Nasdaq has reportedly been developing a Bitcoin trading desk for much of the year, and have slowly but surely dipped their toes into the cryptocurrency space by providing the likes of the Winklevoss-owned Gemini exchange with monitoring technology, and by attending closed-door meetings with other crypto executives in hopes of cleaning up the industry.

Considering the ongoing downtrend cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been stuck in for much of the year, speculators fear that Wall Street mainstays like Nasdaq might consider backing out of their crypto desk plans and consider the technology a failed experiment. However, that’s not at all the case, according to Bloomberg’s sources close to the matter.

The unnamed sources claim that Nasdaq Inc. is planning to move full steam ahead with a plan to list a Bitcoin Futures product in the near future. The report states that Nasdaq has been working closely with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on regulatory concerns, and is hoping to ease the chief U.S. commodity market regulator mind ahead of a Q1 2019 launch.

Bitcoin was recently ruled a commodity in a federal court case, putting Bitcoin and digital asset exchanges that offer Bitcoin under their watch and review. The CFTC has mostly taken a hands-off approach with cryptocurrencies, as to not hinder advances in the emerging asset class.

Last year, CME Group Inc. and the Chicago Board Options Exchange launched their own Bitcoin Futures contracts trading in December 2017, helping to propel Bitcoin’s price to its all-time of $20,000. Bitcoin has since struggled throughout 2018 as many question the cryptocurrency’s value. Bitcoin is currently trading below $4,000, after breaking important support levels at $6,000 earlier in the month.

Cryptocurrency investors are hoping that the launch of Nasdaq’s trading desk, along with the upcoming launch of Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt, will help to bring an end to this ongoing bear market.