Nasdaq Waiting for ‘Go-Ahead’ From CFTC

Christinat told the Daily Express that the world’s second-largest stock market by market capitalization hopes to start bitcoin futures trading in the first six months of the year that was coming.

“Bitcoin Futures will be recorded and it should start in the first half of next year,” Christinat said, adding that Nasdaq is now”waiting for the go-ahead” from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). “There has been enough work put into this to make that academic. We’ve seen plenty of rumors and speculation about what we might be doing… so, here you go — we’re doing this, and it is happening.”

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Christinat claimed that Nasdaq remains committed to ensuring the launch of bitcoin futures, emphasizing the long-term perspective on the industry of the company.

“We got to the blockchain game five decades back,” Christinat said and bitcoin casino no registration. “When the technology first popped up we simply leant out of the window and shouted’hey come over here’ right at it.”

Christinat also said toward launch bitcoin futures Nasdaq has devoted a substantial number of resourcescryptogames app “We’ve put a hell of a whole lot of money and energy into delivering the capability to do this and we have been all over it for a long time — way before the market went into turmoil, and which will not affect the timing of this in any way. No. Period. We’re doing so no matter what.”

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