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What are bitcoin futures?

Futures are a type of derivative contract that obligate two parties to exchange an asset—or a cash equivalent—at a predetermined price on a future date. When investors buy and sell Bitcoin futures contracts, they are speculating about BTC’s future price.

Can a new bitcoin futures contract exchange-traded fund (ETF) start trading?

The world of bitcoin – and by extension, the world of cryptocurrency – has been given a lift by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently giving its seal of approval to allow a new bitcoin futures contract exchange-traded fund (ETF) to start trading.

What is CME's bitcoin futures contract?

CME’s Bitcoin futures contract, ticker symbol BTC, is a USD cash-settled contract based on the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate (BRR), which serves as a once-a-day reference rate of the U.S. dollar price of bitcoin.

What is a bitcoin ETF?

Four years later, ProShares made history again by launching a Bitcoin ETF based on futures contracts, the first ever crypto exchange-traded fund to gain regulatory approval to trade on a major U.S. market. Bitcoin futures offer investors a unique way to speculate in the crypto market and hedge their crypto holdings.

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