UK-based crypto futures exchange Crypto Facilities is launching Litecoin derivatives contracts this Friday, according to a Coindesk report Wednesday, June 20.
The new US dollar-denominated contracts will offer both long and short trading terms, with weekly, monthly and quarterly maturities.
"We believe our LTC-dollar futures contracts will increase price transparency, liquidity and efficiency in the cryptocurrency markets."
The launch of LTC futures comes just a month after Crypto Facilities began offering Ethereum futures contracts to investors, alongside its existing crypto derivatives based on Ripple and Bitcoin.
Earlier this month, CBOE Global Markets president Chris Concannon revealed that Ethereum futures could soon be offered on its platform, after positive news from a senior U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission official suggested that Ethereum will not be regulated as a security under U.S. law.
Crypto futures contracts have attracted a great deal of controversy this month, with Fundstrat's Tom Lee attributing Bitcoin's "Gut-wrenching" price weakness and "Significant volatility" to the timing of CBOE futures contract expirations.
A research paper released June 13 by academics at the University of Texas alleged that transaction patterns indicate that US-dollar back cryptocurrency Tether is being used "To provide price support and manipulate...prices," artificially deflating the price of Bitcoin to maximize short-term returns on futures contracts.
Further reports have surfaced this month suggesting that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has been probing major U.S. crypto exchanges as part of its own investigation into possible price manipulation on Bitcoin futures markets.
UK Crypto Exchange to Launch Litecoin Futures
Udgivet den Jun 20, 2018
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