【News】According to the Financial Times, the world's largest futures exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), intends to launch spot Bitcoin trading to meet the surge in demand for the cryptocurrency industry from Wall Street fund managers this year. Sources revealed that CME has discussed with traders who want to buy and sell cryptocurrencies on regulated markets. This plan is still in the works, and if it is implemented, it will mark a further in-depth entry of major Wall Street institutions into the digital asset industry. 😯

CME currently offers Bitcoin futures trading. If spot Bitcoin trading is introduced, it will make it easier for investors to conduct so-called basis trading. Basis trading is a common strategy among professional Bitcoin traders, involving borrowing money to sell futures and buying the underlying asset, and earning profits from the small difference between the two. Most of the Treasury bond basis trading occurs on the CME trading venue.

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