Bitcoin price surges as futures trading begins, despite bubble warnings – business live Graeme Wearden Monday 11 December 2017 09.12 GMT Bitcoin has made its hotly anticipated launch onto the futures market, but some analysts and central bankers are still urging caution * Bitcoin futures trading has arrived... * ...and the price has jumped. * January futures price rises from $15,000 to over $18,000 * Circuit trading halted twice amid volatile trading * New Zealand central banker: It still looks like a bubble ... more https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2017/dec/11/bitcoin-price-futures-trading-begins-cryptocurrency-business-live