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Bitcoin Futures Trading Will Send Prices to $50,000 in 2018

Bitcoin futures trading, which just launched this month, will play a key role in driving Bitcoin as high as $50,000 in 2018.

Two major exchanges, CME and CBOE, are now trading Bitcoin futures. Since CBOE first announced its plans back in August, Bitcoin is up more than fivefold.

But the impact of Bitcoin futures trading has only just begun.

It has prepared the way for a much more powerful catalyst, expected to go live in 2018...