The No. 1 cryptocurrency touched a fresh record on Friday after a mostly subdued week, with CME Group Inc. set to follow rival Cboe Global Markets Inc. with a bitccoin futures contract on Sunday. The spot price of a single bitcoin had traded at $17,872.56 earlier, a fresh record peak, according to Coindesk.com. Meanwhile, bitcoin futures for January trading on Cboe were at $18,600, shooting nearly 11% higher after closing at $16,800 on Thursday in New York. Cboe kicked off futures trading of bitcoin, which has hit mainstream popularity, on Sunday 6 p.m. Eastern Time. The CME is expected to follow in two days. So far, bitcoin has soared nearly 1,800%.
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