Bloomberg has reported that Nasdaq Inc has decided to move forward with its plans to list Bitcoin futures and this could happen as soon as the first quarter of 2019.
Nasdaq is following up on its initial plans in November 2017 to launch Bitcoin futures in 2018, doing so in the hopes of sustaining a long-term cryptocurrency patronage. However, it failed to execute its original plans, committing to satisfy the standards imposed by the US financial regulator Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Bitcoin futures were thought to be instrumental to the astronomical rise of the price of Bitcoin last year, with the market registering price verticals as high as USD 20,000. The first two derivative markets to launch the bitcoin futures were CBOE Global Markets Inc and CME Group Inc, after which the CFTC decided to review the processes for listing crypto derivatives.
Nasdaq’s decision comes as a bold move considering the current market conditions, as Bitcoin has dropped from its all-time high and now trades as low as USD 4,000.
The current market conditions seem to have fallen short of the initial expectations that institutional investments attracted by the Bitcoin futures contract would be the sustaining wave for the next cryptocurrency mass adoption. However, this year’s market has only been in the reverse. Still, institutional investments remain a topic of focus as speculation on them make headlines daily.
Moving forward, it does seem as though Nasdaq had been brewing on its plans to ensure that it meets the demand of a wide range of investors and ensure that its contracts services are foolproof, thereby outpacing its competitors. This was disclosed by an unnamed source reported by Bloomberg who said:
“The Nasdaq futures will be based off the Bitcoin’s price on numerous spot exchanges, as compiled by VanEck Associates Corp… CME uses prices from four markets, while it’s just one at Cboe.”
On a general note, Nasdaq has shown a keen interest into blockchain technology as a whole alongside the derivative systems, even considering the possibility of a Nasdaq cryptocurrency exchange in the future.
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