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Nasdaq, the exchanges and trading technology company, is launching a blockchain-based product in South Africa, designed to make shareholder voting more efficient. -
The coming of bitcoin futures could open the floodgates for Wall Street money, rapidly multiplying the global financial system’s exposure to the original cryptocurrency. But the bitcoin community is not united about what the asset should be and, as a result, it remains uniquely volatile.
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The European Securities and Markets Authority issued a warning on initial coin offerings on Monday, suggesting the unconventional capital raising tool may be subject to EU securities regulation.
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CME Group, one of the US's premier financial institutions, plans to launch futures on bitcoin. This will give investors a clean way to bet on the price of the cryptocurrency, whose price has soared eightfold this year.
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Bitcoin took another big step towards being accepted by the financial establishment when the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced it would launch a cash-settled futures contract for the digital currency in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Some financial regulators around the world are taking a dim view of the incredible numbers of initial coin offerings that have launched over the past few months. In an effort to avoid the coming storm of securities law enforcement, some sponsors of the offerings are adopting 'compliant' strategies. But these should still expect to be tested in court.
