The end of CC market as we know it.

Two U.S. exchanges, including the parent of the venerable Chicago Mercantile Exchange, are racing to embrace bitcoin, dragging federal regulators into a realm skeptics call a fad and fraud.

The development shows how some big financial players are moving to co-opt the volatile cryptocurrency and lure more mainstream investors into the market, even before regulators have agreed on just what bitcoin is.

CME Group Inc.’s contracts will debut Dec. 18. Cboe Global Markets Inc. didn’t announce a start date. Both got the green light Friday after going through a process called self-certification -- a pledge to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission that the products don’t run afoul of the law.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-12-01/bitcoin-futures-get-regulators-ok-on-cme-cboe-video

I think what will happen is that not only Institutional Investors will be speculating on Bitcoin futures but also the Plunge Protection Team which suppresses​ gold​ prices for years.