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Re:Bitcoin Futures Could Open the Floodgates for Institution... by tmaic on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @03:55PM (#15596022)
These will be derivatives, not actual bitcoins. When you enter a contract you will only care about the price level of the Bitcoin Reference Rate, the contracts aren't holding any actual bitcoins, so there is nothing to hack and steal.
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Re:Bitcoin Futures Could Open the Floodgates for Institution... by mediocrejoker on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @07:01PM (#15597397)
I'm not sure if that's accurate though. If a large quantity of coins disappeared, surely that would have ripple effects through to even the most convoluted derivatives?
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