Institutional investors on their way to investing in Bitcoin

CME Group, the world’s leading derivatives marketplace, is planning to offer futures on Bitcoins by the end of 2017. The contracts will most likely be settled in cash, and will make use of a daily price from the CME CF Bitcoin reference rate.

Bitcoin futures would allow professional investors exposure to Bitcoin’s volatility, as well as the opportunity to trade the futures on regulated venues and use them as a hedging tool.