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Ethereum Futures Contract
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), an independent agency that regulates futures and option markets, may soon approve an Ethereum (ETH) futures contract, according to an anonymous senior official familiar with the matter.
On Dec. 1, 2017, the agency gave the green light to bitcoin futures markets to launch on both the CME Group and the Cboe Global Exchange. Now the CFTC could be willing to oversee a similar product for ether.The official explained:
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