UK based cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor is about to become the world’s first cryptocurrency exchange for digital assets to include physically delivered“../what-is-bitcoin-future/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” style=”color: #0c71c3;”> Bitcoin futures contracts.
The London-based trading platform, Coinfloor will launch a new cryptocurrency exchange – CoinfloorEX, aimed at hedge funds, proprietary trading firms and sophisticated retail investors, as well as cryptocurrency miners, Mark Lamb, co-founder of Coinfloor, said in an interview.
Some traditional futures exchanges, including those run by Chicago Based Options Exchange (CBOE) Global Markets Inc and CME Group Inc, already offer Bitcoin futures contract. But they are cash settled, meaning the actual delivery of Bitcoins does not takes place. But as per the current news, Coinfloor will actually physically deliver the traded asset (Bitcoin) after the contract expires and thus will become the first platform to launch world’s first physically settled bitcoin futures contract.
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Coinfloor’s CEO Obi Nwosu said,
“Our mission is to build a bridge between Fiat currency and cryptocurrency to drive the stability and sustainability of cryptocurrency. Numerous market participants are calling on existing cryptocurrency exchanges that provide futures contracts to switch from cash to physical settlement. However, making that transition will be very difficult for them to achieve. We understood this requirement from the start, and have worked for over two years to bring this functionality to market. Now, institutional investors and traders can capitalize on market dynamics, within their own risk parameters and in line with their individual trading strategies.”
Coinfloor, which includes the closely held Chicago-based proprietary trading firm DRW among its investors, was started in 2013 and runs the largest UK-based cryptocurrency spot exchange in London and another spot exchange Gibraltar.
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