While regulation is sure to be a topic of conversation, Lee said he doesn’t expect this to hinder, what he sees as a pending rally. “What could go wrong? Commentary around regulatory risks during Consensus are negative. We do not expect this to be the case, however,” wrote Lee.
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NYSE preps crypto platform
Late Monday, the New York Times, citing anonymous sources, said the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, is working on a trading platform that would allow investors to purchase bitcoin.
The news is another step toward mainstream adoption for cryptocurrencies and follows last weeks announcement that Goldman Sachs Group GS, +0.17% would be opening a cryptocurrency trading desk.
How altcoins and futures are performing
The so-called alt-coins, or alternative coins to bitcoin, have tracked bitcoin lower early Tuesday. Ether ETHUSD, -3.43% was down 3.3% at $734.80, Bitcoin CashBCHUSD, -6.45% has lost 4.8%, trading at $1,590, Litecoin LTCUSD, -4.66% was off by about 3.7% at $160.53 and Ripple’s XRP XRPUSD, -4.48% has shed 4%, last trading at 81 cents.
Futures have tracked the spot market lower Tuesday. The Cboe Global Markets Inc.’s May contract XBTK8, -2.92% is down 3.3% at $9,095 and the CME Group Inc. May contract BTCK8, -3.18% is off 3.4%, trading at $9,115.
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