This Dec 8, 2017 file photo shows the Chicago Board Options Exchange website announcing that bitcoin futures would start trading on the exchange. The CME Group, which owns the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, opened up futures of bitcoin, which has soared in value and volatility this year, for trading on Sunday evening. The CME futures, like the ones that CME competitor the Cboe started trading last week, do not involve actual bitcoin. The Cboe's futures track bitcoin prices on the particular private exchange known as Gemini. Further, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission has proposed regulating bitcoin like a commodity, not unlike gold, silver, platinum or oil.

Source: Bangkok Post December 18, 2017 07:40 UTC