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CME Group to launch cash-settled bitcoin volatility futures
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Get The Block’s latest crypto news and price alerts for the coins you follow, right in Chrome. Add our free extension here. Pending regulatory approval, the cash-settled contracts will list June 1 and let traders hedge or speculate on bitcoin’s volatility via CME’s BVX index..
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