


Bitcoin Futures Debut With 26% Rally, Trigger Cboe Trading Halts
Bitcoin has landed on Wall Street. Futures on the world’s most popular cryptocurrency surged as much as 26 percent in their debut session on Cboe Global Markets Inc.’s exchange, triggering two temporary trading halts designed to calm the market. Initial volume...
Bitcoin and the Hedge Funds Prepared to Trade Against Them
A Bitcoin Big Short is Building. The planned introduction of bitcoin futures contracts at CME Group Inc., Cboe Global Markets Inc. and Nasdaq Inc. will make it much easier to bet on a decline. Hedge funds, which have largely stayed on the sidelines, are waiting for...
Bitcoin Is a Delusion That Could Conquer the World
Bitcoin is a Delusion That Could Conquer the World A bar of gold. A disk of iron. A chain of beads. A card of plastic. A slip of cotton-linen paper. These things are worthless. One cannot eat them, or drink them, or use them as a blanket. But they are valuable, too....