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title: "TheBizLounge: As Bitcoin futures soar on debut, Nick Leeson wonders how much he can lose on them"
publisher: "Share Talk"
author: "sharetalk"
published: "2017-12-11T14:34:46+00:00"
modified: "2017-12-11T14:34:46+00:00"
date: 2017-12-11
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# TheBizLounge: As Bitcoin futures soar on debut, Nick Leeson wonders how much he can lose on them

**Published:** December 11, 2017
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** TheBizLounge
**Tags:** Bitcoin
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Bitcoin took another leap forward today when futures contracts in the crypto currency began trading. They shot up 25%, but some, including former Barings trader Nick Leeson, wonder how long the ‘bubble’ will take to burst.

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