A crypto quantitative analyst spotted a BTC/USD trading pair listed on Nasdaq platform. Speculations of Bitcoin trading on Nasdaq are at the peak.
It’s great news for Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts and the crypto community as Nasdaq is possibly testing the trading of a Bitcoin-based product. Cryptopolis, a quantitative analyst at StrongMarket, tweeted about purchasing one BTC on the Nasdaq platform through his TD Ameritrade account.
Cryptopolis also noted that the BTC trading was available since April 10 on the Nasdaq platform.
BREAKING: BTC is now being traded on the Nasdaq! I bought one BTC through my TDAmeritrade account! According to the chart it started trading April 10, 2019!! Other digital assets are soon to follow!! 🚀🚀🚀 pic.twitter.com/1VgE1Whoa4
— Cryptopolis (@cryptopolis_x) April 22, 2019
As we can see, Bitcoin (BTC) was trading against the U.S. Dollar under the ‘CXERX’ ticker symbol. However, Cryptopolis laters spoke with the support team of TD Ameritrade to clarify this matter. It turned out that this was just a test on Paper Trading platform meaning that you can just simulate a Bitcoin (BTC) buy, but not actually purchase it.
However, the support denied giving additional details regarding this matter. In another tweet, Cryptopolis wrote:
“UPDATE: According to TDAmeritrade support – it’s not a real trade in my account – it appears they are testing only using their Paper Trading platform. Support said “I’m not able to speak on it” -They did not know what CXERX is. Strange… But something is going on for sure!”
Nasdaq’s Bitcoin Trading to Trigger Next Bull Run
Undoubtedly, the availability of Bitcoin trading on the Nasdaq platform could trigger the next bull-run in the crypto market. It would be huge news for the overall crypto community as this could lead to a flood of institutional money flowing into the crypto market.
Since long, Nasdaq has been to step in the crypto market through one or the other route. Nasdaq already provides several crypto exchanges with real-time information on two cryptocurrency indices – Bitcoin and Ethereum. If the world’s second-largest stock exchange allows BTC trading, it will open the floodgates for huge investor participation.
Furthermore, Nasdaq is most likely to launch its Bitcoin futures contracts along with VanEck in the first half of 2018. A Bloomberg report released in November 2018 read:
“Nasdaq has been working to satisfy the concerns of the U.S.’s main swaps regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, before launching the contracts, the people said. The New York exchange operator, which was first reported to be eyeing Bitcoin futures last year, wants to allow trading in the first quarter of 2019, one of the people said.”
Nasdaq is most likely to be accompanied by another big player – Bakkt – who is planning for Bitcoin futures launch ahead this year. The year 2019 is likely to bring some of the most interesting developments in the crypto market.
Since the beginning of April 2019, Bitcoin and the overall crypto market has created a fresh new hope after months of massive crypto winter. Bitcoin price has surged by nearly 30% in the last three weeks as it sets its new target for $6000. Similarly, the overall market has added $40 billion since April 1, as altcoins majorly participate in this month’s bull run.
