CORE MAGAZINE January 2018 | Page 32

Blockchain News Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency are becoming Mainstream S an Francisco-based payments and financial services company, Square, Inc., started  selling bitcoins a few weeks ago. Square, Inc. has been  actively trading as a public company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for over 2 years now. Cboe, the largest U.S. options exchange, was the  first to launch bitcoin futures. And now, bitcoin futures have also been launched by the  global leader in futures exchange, the CME group. These are just a few strong signals or developments indicating that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies might be going mainstream. As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies begin entering the mainstream stage, 32 Core Magazine