{"id":58891,"date":"2022-03-17T16:15:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=58891"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:05:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:05:22","slug":"lmax-group-and-six-group-to-launch-bitcoin-and-ethereum-futures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/lmax-group-and-six-group-to-launch-bitcoin-and-ethereum-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"LMAX Group and SIX Group to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The institutional-focused Bitcoin exchange LMAX, in partnership with SIX Group, the operator of the Swiss stock exchange, will launch cash-settled futures on Bitcoin and Ethereum in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">We\u2019re delighted to announce that we have partnered with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sixgroup?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@sixgroup<\/a> to launch 24\/7 traded, centrally cleared USD settled crypto futures. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cryptofutures?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#cryptofutures<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Bitcoin<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ethereum?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Ethereum<\/a><br \/>Full announcement here: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/KuV6fC1ud9\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/KuV6fC1ud9<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/3HbcRUzYrr\\\">pic.twitter.com\/3HbcRUzYrr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LMAX Group (@LMAX) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LMAX\/status\/1504344531323559936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>US-dollar-denominated instruments are subject to approval by <span data-descr=\\\"Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">FINMA<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Trading is expected to run 23 hours a day, five days a week. Later, trading will switch to a 24\/7 regime, and the number of supported underlying assets will expand.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p><em>\\&#8221;The decision will close the gap, meeting the needs of an increasingly large number of institutional participants,\\&#8221;<\/em> said LMAX CEO David Mercer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In March Coinbase <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/coinbase-outlines-plans-to-develop-its-derivatives-division\">introduced<\/a> a strategy to develop its derivatives-related subsidiary.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In August 2021, FTX.US <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ftx-us-acquires-ledgerx-a-cryptocurrency-derivatives-exchange\">acquired<\/a> the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange LedgerX with a DCM license.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In December last year, the cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/crypto-com-to-acquire-two-u-s-derivative-exchanges-for-216-million\">entered into an agreement<\/a> to acquire the CFTC-regulated Nadex.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p> Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The institutional-focused Bitcoin exchange LMAX, in partnership with SIX Group, the operator of the Swiss stock exchange, will launch cash-settled futures on Bitcoin and Ethereum in the third quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1168,914],"class_list":["post-58891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crypto-derivatives","tag-six-swiss-exchange"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58893,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58891\/revisions\/58893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}