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Bitcoin Options Coming This Fall

LedgerX becomes the first regulated bitcoin options exchange.

By Camila Russo, Bloomberg | Updated on July 25, 2017

Digital currency investors and miners will be able to hedge the volatile assets under U.S. regulatory oversight for the first time in just a couple of months.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted LedgerX, a cryptocurrency trading platform operator, registration as a clearing house for derivatives contracts settling in digital currencies, according to a statement by the regulators Monday. With the approval, LedgerX is set to become the first federally regulated digital currency options exchange and clearinghouse in the U.S. as interest and volatility in the method of exchange surges.

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