Certainly Nasdaq would consider becoming a crypto exchange over time, Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman told CNBC

[jwolf]

Nasdaq, it is the second-largest exchange in the world by market capitalization. Nasdaq is already supporting other cryptocurrency exchanges. They announced a deal with Gemini exchange.

Let me show you 3 daily summary from all trading venues on Nasdaq, so you can understand that's a huge move for cryptocurrencies.

15th May 2018	16th May 2018	17th May 2018
$109,422,465,138	$90,450,168,994	$92,750,839,888

More statistics here

Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said:

It's just a matter of how long it will take for cryptocurrency space to mature.

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I am happy to emphasize the fact that cryptocurrency space is still in the early phase.

Be happy you're here, be happy for the beginning of decentralization.

Comments

[djer]

..... second-biggest stock exchange in the world by market cap (9,585 billion USD), it is the first electronic exchange that allowed investors to buy and sell stock on a computerized, speedy and transparent system, without the need for a physical trading .crypto space can never be over emphasied,happily a part of it.

[deybala]

really great exchange @jowlf friend

[joendegz]

mainstream is begining to warm to crypto..... this is good news,

[parsie]

cryptocurrency are the fiture

[blazing]

if only one perfect of the total volume of nasdaq comes in that will be huge