Nasdaq May Launch Bitcoin Trading in October 2018

Marko Vidrih
6 min readApr 28, 2018

Nasdaq is not just thinking about becoming a digital currency exchange, but has become certain that it will soon become the first global stock exchange to expand its digital asset transactions. The point is planned for October 2018.

Nasdaq may enter the cryptocurrency trade and shake the global digital asset market.

Bitcoin rebounded sharply on Friday, rising as far as $9300 from the lowest of $8,780. Nasdaq is the world’s second-largest stock exchange with a 47-year history.

“There is no doubt that Nasdaq will consider becoming a digital cryptocurrency exchange in the future.”

April 25th, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said on CNBC program. On the same day, Nasdaq and the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced a technical cooperation plan. The latter will use Nasdaq’s SMARTS market surveillance technology to monitor all digital asset transactions such as Bitcoin/ U.S. Dollar , Ethereum / U.S. Dollar, and Bitcoin/Ether. This cooperation will help Nasdaq break through the use of regulatory technology in digital currency trading.

On April 27th, Blockchain’s pioneering portal, “Flying Cloud Finance,” was informed by multiple reliable sources on Wall Street in the United States that NASDAQ is not still thinking about becoming a digital currency exchange but that…

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Marko Vidrih

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