CME Plans to Manage Customer Exposure to Bitcoin Futures
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CME Group Inc. ’s Tim McCourt said the exchange has put safeguards such as higher margin levels and limits on positions and prices in place to curb risks on the bitcoin futures it plans to offer.
The exchange would also be able to adjust margin and capital levels during trading sessions, McCourt, head of equity products at the CME, said at a Coindesk-sponsored conference in New York. The controls he outlined are used by the CME on other futures contracts for equities and commodities.