According to the results of the first day, the volumes of bitcoin futures exceeded 420 million rubles, 8570 transactions were concluded, and the number of customers amounted to 4137, said Maria Patrikeeva, managing director of the derivatives market of Mosbirzhi.

Maria Patrikeeva emphasized that the trading platform plans to develop a sector of contracts for digital assets, based on the request of customers.

“90% of the turnover in the urgent market falls on qualified investors. Therefore, the launch of the futures on the shares of the ISHHARES BITCOIN TRUST ETF investment fund, which is available exclusively for this category of investors, has become a logical and timely step in the development of our line, ”the platform top manager said.

In turn, the head of the Department of Trade operations “VTB My Investments” Sergey Selyutin believes that the results of the trading indicate that investors are in search of new formats for diversification of their portfolios and are ready to work with new assets.

It should be noted that on June 4, on the Moscow Exchange, trading began with futures contracts for shares of the ISHHARES BITCOIN TRUST ETF fund, the cost of which is tied to the price of bitcoin. ISHARES BITCOIN TRUST ETF (is under the control of the BlackRock investment company) is one of the largest BTC-ETF with assets of $ 70 billion. More than 660,000 bitcoins are on the balance of the fund.

Earlier, the largest commercial bank in Russia Sberbank launched structural bonds tied to the price of bitcoin. An investment tool will be available to qualified investors in the off -off market.