The owner of the New York Stock Exchange is mulling letting customers buy and hold Bitcoin, The New York Times reported late Monday, May 7.
The move would be the second Wall Street giant in a week to reportedly open up to crypto.
As the New York Times reports, citing "Emails and documents" as well as four anonymous sources, NYSE owner Intercontinental Exchange is planning to offer traders contracts that eventually result in customers owning the cryptocurrency.
The news comes just days after the publication quoted a Goldman Sachs executive, who appeared to confirm the bank would debut Bitcoin futures "Within weeks".
ICE "Has had conversations with other financial institutions about setting up a new operation through which banks can buy a contract, known as a swap, that will end with the customer owning Bitcoin the next day - with the backing and security of the exchange," the Times wrote late Monday.
Should the move go ahead, ICE and Goldman would join an increasingly large chunk of traditional finance engaging with cryptocurrency.
Other recent players now include NASDAQ, which announced it would be "Open" to establishing a cryptocurrency trading platform in future.
Bill Gates meanwhile adopted a more curious halfway position, telling CNBC yesterday that although trading Bitcoin was a "Greater fool" activity, he would still "Short it if there was an easy way to do it."
NYT: New York Stock Exchange Owner Wants To Let Customers Buy Bitcoin
Published on May 8, 2018
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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