CFTC approves 1st federally-regulated bitcoin options exchange and clearinghouse

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved institutional bitcoin derivatives platform Ledgerx LLC as the first federally-regulated bitcoin options exchange and clearinghouse.

Ledgerx plans to start trading bitcoin options in the fall and ether options a few months after that.

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