#芝商所被曝计划推出比特币现货交易

The world's largest futures exchange, CME Group, may plan to launch spot bitcoin trading. On the evening of May 15, local time, the Financial Times reported that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (hereinafter referred to as "CME") is planning to launch spot bitcoin trading. According to three people familiar with the negotiations, CME has been in discussions with traders who want to buy and sell cryptocurrencies on regulated markets. This may mark the further entry of major Wall Street financial institutions into the digital asset field after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the Bitcoin spot ETF in January this year. However, the plan has not yet been finalized. In January this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved 11 Bitcoin spot ETFs for the first time. On January 11, the aforementioned Bitcoin spot ETF was listed and traded on three exchanges: the New York Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and the Nasdaq. Although the price of Bitcoin has fallen by one-fifth since its peak of more than $73,000 in March, the Bitcoin spot ETF has become the fastest-growing ETF product ever. As early as December 2017, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the United States announced that it would allow two major Chicago exchanges, CME Group and CBOE, to launch Bitcoin futures contract trading. At the same time, CME Group announced that it would launch Bitcoin futures contracts on December 18, 2017. According to the official website, CME Group provides customers with trading futures, options, cash and over-the-counter markets, helping customers optimize their portfolios and analyze data, so that global market participants can effectively manage risks and seize opportunities. CME Group offers the widest range of global benchmark products, covering all major asset classes based on interest rates, stock indices, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals.