The Moscow Exchange announced that the launch of trading futures for the first cryptocurrency for qualified investors is scheduled for June 4.

According to the information provided by the information, the auction in futures will begin to the fund that tracks the dynamics of the bitcoin course – ISHHARES BITCOIN TRUST ETF from the American investment company BlackRock, which controls the amount of more than $ 10 trillion. The main parameters of the financial instrument:

  • IBIT trading code;

  • Lot of the contract – one promotion of the investment fund;

  • quotation in US dollars per lot;

  • Calculations in Russian rubles.

A quarterly series with execution in September will become available for trading in the urgent market. The day before, Russian brokers reported on the launch of tools tied to digital assets. In particular, Sberbank announced that he was ready to provide investors with structural bonds with reference to cryptocurrency.

A similar proposal was received from the Alfa-Capital management company who informed about the opening of access to structural bonds tied to cryptocurrency as part of one of the trust management strategies

Earlier, the Central Bank of Russia allowed credit and financial institutions to offer qualified investors derivative financial instruments, securities and digital financial assets (CFA), the yield of which is tied to the cost of cryptocurrencies.