LedgerX Aims to Operate First American Regulated Bitcoin Futures Exchange
LedgerX is a new financial industry startup based out of New York, the home of the upcoming BitLicense. Despite the overcast pall of incoming regulations, LedgerX seems prepared for any happenstance. The new group has raised venture funding from Lightspeed Ventures and Google Ventures. Lightspeed Ventures has previously invested in other digital currency startups including Blockchain.info. Google Ventures, on the other hand, has put money into Buttercoin and OpenCoin, the company behind Ripple, which some might argue until they're blue in the face is the #2 cryptocurrency in existence.....
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FTX Acquires Virtual Currency Futures and Options Exchange Ledgerx
Ledgerx has been acquired by the cryptocurrency giant FTX, according to an announcement published on August 31. Ledgerx is a popular crypto derivatives platform that has seen “over 10 million crypto options and swap contracts” since 2017.....
LedgerX has received temporary approval from the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission to act as a swap execution facility. The bitcoin options startup applied for licensure last year and has received backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Google Ventures. LedgerX CEO Paul Chou said that despite the temporary approval, the exchange isn't set to launch until further licensure is acquired. He said of the temporary approval: "This is a first step, and is positive progress, but it is just one milestone toward our ultimate goal. Our mission is still to obtain a derivatives clearing....
LedgerX, a New York-based trading platform for bitcoin options, has moved closer to becoming the first regulated exchange and clearinghouse to list and clear bitcoin options for the institutional market. The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved LedgerX's application for a temporary registration as a swap execution facility. LedgerX plans to list and clear fully-collateralized, settled options on bitcoin. The next step for the commission is to review the application for full registration. The CFTC approved temporary registration following a comment period from Dec.....
LedgerX, an institutional trading platform that hopes to be the first federally regulated derivatives clearing organization for digital-based options, recently received an investment from Miami International Holdings Inc. MIH invested in LedgerX’s parent company, Ledger Holdings, and received a 10-year, exclusive global right to license equity or fixed income products related to digital currencies developed by LedgerX and to develop its own equity or fixed income derivatives based on such LedgerX products to be listed on MIAX Options and MIAX PEARL, MIH’s second options exchange. MIH also....
LedgerX is a trading and clearing platform exchange dealing with bitcoin. The company is currently seeking regulatory approval from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to start publicly operating. If approved, LedgerX will be the first federally regulated bitcoin exchange and clearing house to list bitcoin options for the institutional market. The LedgerX management team comprises Goldman Sachs, MIT and CFTC alumni, and financial expertise with the know-how of its early investors, which includes Google Ventures and LightSpeed Ventures. LedgerX has recently announced it was....