Bitcoin Volatility Rockets to Levels S&P 500 Has Only Seen in Market Crashes

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Bitcoin Volatility Rockets to Levels S&P 500 Has Only Seen in Market Crashes

The day-to-day swings in bitcoin pricing over the past 10 days have sent the cryptocurrency's volatility well above the S&P 500's high during the Great Recession, and on track to match the index's swings ...

http://finance.yahoo.com/r/5955ce78...l?puc=yahoo&cm_ven=YAHOO&yptr=yahoo&.tsrc=rss

 

[James48843]

Bit coin futures trading opened last night on the CBOE Chicago Board of Trade.

See : Symbol Look-up

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[TH="align: left"]Symbol[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Company Name[/TH]
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[TR]
[TD]XBT/F8[/TD]
[TD]BITCOIN 1/18[/TD]
[TD="class: nomobile"]CBOE/VIX[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]XBT/G8[/TD]
[TD]BITCOIN 2/18[/TD]
[TD="class: nomobile"]CBOE/VIX[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]XBT/H8[/TD]
[TD]BITCOIN 3/18[/TD]
[TD="class: nomobile"]CBOE/VIX[/TD]
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[TD]BTC/F8[/TD]
[TD]BITCOIN FUTURES (GLOBEX) 1/18[/TD]
[TD="class: nomobile"]Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]BTC/G8[/TD]
[TD]BITCOIN FUTURES (GLOBEX) 2/18[/TD]
[TD="class: nomobile"]Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]BTC/H8[/TD]
[TD]BITCOIN FUTURES (GLOBEX) 3/18[/TD]
[TD="class: nomobile"]Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME[/TD]
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it's up huge overnight. January futures (XBT/F8)now over 17,000

 

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As soon as those futures opened there was some volatility, but within about 30 minutes, and since, bitcoin has been rather stable.