{"id":14918,"date":"2019-06-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/2019\/06\/26\/bitcoin-btc-us-futures-regulator-cftc-grants-license-to-ledgerx-to-offer-bitcoin-futures-settled-in-physical-bitcoin\/"},"modified":"2019-06-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T00:00:00","slug":"bitcoin-btc-us-futures-regulator-cftc-grants-license-to-ledgerx-to-offer-bitcoin-futures-settled-in-physical-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/bitcoin-btc-us-futures-regulator-cftc-grants-license-to-ledgerx-to-offer-bitcoin-futures-settled-in-physical-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin [BTC] \u2013 US Futures Regulator CFTC Grants License to LedgerX to Offer Bitcoin Futures Settled in Physical Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s been a long time coming but finally, it is here! The first US regulated Bitcoin derivatives contracts settled through physical Bitcoin. You may be familiar with the popular CME<\/strong> and Cboe<\/strong> Bitcoin derivatives contracts that are settled using the US Dollar once the contract expires but starting from June 24th, 2019, the US and Singaporean residents will be able to trade in bitcoin derivative products similar to those offered by CME but this time will be settled through the underlying asset, Bitcoin<\/strong>. <\/p>\n This is possible because the US Commodities Futures Trade Commission (CFTC) has approved<\/a> LedgerX, a U.S.-regulated Bitcoin derivatives exchange and clearinghouse, to serve as a designated contracts market (DCM)<\/strong>. With this license, the company will be able to offer both spot market and physically settled Bitcoin derivatives contracts which include options and futures based on bitcoin market action. The best part is, the company has announced that it will be offering these products to retail investors.<\/p>\n The CFTC awarded<\/a><\/strong> the highly coveted license to the company on Monday 24th and made the announcement on Tuesday, June 25th. This effectively makes LedgerX<\/a> <\/strong>the first company to offer physically settled bitcoin futures, ahead of its competition ErisX<\/strong><\/a>, Seed CX<\/strong> and Intercontinental Exchange\u2019s (ICE) Bitcoin futures division Bakkt<\/strong><\/a>. All of these companies are awaiting approval from the CFTC to launch their products, something that has proven elusive especially for Bakkt which has instead sought a work around the custody issue. The company has sought a stated license from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to act as a digital asset trust. If it succeeds, it will have smoothed out the path to become a fully licensed designated contracts market.<\/p>\n