US regulators just gave the green light to bitcoin futures trading

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday said it would allow bitcoin futures trading on three exchanges. 

In a statement, it said the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and the CBOE Futures Exchange self-certified new contracts for bitcoin futures products.  The Cantor Exchange self-certified a new contract for bitcoin binary options.

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