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's approval in late July for a U.S. firm to offer bitcoin options.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/02/cboe-bitcoin-futures-winklevoss-brothers-digital-currency-exchange.html