I'm just a little bit confused. Are you questioning why would anyone not want to short bitcoin with futures? Theoretically, it's a no brainer, but I'd imagine that anyone looking at this particular market has already some financial interest in BTC, so it might not actually be a smart move to do that.
- Just my thoughts!
Anton
Thanks for your thoughts. Well, actually I was worried that in relation to the futures launch that, as you say, it could be a no-brainer why someone would want to short BitCoin. Because of all contracts being "cash-settled" there is no BitCOin trading taking place and manipulation of the market could be done pretty easily. Now that the futures ahve been launched and BitCoin is "alive and well" and I am very much positive on both BitCoin and the crypto space in general. It was just something I considered "could have happened" as the futures launched.