The Latest: Bitcoin futures soar in first hours of trading

 

December 10, 2017



CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the debut of bitcoin futures trading (all times local):

9:30 p.m.

Bitcoin futures are spiking in their first hours of trading.

Trading in the first-ever bitcoin futures began at 5 p.m. central time. At 9:15 CST, the futures contract that expires in January, which opened at $15,000, was trading at $18,010, according to CBOE Global Markets.

The CBOE's competitor exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, will start trading its own futures on Dec. 18.

The price of a bitcoin has soared since beginning the year below $1,000, hitting a peak of more than $16,858 Dec....



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