Bitcoin Futures? You Won’t Believe Cboe’s Latest Rollercoaster Move!

On April 7, in a press release that was almost as exciting as finding a forgotten tenner in your coat, the exchange unveiled what they cheekily call the Cboe FTSE Bitcoin (BTC) Index Futures. Scheduled to burst onto the trading scene on April 28, this product uses an FTSE Bitcoin Index that’s been trimmed down to a mere tenth of its value—because why settle for full size when you can have fun in miniature?