The CBOE has launched futures contracts for Bitcoin to be the first regulated market to trade the digital currency Bitcoin. Below is a summary of what happened during the first day of Bitcoin Futures trading:
- The bourse launched the Bitcoin Futures trading on December 10, 2017, becoming the first exchange to regulate the digital currency trading.
- The website of the CBOE crashed on Sunday night due to heavy traffic, but trading continued normally.
- Futures contracts for Bitcoin opened at $15,000 on Monday.
- Settled at $18,545 at the end of the day, up by 23.6%.
- There were 3,969 contracts traded on Monday, worth almost $68 million.
- Trading stopped twice on Monday as the market rose more than 10% and 20%, respectively.
- Bitcoin prices closed yesterday at 16.885 on the Coinbase platform.
