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CME launches cash-settled Bitcoin futures

CME Group began trading a cash-settled Bitcoin futures contract based on its regulated reference rate.

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Each contract represented five bitcoin and settled to the CME CF Bitcoin Reference Rate. The launch brought Bitcoin risk management to one of the world's largest derivatives marketplaces.