Higher margins set for CME's soon-to-launch Bitcoin futures – BBG
|The Chicago-based exchange owner, CME Group Inc., said today in a message to users that the margin requirements for bitcoin futures will be 47% next week when the contracts start trading, an increase from the previous initial amount was set at 35%.
CME said the margins were chosen due to volatility, a hallmark of cryptocurrency markets, Bloomberg reports.
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