CBOE To Discontinue Bitcoin Futures Trading

CBOE Global Markets announced last week that it does not intend to list additional XBT futures contracts for trading, according to The Wall Street Journal.

What Happened

XBT is the symbol for bitcoin futures listed by CBOE. Monthly futures contracts expire every month; since CBOE will not list new futures going forward, the market will wind down with the expiration of the final contract in June, according to WSJ.

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