How UK Regulators Approach The Digital Currency Market

By Henning von Sachsen-Altenburg (April 24, 2018, 12:11 PM EDT) -- After the launch of bitcoin futures in December 2017, a New York-based swap execution facility, or SEF, approved by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission as designated contract market for swaps announced the launch of a regulated derivatives marketplace for digital assets in March 2018. At the same time, work is ongoing to develop a benchmark rate for the cryptocurrency Ether. One of the declared goals is to offer institutional clients the infrastructure needed for the broad adoption of derivatives referencing digital assets to establish a more mature market in these assets....

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