On stage at the Consensus Invest event in New York, Sprecher was accompanied by his wife and the CEO of cryptocurrency platform Bakkt, Kelly Loeffler.
Bakkt is owned by ICE and anticipates its launch early next year.
Commenting on the Bitcoin futures contract offering, Loeffler said that "The Bakkt futures contract will help Bitcoin traders establish a trusted price. Bitcoin now trades at different prices on different exchanges, many of which are unregulated."
The NYSE and its parent firm ICE demonstrated a proactive approach to the cryptocurrency space.
In January, ICE partnered with blockchain tech company Blockstream to bring "Disciplined" BTC price information to major Wall Street investors.
ICE then planned to pull data from 15 major exchanges and deliver it to big financial names, including hedge funds and professional trading firms.
Later in May, ICE announced plans to offer traders contracts that eventually result in customers owning BTC. ICE reportedly "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."
Just earlier today, Cointelegraph reported on the establishment of an Association for Digital Asset Markets to create a "Code of conduct" for the cryptocurrency sector.
Among ADAM's founding members are former CEO of the NYSE Duncan Niederauer along with Mike Novogratz's crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, global financial services firm BTIG, fintech firm Paxos and crypto liquidity solutions provider GSR..
NYSE Chair Says Survival of Digital Currencies Is 'Unequivocal'
Publié le Nov 27, 2018
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