As reported yesterday, CME Group, the largest futures exchange, could launch the bitcoin futures contracts as early as mid-December. It seems like the British firm Man Group, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund, could join the party. At Reuters Global Investment Outlook in London Luke Ellis, CEO of Man Group, said that there are differences between traditional currencies and cryptocurrencies. He added that there are a number of challenges with cryptocurrencies, but found them investable.

Every day a new bitcoin-related story breaks out from the “real” world of finance. Which firm is next in line to make such a statement?