Though we have worked through a lengthy, comprehensive process with the CFTC to get to this point, we recognize bitcoin is a new, uncharted market that will continue to evolve, requiring continued collaboration with the Commission and our clients going forward. At launch, our new Bitcoin futures contract will be subject to a variety of risk management tools, including an initial margin of 35 percent, position and intraday price limits, and a number of other risk and credit controls that CME Group offers on all of its products." CME Group's decision to bring Bitcoin to derivatives marketplace was announced one month back following which a historic rally, in Bitcoin prices, was seen in the past one month. There was a huge participation from both retail and institutional investors supporting the rally taking the price of Bitcoin from $5,000 to its all-time high about $11,000, a whopping 100% jump in valuations over the period of just one month.