The Cboe’s website crashed within minutes of the CBOE open on Sunday – which also marked the launch of the first bitcoin futures to trade on a major exchange – while the price of a single bitcoin spiked 10% in five minutes as the new contract (bearing the ticker XBT) fluctuated wildly.
While the CBOE struggles to get the Bitcoin futures contract open, Bitcoin just jumped about $1200 higher http://pic.twitter.com/xaVeJ1cQyk
— TF Metals Report (@TFMetals) December 10, 2017
Bitcoin surged immediately after the 6 p.m. open, climbing about $1,200 on GDAX before giving back some of those gains.
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