Wall Street-Backed Crypto Exchange Snags CFTC License, Can List Bitcoin Futures

It seems that once again, a crypto exchange has beat Bakkt, the Bitcoin (BTC) venture launched by the New York Stock Exchange, to the punch. Announced Monday afternoon, ErisX, a Chicago-based cryptocurrency startup, has secured a “derivatives clearing organization” (DCO) license from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).Our DCO license is the next step in ErisX’s evolution & mission to improve the digital asset space.We worked collaboratively w the CFTC to establ