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New York Stock Exchange owner defends not rushing into bitcoin

ICE’s Sprecher raises doubts about the wisdom of being the first U.S. exchange to offer bitcoin futures

New York Stock Exchange owner defends not rushing into bitcoin

The owner of the New York Stock Exchange is taking a wait-and-see approach to bitcoin, even as two of his main competitors prepare for the launch of futures markets based on the fast-rising cryptocurrency, reports Alexander Osipovich atThe Wall Street Journal.

“We may be stupid for not being first on that,” Intercontinental Exchange chairman and chief executive Jeffrey Sprecher told a financial conference in New York on Tuesday.

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