https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nasdaq-bitcoin/nasdaq-to-launch-bitcoin-futures-contract-in-2018-source-idUSKBN1DT2CV >Nasdaq Inc plans to launch a futures contract based on bitcoin in 2018, making it the third U.S.-based exchange operator to plan derivatives contracts off of the notoriously volatile digital currency, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.