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by wolco 3115 days ago
On the 10th bitcoin will be listed on the chicaco exchange. This is the reason for the price swing lately.
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Can you explain? You could also argue that when futures are listed on the 10th, there will finally be an easy way to go short on Bitcoin. For instance when you want to hedge a long position, or simply because you want to speculate on Bitcoin going down.

So the listing of Bitcoin futures on the Chicago exchange might not be a good thing for the Bitcoin price at all.

The 10th is a Sunday
The exchange opens Sunday evening.