Nomura offers its first bitcoin derivatives, despite crypto market crash

Nomura offers its first bitcoin derivatives, despite crypto market crash

A man walks next to a sign for Nomura Securities in Tokyo July 25, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

Nomura has begun offering bitcoin over-the-counter derivatives to clients, it said Friday, the latest move by a traditional financial institution into the cryptocurrency industry, even as markets are in turmoil.

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