Bitcoin prices have been unstoppable. It briefly touched $7400 levels at the time of writing this post.
Those who called it legitimate are helping it boost prices.
The futures trading has started in Bitcoins as CME group started futures trading on Wall Street. In a way it has now been a mainstream currency. 
Bloomberg called this phenomenon as opening of floodgates of opprtunities for bitcoins for better
Client hunger to get in on the craze, the corporation said, was a key factor in reconsidering its approach.
Given increasing client interest in the evolving cryptocurrency markets, CME decided to introduce a Bitcoin futures contracts