Bringing Derivatives To Bitcoin Should Help Stabilise The Price

Tim Worstall, Contributor, Forbes
Fri, 04/12/2013 - 9:22am

This is something that all financial economists know and something that just about everyone else disagrees with them on. Having derivatives in a market helps to stabilise prices in that market: Some say that the recent rise of more advanced bitcoin-related financial services, including hedge funds, futures, and derivatives markets, could help stabilize the future of Bitcoin.

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