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First Bitcoin Futures Contract Settles at $10,900 and the Bears Won Round #1

CBOE had listed these contracts on Dec. 10, making them the first bitcoin futures products available on a regulated US exchange. CME launched its own bitcoin futures a week later.

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Here's How a Bitcoin Crash Could Bring Down the Entire Stock Market

Conventional wisdom says that even if the Bitcoin bubble pops, as it’s been threatening to lately, the damage won’t spill over into the broad stock market.

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Blockstream Releases Lightning Charge, Launches Test E-Commerce Store

In December 2017, lightning developers ACINQ, Blockstream and Lightning Labs, announced the 1.0 release of the Lightning protocol and the world’s first Lightning test payments on the Bitcoin mainnet across all three implementations. The standardization and deployment of the Lightning Network’s second-level, off-chain payment layer is expected to result in instant bitcoin transactions, improved scalability and lower fees, enabling fast and cheap micropayments.

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South Korean Regulator: In Reality Impossible to Close Cryptocurrency Exchanges

The South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) does not have the authority to close cryptocurrency exchanges. “It is impossible in reality,” said the KFTC chairman. The agency is currently investigating 13 major exchanges operating in the country for alleged violations of the e-commerce law.

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Institutional Investors Will Bet Big on Cryptocurrencies in 2018

The cryptocurrency market is currently dominated by individual investors, but institutional investors are watching. Where they see profit opportunities, they are sure to pounce.

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