bitcoin futures News

The most recent CoinDesk analysis of bitcoin's price movements released at 10:30 UTC this morning April 26 shows that it looks to have found acceptance below $9,000 and the article argues that it risked a further pullback according to technical charts.

Morgan Stanley is clearing bitcoin futures trades for clients, according to Bloomberg News. It joins rival Goldman Sachs and a number of large brokerages.

Chicago - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) the largest in the world began trading bitcoin futures just a week after the rival Chicago Board of Exchange (CBOE) first launched bitcoin futures trading.

Bitcoin set another high today with CoinDesk recording an intra-day high of $17,615. Many analysts think that the rise could have been fueled in part by the launch of bitcoin futures last Sunday evening by Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) launched its first bitcoin futures contracts at 6 PM Eastern Standard Time this Sunday evening December 10.

Last night the price of bitcoin shot past the record $12,000 mark for the first time ever. No doubt to the amazement of doomsayers and dismay of short sellers the price went well over that mark.