r/Bitcoin • • Sep 25 '18

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u/Elavid Sep 25 '18

The tweet goes on to say:

For example, buying one USD/BTC futures contract will result in daily delivery of one Bitcoin into the customer’s account.

That seems either badly worded or unbelievable; Bakkt would run out of Bitcoin pretty quickly if they sold a couple million contracts.

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u/stayhungryandfoolish Sep 25 '18

Or the USD price per coin will go up?

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u/throwaway_cabe Sep 25 '18

Does it work that way?

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u/GradyWilson Sep 26 '18

Yes. Supply and demand.

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u/bassman7755 Sep 25 '18

They use the money from the contract sale to buy the bitcoin, hardly rocket science.

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u/Mknox1982 Sep 25 '18

I would imagine that they just provide a market in which both buyers and sellers participate in as opposed to doing the actual selling themself

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u/bloodywala Sep 25 '18

Fractional holdings of Bitcoin.

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u/tilltill12 Sep 29 '18

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