U.S. exchange groups and markets, including NASDAQ and CME Group Inc., will begin trading Bitcoin in 2018. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post)U.S. exchange groups and markets, including NASDAQ and CME Group Inc., will begin trading Bitcoin in 2018. As bitcoin prices were setting records, hackers this week reportedly made off with $70 million in the digital currency after targeting NiceHash, a cryptocurrency platform. Yet for Wall Street investors, bitcoin has remained a fringe product, too awkward — and potentially hazardous — to buy and sell. CBOE has already received significant interest about its new bitcoin product, said John Deters, its chief strategy officer.

Source: Washington Post December 07, 2017 19:31 UTC