Quote from: e-coinomist on November 28, 2017, 09:47:07 AM

Bitcoin has been free of wall street, too. On my knowledge that CME Group Inc. futures contracts introduction was a hoax
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cme-bitcoin/cme-says-bitcoin-futures-coming-this-year-but-date-not-set-idUSKBN1DL1QP
it's still somewhat far away.

I wouldn't describe it as a hoax, that's not the sort of thing the CME would indulge in. As it says in that article you posted the 11 December date was posted in error but the following has remained on their site.

http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/equity-index/us-index/bitcoin_contract_specifications.html

If they have got as far as publishing the contract specifications I would say their intent is real and they think they will get the necessary regulatory approval very soon.