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Rob Urban

ARTICLES BY ROB URBAN

Bitcoin surged toward $20,000 in the minutes before trading began at CME, before paring gains. Photo: Reuters

Bitcoin takes bigger Wall Street stage with smooth CME debut

4 min read . 18 Dec 2017

The CME bitcoin futures are another step into the mainstream financial world for an asset created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis as an alternative to banks and government-issued currencies. Photo: Reuters

World’s biggest exchange to start bitcoin futures trading

3 min read . 17 Dec 2017

The futures offered by Cboe Global Markets Inc., and similar contracts that start trading in a week at another Chicago-based exchange, CME Group Inc., may open the door to greater inflows of institutional money, while also making it easier to bet on bitcoin’s decline. Photo: Bloomberg

Bitcoin futures trading brings cryptocurrency into mainstream finance

3 min read . 09 Dec 2017

People buy and sell bitcoins on a secure peer-to-peer network that doesn’t rely on any government or central bank. Photo: iStock

Bitcoin emerges as crisis currency

3 min read . 19 Nov 2017