TeraExchange Completes First Bitcoin Derivative Trade on a Regulated Exchange
Announced today: TeraExchange has announced that they have completed the first bitcoin derivative trade to be executed on a regulated exchange platform. According to the announcement, the trade was executed between digitalBTC and a hedging counterparty. From today's announcement: The TeraExchange USD/Bitcoin swap provides institutional market participants with the first regulated risk transfer mechanism to hedge or gain exposure to bitcoin. All trading of USD/Bitcoin swaps on TeraExchange, a regulated swap execution facility, are now subject to the rules and regulations of TeraExchange and....
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