2017 bull run, exchange expansion, and retail trading boom (2016–2018)

1. CME begins publishing a bitcoin reference rate

   Nov 1, 2016Labels: CME Group, CME CF

   • CME Group

2. Japan’s revised payments law takes effect

   Apr 1, 2017Labels: Japan, Payment Services

   • Japan Gov

3. SEC issues The DAO investigative report

   Jul 25, 2017Labels: U S, The DAO

   • SEC

4. Bitcoin Cash splits from Bitcoin in hard fork

   Aug 1, 2017Labels: Bitcoin Cash, Hard fork

   • Blockchain com
   • Wired

5. SegWit activates on the Bitcoin network

   Aug 24, 2017Labels: SegWit, Bitcoin network

   • Blockchain com

6. CFTC notes self-certification of bitcoin derivatives

   Dec 1, 2017Labels: CFTC, Derivatives self-certification

   • CFTC

7. Cboe launches XBT bitcoin futures trading

   Dec 10, 2017Labels: Cboe, XBT futures

   • CNBC
   • CoinDesk

8. CME launches bitcoin futures trading

   Dec 17, 2017Labels: CME Group, Bitcoin futures

   • CME Group

9. Bitcoin approaches $20,000 during retail-driven peak

   Dec 17, 2017Labels: Bitcoin price, Retail trading

   • StatMuse

10. Coinbase enables Bitcoin Cash trading, then halts it

    Dec 19, 2017Labels: Coinbase, Bitcoin Cash

    • TechCrunch

11. Bitcoin drops below $8,000 in early-2018 selloff

    Feb 2, 2018Labels: Bitcoin price, Market selloff

    • Axios
    • CNBC

12. Bitcoin briefly falls below $6,000 as losses deepen

    Jun 29, 2018Labels: Bitcoin price, Market decline

    • CNBC