London Stock Exchange launches Bitcoin futures and options trading

The London Stock Exchange has partnered with Global Futures and Options to launch the UK’s first regulated trading in bitcoin futures and options. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the Global Futures and Options (GFO-X) trading platform have announced in a joint statement that bitcoin futures and options will be serviced through LCH Digital AssetClear, a new segregated clearing service developed by the UK-based digital asset derivatives trading platform. GFO-X and approved by the Financial…