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Bitcoin futures surge past $17,000 on launch day

Published 11/12/2017, 01:38 pm
Updated 11/12/2017, 01:40 pm
© Reuters.  Bitcoin futures surge past $17,000 on launch day

SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The front-month bitcoin futures contract XBTc1 on the Chicago-based CBOE Futures Exchange surged past $17,000 on Monday, the first day of trading.

The January contract opened at $15,460 in New York on Sunday evening, before leaping to a high of $17,170 during Asian hours. They were last quoted at $17,120, a more than $1,000 premium to the price on Gemini Exchange.

The futures are cash-settled contracts based on the auction price of bitcoin in U.S. dollars on the Gemini Exchange, which is owned and operated by virtual currency entrepreneurs Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

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