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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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Zilliqa, a blockchain platform under development in Singapore, has hired two former investment bank employees as senior advisors.
  • Vice-chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Anneli Tuominen has said that the body could issue a warning on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), a method of capital raising using cryptocurrencies on a blockchain.